High-level officials from the African Union and teacher educators from Sahel countries are going to Japan for training and exchange on peace-building and youth empowerment, from 25 July 2018 to 8 August 2018. UNESCO International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa (IICBA) has been working on peace-building in Africa with support from the Government of…
JICA, UNCCD to strengthen Partnership to fight desertification in the Sahel
The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have pledged to jointly accelerate efforts to eradicate poverty in Africa and achieve global stability through the “African Initiative for Combating Desertification to Strengthen Resilience Climate Change in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa”. Issuing a statement from the…
UN launches campaign to invest in degraded lands to create jobs, boost incomes and food security
“Our land. Our home. Our Future,” is the rallying call for this year’s celebration of the World Day to Combat Desertification on 17 June 2017. The slogan draws global attention to the central role productive land can play in turning the growing tide of migrants abandoning unproductive land into communities and nations that are stable,…