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AfDB announces $20m for climate resilience project in Ghana

In Ghana, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) has announced a $20 million grant to the African Development Bank’s Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA), a program for a climate action project to support women-led farmers’ associations and micro, small and medium enterprises in Ghana’s agricultural sector. The AFAWA Ghana project is designed to […]

Tunisian PM resigns after losing Ennahdha’s support

Tunisian Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh, on Wednesday, handed in his resignation to President Kais Saied, after a row with the Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party. “The decision has been made in the national interest and in order to avoid more conflicts between state institutions in the country and to uphold the principle of moralization of political life,” […]

Uganda enacts ‘world’s harshest’ anti-gay law, drawing mixed reactions

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has signed into law draconian new anti-gay legislation against homosexuality described as among the world’s harshest, stirring controversy in and outside the country and prompting condemnation from human rights and LGBTQ groups as well as Western powers. The new anti-homosexuality law that provides for tough measures targeting LGBTQ individuals is supported […]