KONSO, Ethiopia – “She was made to believe that marrying her rapist was her only hope. She had no choice,” said Mulu* about her cousin, who was forced by their family to marry the man who had raped her in Konso, a town in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR) of Ethiopia. The […]
Month: August 2021
Micro Insurance Company and Hava Net Limited Partner to Provide Digital Insurance Solutions to Hava’s Corporate Riders
NEW YORK, Aug. 17, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hava Net Limited and Micro Insurance Company (MIC) have entered into a strategic partnership with the aim of providing digital insurance solutions to Hava’s corporate riders. Hava is a technology-driven transportation solutions provider that offers online ride-hailing and delivery services in Kenya. Made by Kenyans, for Kenyans, Hava strives to […]
New Branches for the 2Africa Subsea Cable System
MENLO PARK, Calif., Aug. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The 2Africa consortium, comprised of China Mobile International, Facebook, MTN GlobalConnect, Orange, stc, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone and WIOCC, announced today the addition of four new branches to the 2Africa cable. The branches will extend 2Africa’s connectivity to the Seychelles, the Comoros Islands, and Angola, and bring a […]
Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) Libya’s Migrant Report: Round 37 | May – June 2021
OVERVIEW DTM Libya identified a total of 597,611 migrants from over 40 nationalities in the 100 Libyan municipalities in May and June 2021 during Round 37 of data collection. During the reporting period, the number of migrants in Libya remained fairly stable compared to the previous round of data collection (March and April 2021). In […]
Migration Response Centre (MRC) Dashboard Obock | Djibouti – Report #38: 1 – 31 July 2021
OVERVIEW The International Organization for Migration (IOM) operates a Migration Response Centre (MRC) in the Obock region in Djibouti, to assist migrants who wish to return to their countries of origin after attempts to emigrate or upon return from the Arabian Peninsula. With the set-up of the MRC in Obock in 2011, a team of […]
Reducing post-harvest loss and waste; crucial to ensuring food and nutrition security in the IGAD region
IGAD’s Ministers for agriculture endorsed a new strategy on post-harvest loss management 12 August 2021, Addis Ababa – The IGAD post-harvest loss management (PHLM) strategy was endorsed at a virtual ministerial meeting organized by the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) on 12 August 2021 with the technical support of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the […]