By Communicating the Arts Published June 22, 2021 Louvre Museum in the French capital, Paris, has got its first female director for the first time since its opening in 1793. Laurence des Cars, current head of the Musée d’Orsay and…
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By Commonwealth Secretariat Published May 27, 2021 A set of measures to support international efforts in tackling corruption has been launched by the Commonwealth Secretariat. The Commonwealth Anti-Corruption Benchmarks are designed to help governments and public sector organisations assess laws,…
By Irene Gaitirira Published May 24, 2021 Health Ministers of the 54 Commonwealth member countries have expressed deep concern over the stark gaps in access and delivery of COVID-19 vaccine doses, especially in poorer countries, and called for what they…
By Abdi Ali Published May 17, 2021 A higher education online platform known as Unicaf has announced plans to expand to 17 countries in Africa. Nicos Nicolaou, the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Unicaf who says his platform has…
By Iminza Keboge Published March 17, 2021 Faysal Islam of Bangladesh has been declared winner of the 2021 Commonwealth Young Person of the Year Award for providing low-cost ambulances and medical care to rural people. Islam, who dedicated the award…
By Abdi Ali Published March 3, 2021 The annual Commonwealth Day shall coincide with the International Women’s Day on March 8, 2021. The Commonwealth, that brings together 2.4 billion people in 54 countries many of which are former British colonies,…
By Ogova Ondego Published January 27, 2021 Though the young people of today, regardless of where they live, not only face pressure unknown to past generations and are also being forced to do so earlier, there is almost no one…
By Irene Gaitirira Published January 5, 2021 The first of two new Airbus A330-800 neo for Uganda Airlines that was revived in 2019 has been delivered. The plane landed at Entebbe International Airport on December 22, 2020 at 10:30 in…
By Abdi Ali Published October 10, 2020 A new project aimed at strengthen the arts and culture sector has been launched across six African countries. According to Selam, the civil society behind the Swedish Institute-funded initiative dubbed Connecting Global Cultural…
By Iminza Keboge Published May 10, 2020 Rabha Ashry of Egypt has won the 2020 Brunel International African Poetry Prize. Ashry will receive a £3,000 honorarium while her winning selection of poems is now up on africanpoetryprize.org/, the Brunel University…