Nuraddeen Haruna Idris, 21, a Correspondent from Yobe State, Nigeria, writes that rice farming can boost Nigeria’s economic status by providing employment and using investment that now goes to imports. Rice farming will boost the economic status of Nigeria because agriculture is a branch of the economy that provides employment for about 30 per cent of the …
Young people devote time and energy to ‘following’ celebrity news and styles, writes Tshwanelo Fokazi, 24, a Correspondent from Ekurhuleni, South Africa, but at the same time youth are able to uphold their own standards and beliefs. Are you wondering what Trevor Noah said to Miley Cyrus during his interview with her last week? Ask me, …
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Youth form a majority among potential voters in Kenya’s upcoming election, writes Brian Dan Migowe, 26, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Kenya, but have a reputation for not voting. Here, he looks at possible reasons and repercussions related to the missed opportunity. So why don’t young people vote? There are plenty of millennials who are completely oblivious about …
American politics under President Trump has ushered in an era where facts can become alternative facts, not fiction, writes Ashley Foster-Estwick, 25, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Barbados. She questions the impact on anti-vaccine activists when misinformation is accessible in a millisecond on the web. It is reassuring to let persons conduct independent investigation on the risks and …
Makerere University’s 67th graduation ceremony launched more than 10,000 new graduates, writes Badru Walusansa, 25, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Kampala in Uganda, who argues they will need networking skills as well as academic success to land jobs and careers. While the graduates from Makerere and the rest of Uganda’s public universities will celebrate their latest academic feat, …
The Commonwealth Youth Sport for Development and Peace Network (CYSDP) is set to launch the #Sport4DevelopmentNG Campaign in Nigeria. This was made known in a Statement issued by the CYSDP Africa Regional Representative, John Oluwadero. The #Sport4DevelopmentNG social media campaign is scheduled to commence on Monday March 27, 2017 and will end on Saturday …
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Building peace means finding ways to defuse the hate speech of terrorists, writes Mridul Upadhyay, 25, a Commonwealth Correspondent from New Delhi, as he describes a workshop that gave activists strategies for this important mission. “We, the peace builders, need to understand that the reach of ISIS type extremist groups is getting much better than the peace …
The socio-economic development of every country lies in education, writes Kenneth Gyamerah, 26, a Correspondent from Kumasi in Ghana. Much has been done globally in the last decade to provide quality basic education for children as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, he notes, as he examines Ghana’s success and its plans …
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Hunger and food insecurity are on the increase in rural Uganda, writes Munguongeyo Ivan, 24, a Correspondent from Kampala, Uganda. The most vulnerable segments of the population are women and children, especially in the Karamoja region in the North Eastern parts of Uganda. I feel overwhelmed and disturbed about such news because the pre-colonial and …
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One reason for economic slow down is the decline of money in the hands of consumers, writes Samasi Anderson, 20, a Correspondent from Bayelsa State in Nigeria, while at the same time money is concentrated in other hands. Money at the disposal of an investor is mobile in the global economy, he writes. When the income of …