International Youth Day this year brings to a close the International Year of Youth, dedicated to Dialogue and Mutual Understanding. Though out the year, young people in national youth councils, schools, youth clubs, faith and non-government organisations responded to the call to use their talent, energy and creativity to raise and address issues of development …
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This year as we mark International Youth Day under the theme “Change our world”. The Pan Commonwealth Youth Caucus joins the rest of the world in celebrating and acknowledging the role of young people in making our global community a better place. This year’s International Youth Day represents the culmination of the International year of the …
International Youth Day Message from the Pan-Commonwealth Youth Caucus. Read More »
Millions of Nigeria’s graduates remain unemployed and there is a perception that jobs in government go to those applicants whom are best connected. Yet recruitment without merit risks a decline in Nigeria’s international influence, writes Nnadozie Onyekuru, 22, a Commonwealth Correspondent from the city of Maiduguri. Cabinet confirmations in Nigeria are a caricature of intention. …
“The alarm should wake our leaders up. Things have to change” Read More »
Millions of Nigeria’s graduates remain unemployed and there is a perception that jobs in government go to those applicants whom are best connected. Yet recruitment without merit risks a decline in Nigeria’s international influence, writes Nnadozie Onyekuru, 22, a Commonwealth Correspondent from the city of Maiduguri. Cabinet confirmations in Nigeria are a caricature of intention. …
"The alarm should wake our leaders up. Things have to change" Read More »
US President Barack Obama once said that “change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time”. Yet there are still too few signs that change is within reach, writes Ryan Bachoo, 22, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Trinidad and Tobago. I’ve wanted to write this article for sometime, but either …
“The opportunity is there to usher in a new era of responsibility” Read More »
US President Barack Obama once said that “change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time”. Yet there are still too few signs that change is within reach, writes Ryan Bachoo, 22, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Trinidad and Tobago. I’ve wanted to write this article for sometime, but either …
"The opportunity is there to usher in a new era of responsibility" Read More »
There is so much more to Caribbean carnival than beads, costumes, feathers and drinking alcohol, just like there is much more to festivals and rituals celebrated in any other part of the globe, explains Leigh-Ann Worrell, 23, a Commonwealth Correspondent from St Thomas, Barbados. Caribbean people burst with pride about various aspects of our life …
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There is so much more to Caribbean carnival than beads, costumes, feathers and drinking alcohol, just like there is much more to festivals and rituals celebrated in any other part of the globe, explains Leigh-Ann Worrell, 23, a Commonwealth Correspondent from St Thomas, Barbados. Caribbean people burst with pride about various aspects of our life …
"Misconceptions passed off as truth on blogs and gossip sites" Read More »
Kenya is bearing the brunt of a rapidly unfolding East African food and refugee crisis. Dadaab refugee camp in Eastern Kenya has 400,000 Somalis living there, with 1,300 arriving daily, and is now Kenya’s third largest city. A coherent plan to deal with the disaster is required, argues Simon Hart, 25, a Commonwealth Correspondent from …
“Preventing famine in Kenya: In search of a new strategy” Read More »
Kenya is bearing the brunt of a rapidly unfolding East African food and refugee crisis. Dadaab refugee camp in Eastern Kenya has 400,000 Somalis living there, with 1,300 arriving daily, and is now Kenya’s third largest city. A coherent plan to deal with the disaster is required, argues Simon Hart, 25, a Commonwealth Correspondent from …
"Preventing famine in Kenya: In search of a new strategy" Read More »
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