Princess Anne is the latest member of the royal family to visit a Commonwealth Youth Programme regional centre. The Princess Royal visited the CYP Centre in Zambia on 27 September 2012 while on a four-day official visit to the country. Earlier this month, Prince William and Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, visited the CYP Centre …
All men everywhere face days when the sun stops shining. But because they are born with strong spirit, they move on and alter the game, writes Nnadozie Onyekuru, 23, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Maiduguri in Nigeria. Once upon a time, there was a man named Abraham Lincoln whose story is as cliché today as the …
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The Deputy Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Ms. Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba, has challenged African youths to contribute solutions to the diverse challenges confronting Africa, reports Femi Asu from Nigeria. Speaking in Lagos, Nigeria, at the 4th Biennial Youth Alliance for Leadership and Development in Africa (YALDA) Conference at Orchid Hotels, Dream World Africana Way, Lekki-Epe, Lagos, she …
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The Deputy Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Ms. Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba, has challenged African youths to contribute solutions to the diverse challenges confronting Africa, reports Femi Asu, 27, from Erinmope-Ekiti in Nigeria. Speaking in Lagos, Nigeria, at the 4th Biennial Youth Alliance for Leadership and Development in Africa (YALDA) Conference at Orchid Hotels, Dream World Africana Way, Lekki-Epe, Lagos, …
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A recent conference gave Pacific youth a chance to symbolise the potential in the Commonwealth, writes Fale Lesa, 22, a Commonwealth Correspondent from New Zealand. He says the atmosphere was filled with optimism as participants moulded networks and shared experiences. The Solomon Islands was no doubt the place to be for energetic young people who emerged …
Former Nigerian presidential candidate and founder of the Centre for Values in Leadership, Prof. Pat Utomi, has stressed the need for young Africans to hold their leaders accountable. By Femi Asu (pictured). Speaking on a Panel Session last weekend at the 4th Biennial Youth Alliance for Leadership and Development in Africa (YALDA) Conference at Orchid Hotels, …
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The founder of the Centre for Values in Leadership, Prof. Pat Utomi, a former Nigerian presidential candidate, has stressed the need for young Africans to hold their leaders to account. Femi Asu, 27, from Lagos in Nigeria reports. Speaking during a panel session last weekend at the 4th Biennial Youth Alliance for Leadership and Development …
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The year 2011 represented an incredibly humbling experience where failures outnumbered success for Joshua Hamlet, 24, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Trinidad & Tobago. In spite of that, he says Semester at Sea became his journey of belief, and of understanding the quiet whisper of courage in an orchestra of doubt. I want to share my …
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Nigeria’s new graduates and those idled by the global economic downturn are flooding the labour market in search of scarce opportunities, writes Ayodeji Morakinyo, 25, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Nigeria. However, some government leaders and many NGOs are combining efforts to reduce the rate of unemployment. Unemployment issues have grown severe as the global economic …
Nigeria’s new graduates and those hit by the global economic downturn are competing for increasingly scarce work opportunities, writes Ayodeji Morakinyo, 25, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Nigeria. However, some government leaders and many NGOs are now combining their efforts to reduce the unemployment rate. Unemployment issues have grown severe as the global economic recession that …
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