Global Agribusiness Still Displacing Rural Communities, Report Reveals

During the last decade, multinational corporations, foreign investors and governments that are facilitating land grabs in a pursuit for agribusiness allegedly escalated.  Huge acquisitions of farmland have led to violent displacements of rural populations. Although reports of the practice are not as recurrent in the media, the problem is far from over. Between 2006 and […]

COVID-19: Its Time To Safeguard The Rural Communities From Infection

Coronavirus pandemic is one not in a hurry to leave the scene any time soon. Unfortunately, it has like others before it comes to stay. No disease is completely eradicated from the face of the earth. Various kinds of drugs are produced and made readily available to manage it and its attendant consequences. For this […]

In Chad, Rural Communities Cut-off from COVID-19 Messages

Many rural communities in Chad are ‘disconnected’ from critical COVID-19 sensitisation messages.  Why? The communities are ‘excluded’ from radio and cellphone coverage thus, leaving them out of critical COVID-19 messages.  Chad, a landlocked country in Central Africa, has more than 70 per cent of its population in rural areas, and with limited access to digital […]