

#BridgingAfricanBorders
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@HoABorderlander
Sign up and ratify the African Union Convention on Cross-Border Cooperation. From barriers to bridges: Transforming Borderlands in Africa -The Niamey Convention





#BridgingAfricanBorders Community Summit - Impact of #COVID19 on borderland communities: "With the closure of the Uganda/Kenya border, many teenagers experienced difficulties in accessing shared resources and essential SRHR services leading to an influx of #teenage pregnancies"

The CSOs have increased their level of engagement with policy makers at both local & national levels, and also intensified their efforts towards popularizing the #NiameyConvention in their communities! #BridgingAfricanBorders @Ashwauganda @CommunitySupp14 @LPI_voices @tendasasa


Improving policies for conflict resolution: Civil society engagement to transform borderlands in Africa #BridgingAfricanBorders Community Summit in Busia @EU_Commission @Sida @LPI_voices @LPI_voices @tendasasa @HoABorderlander @COPEN_HOA @sheilakawamara @Steve_Kirimi @jumuiya

The project, w/c seeks to contribute to the greater inclusion of women in trade as one of the pathways to increased business competitiveness & trade in EAC is going to be implemented with funding from @CanHCKenya through @TradeMarkEastA #SaveWomensTrade @UrgentAct @WarutereRuth

'@eassigender will also sensitise & strengthen the capacity of policy implementers & women in cross border trade on gender& trade issues' @sheilakawamara #SaveWomensTrade @TradeMarkEastA @CanHCKenya @FaithLumonya @Quetalive @PedazoUG @IamBornBlack @MCartar20 @HappinessViola

Addressing #Covid_19 & #CHOLERA in far-flung Illeret ward-#Marsabit_County while also #advancingSustainablePeace among the X-Border communities in N.West Kenya and S.West Ethiopia with financial support from EU Delegation in Ethiopia @JBorgstam in partnership with @PactinKenya.








Do you know that 7 June was designated as #AfricanBorderDay by African Ministers in Charge of Border Issues? #Borders are Points of Contact/ Bridges and are Points of Separation/Control that preserve the states’ sovereignty #FromBarrierstoBridges


@vicbwire: Member countries must ensure that the truck drivers are not criminalized in the war against #covid19kenya bit.ly/2WK1P8P #EATradePostCOVID19 #BridgingAfricanBorders #NiameyConvention @HoABorderlander @eassigender @tendasasa @Ashwauganda @jumuiya







