Africa Jun 21, 2017
The Tanzanian government has apologised to protesters with disabilities who were manhandled by the police last Friday in the capital Dar es Salaam.
Local media The Citizen
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Africa Jun 16, 2017
Girls with disabilities in developing countries are effectively unseen and unheard and are often not benefiting from international efforts to improve access to education in developing
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Africa Jun 12, 2017
MARRAKESH, MOROCCO: The Program-for-Results Urban Transport Program Project is strengthening infrastructure in Morocco, while promoting competitive and inclusive growth by linking citizens with limited mobility to
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UGANDA: Majority buildings in Uganda are not fully accessible by persons with disabilities, a report by Equal Opportunity Commission (EOC) has revealed.
Speaking during the launch of
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DODOMA: The call was made here today by Prime Minister of Tanzania Kassim Majaliwa when responding to a supplementary question from Special Seat MP Amina Mollel
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Africa May 31, 2017
Developing countries often remain so due to underdeveloped transportation systems, which limit people’s ability to access food, products, and services. Coupled with disabilities, it can be
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Africa May 24, 2017
Vodafone Ghana has launched another industry first, ‘Supercare’, a dedicated customer service line for people with hearing disabilities in the country.
The initiative forms part of the
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Africa May 17, 2017
NIGERIA: The FCT Minister, Muhammad Musa Bello, has said the Federal Capital Territory Administration is working to regulate all future public buildings plans to provide access
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Africa May 12, 2017
NIGERIA: The Kwara House of Assembly on Wednesday passed the People with Disabilities Bill.
The bill, which was passed after the House considered its features at the
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Ghana Federation of Disability Organizations (FDA), has hinted that, effective this year, 2017, it will begin suing state and private institutions which fall foul of the
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Africa Apr 28, 2017
LAGOS: Nigeria on Wednesday said it was committed to providing welfare support and dividends of democracy to persons with disabilities.
Samuel Ankeli, the Senior Special Assistant to
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Africa Apr 26, 2017
HARARE: Students with disabilities have called for the formulation of an education policy tailored for their needs. According to the Deaf Zimbabwe Trust (DZT), disabled students
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Africa Apr 20, 2017
SOUTH ARFICA: The Nelson Mandela Bay municipality is on a mission to make the city more accessible by improving accessibility to all tourism hotspots.
Raising awareness about
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Africa Apr 20, 2017
GHANA: UNICEF, with funding support from USAID, is working with the Ghanaian Government through the Ghana Education Service to support 20 districts in the implementation of
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Africa Apr 17, 2017
CAIRO: Vodafone Egypt has launched a new mobile application called “E3rafli” for customers who are blind or have low vision, in an attempt to making its
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ACCRA: The campaign for education of children with disabilities has taken off with more than 16 schools in Ghana expected to join the global crusade seeking
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A reply to a DA parliamentary question by the Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga, has revealed that 9606 students with disabilities are not yet placed
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ETHIOPIA: The construction development in Ethiopia is remarkably growing from time to time. Every morning, it is usual to see the rising of various infrastructural developments.
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Africa Mar 29, 2017
ACCRA: The Persons with Disability Act 715, (2006) is undergoing an overhaul by stakeholders to ensure that it is compatible with the United Nations Convention on
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Africa Mar 27, 2017
ABUJA: Persons with disabilities have enjoined the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure their inclusion in the planned continuous voter registration (CVR) process billed to
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Africa Mar 26, 2017
ABUJA, NIGERIA: A coalition of persons with disabilities, under the aegis of the ‘Leave No One Behind: Disability Votes Count campaign’ has urged the Independent National
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Africa Mar 17, 2017
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA: Every year March is commemorated as Intellectual Disability Awareness Month, and this year the South African Federation for Mental Health is focusing on
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Africa Mar 16, 2017
KUMASI: The Ghana Federation of Disability (GFD) has begun nationwide consultations to collate views on the proposed amendment of the disability law.
The goal is to fine
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NIGERIA: The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Muhammad Musa Bello, has assured that his administration will implement the policy on inclusive education for children with disabilities.
He
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UGANDA: Service providers who have always found it hard to interact with people who are deaf because they have no interpreters should breathe a sigh of
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Africa Feb 22, 2017
SOUTH AFRICA: The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) has invested a landmark R175.6 million in infrastructure to ensure students and staff with disabilities have
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Africa Feb 22, 2017
NIGERIA: The Delta State Government is to sponsor a bill of law that will protect the rights of persons with disabilities. The Attorney-General and Commissioner for
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Africa Feb 14, 2017
GHANA: Minister for Aviation Cecilia Abena Dapaah has assured that her ministry will formulate policies to guarantee all buildings are re-structured to ensure easy movement for
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Africa Feb 10, 2017
RWANDA: Children with disabilities in the country find it hard to access education due to various challenges, according to a new report.
The study was conducted by
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RWANDA: Despite policies protecting persons with disabilities, there is still a “huge” gap in the realisation of rights and inclusion of these vulnerable persons, according to
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GHANA: Lack of pedestrian walkways and obstacles on routes has been identified as some of the barriers confronting pepersons with disabilities in society.
To this end the
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Africa Jan 27, 2017
ZAMBIA: Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR), a Livingstone-based non-governmental organisation, has sourced assistive devices for children with disabilities at a cost of K200,000.
CBR Zambia senior adviser Alick
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Africa Jan 23, 2017
MALAWI: In a bid to counter low participation of people with disabilities in socioeconomic development, Federation of Disability organisation in Malawi (FEDOMA) has begun implementing a
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Africa Jan 19, 2017
NAIROBI, KENYA: The National Council for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD) has announced plans to embark on a national crackdown against property developers flouting the accessibility code
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Africa Jan 18, 2017
On a cloudy morning, students dispatch from an assembly point to their classrooms. This is at Westmont High School located in Otjomuise residential area in Namibian
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Africa Jan 16, 2017
CAPE TOWN: The first UN World Data Forum will be hosted by Statistics South Africa from 15 to 18 January 2017, with support from the Statistics
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ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA: Over the past three years, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) supported the Ethiopian Center for Disability and Development (ECDD) Association
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Persons with disabilities have called for the amendment or complete repeal of the Disabled Persons Act (DPA), saying it must be mandatory for government to ensure
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NIGERIA: The Deaf Supporters’ Group (DSG) has called for inclusion in the Federal Government’s social welfare schemes for 2017 to enable persons with disabilities live a
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Africa Dec 19, 2016
GHANA: The Child Rights International (CRI) has tasked Ghana’s Electoral Management Body to improve on conditions at polling stations for the vulnerable in society to participate
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