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BBC reveals thousands of boys have been kept in chains, tortured and abused in Islamic schools across Sudan

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A BBC News Arabic investigation has uncovered systemic child abuse inside Islamic schools in Sudan. There are nearly 30,000 Islamic schools, known as “khalwas” across Sudan.

The investigation, “The Schools that Chain Boys”, has found that boys as young as five-years-old are routinely chained, shackled and beaten by the “sheikhs”, or religious men in charge of the schools. The investigation also found evidence of sexual abuse.

For 18 months undercover reporter Fateh al- Rahman al-Hamdani – who used to study at a khalwa himself – secretly filmed inside 23 khalwas across Sudan. He found boys shackled and chained and witnessed brutal routine beatings. Many of the children were malnourished and living in squalid conditions, forced to sleep on the floor in extreme heat. Sick children were left without medical help.

Preparing Ethiopian businesses for the new normal post COVID-19

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Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd., a leading provider of cyber security solutions globally, hosted a webinar on October 12 through a joint effort with Deliver ICT, an IT solutions company based in Ethiopia, to provide businesses with the essential cyber security strategies needed post COVID-19.

According to Check Point research, the East African region has experienced nearly three times the global average in cyber-attacks. The World Economic Forum warned thatwe should prepare for a COVID-like global cyber pandemic that will spread faster and further than a biological virus, with an equal or greater economic impact.

With cyber security now considered a business enabler, Ethiopian security executives will play a key role in securing their organisations. The webinar presentation, “Coronavirus: The Day After Preparing For The Next Global Crisis – A Cyber Pandemic,” featured Matan Burstein, Security Engineering Manager Africa at Check Point Software, who provided insights into IT security challenges in the new cyber security normal which has arisen due to shifts in our working culture as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Continued research key as Africa moves towards implementation of AfCFTA

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Thorough research and continuous interaction between researchers and policy makers is crucial to ensure the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCTA) delivers for the continent, in particular consolidating African markets into a single market of more than 1.2 billion people and a GDP of over US$2.5 trillion.

This was said by Stephen Karingi, Director of the Regional Integration and Trade Division of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in a keynote address to the Seventh Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Annual Research Forum on the theme; “Harnessing Intra- COMESA Trade through the Interface with the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)”.

“By investing in capacitating researchers and enabling their interaction with decision-makers, the forum enhances the quality of research outputs. It also facilitates the uptake of research findings and recommendations towards moving forward COMESA’s and Africa’s integration agenda,” said the ECA Director of the forum that seeks to strengthen research capacities in the region.

UNDP, EIB expand partnership to support governments in tackling global crisis

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The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have signed a new partnership agreement to scale up their support to countries facing situations of emergency caused by epidemics, natural disasters, conflict and other types of fragility. This agreement will enable both institutions to reinforce the resilience of partner countries and contribute to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The immediate focus will be to address setbacks, mainly caused by the COVID-19 crisis, in Eastern and Southern neighborhood, Central Asia and Africa.

In situations of emergency, conducting project procurement can represent a challenge too high to ensure a timely response to populations’ urgent needs. This new agreement will enable the UNDP to carry out the procurement required for the implementation of projects financed by the EIB in such situations. UNDP’s presence in fragile and conflict countries will greatly help EIB financing to reach the most vulnerable and allow both organizations to respond quicker to pressing requests.

During the online signing ceremony, Werner Hoyer, EIB president, and Achim Steiner, UNDP Administrator, exchanged their views on these challenging times.

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