diplomacy&development

St. George’s University (SGU) School of Medicine in Grenada, West Indies, has entered into an affiliation agreement with the Ugandan North American Association (UNAA) aiming to expand medical education opportunities for aspiring Ugandan doctors in North America and Uganda.  The partnership focuses on increasing accessibility and affordability of medical education while enhancing residency opportunities for Ugandan students. It provides crucial support to students based in Uganda who are eager to pursue careers in medicine, with the goal of practicing in the US and Canada. One of the key issues this affiliation addresses is the fierce competition for medical school seats in the US and Canada, where opportunities for Ugandan students are minimal. Through this collaboration, SGU offers a solution by allowing qualified Ugandan students to apply for and enroll in its Doctor of Medicine (MD) program. Those accepted into SGU’s Four-Year MD Program and the 5-, 6-, or 7-Year MD tracks will be e

President of the United Republic of Tanzania, H.E. Dr. SAMIA SULUHU HASSAN  speaking on Thursday 31 October during a high-level session at the World Food Prize Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue in Iowa, moderated by the president of the African Development Bank Group, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina. Each youth is given 10 acres of land and is supported by training, already 11,000 have benefitted and this year’s harvest has begun. • Tanzania achieves 128% food self-sufficiency, one of continent’s two successful cashew nut processorsI • If you are not investing in Africa, what are you doing? – Akinwumi Adesina Tanzania is setting new benchmarks in food self-sufficiency across Africa, raising hope that the fight against hunger and malnutrition on the continent is achievable. President Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania said her country had reached 128 percent food security and is now exporting surplus to neighbouring countries.   She was speaking on Thursday 31 October during a high-level sessi