Posts Tagged:COVID-19

Inflation and Food insecurity leading to growing Poverty in Africa

by ACT

New UN report raises alarm After decades of progress, the past two years have seen a historic decline in global rates for life expectancy, education and income, according to a new UN Report*. The report states that nine out of ten countries have slid backwards in the Human Development Index, reversing a thirty-year trend, due…

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CORONAVIRUS – ONE YEAR ON!

by ACT

“From the beginning of the Coronavirus pandemic, it felt like time had stopped, even though the world was still spinning. At the end of the day, Monday morning blues and Friday feelings no longer mattered. The day and night felt the same and were filled with uncertainty, anxiety and stress leaving many people in a…

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My Placement Experience During Lockdown

by ACT

Marie-Fatou and her ACT experience My name is Marie-Fatou and I’m a university placement student at ACT. I’m 20 years old and in the second year of my degree programme in International Relations and Development at the University of Westminster, London. My interest in politics, especially global politics, comes from having lived in a variety…

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