January 28, 2009 Madagascar YMCA closes due to violence in capital city

Thousands of people have taken to the streets in civil protest which has turned violent in the last few days in Madagascar’s capital, Antananarivo, and for security reasons, Madagascar YMCA closed all...

January 28, 2009 Sierra Leone YMCA receives recognition award during Country Focus meeting

Sierra Leone YMCA recently received the 2008 peace maker award from YMCA of Simcoe/Muskoka, Canada, for its enormous contributions to peace in the country over the past years.

The award was presented...

January 28, 2009 Zimbabwe education crisis continues

It was no surprise that public schools failed to open in Zimbabwe as scheduled last week. Though some private schools had opened, these were instructed to close by the authorities for reasons unknown....

January 22, 2009 Zimbabwe YMCA gets kickstart from Unicef

A recently launched sports programme run by the Zimbabwe YMCA is geared to make significant impact on youth sexuality, reproductive health and HIV/AIDS prevention.

Funded by Unicef, 300 peer educat...

January 22, 2009 President Obama's inaugural speech - a new era dawns

20 January 2009 will go down in the annals of history as the day the United States Of America politics turned the full circle of  transformation. With the inauguration of an African-American as t...

January 07, 2009 Ghana Elections Carry Hope for Democracy in Africa

When John Atta-Mills took up presidency of Ghana yesterday, this symbolised a great democratic success for Africa. Congratulations have poured in from world leaders, commending Ghana, its citizens and...

January 05, 2009 Africa Alliance President Appealed to the Secretary General of the World Alliance on Zimbabwe

In an open letter to Dr. Bart Shaha, Secretary General of the World Alliance of YMCAs, Clifford M Sileya the President of the Africa Alliance of YMCAs, wrote:The Government and Administration in Zimba...