ilo.org (22.04.2015) African Ministers of Social Development, Labour and Employment are discussing social protection for inclusive development from 23-24 April 2015 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Key policy recommendations and strategies are to be adopted by Member States. ILO News talks with Luis Frota, Social Security Specialist in the African region, to assess the reality on the ground and share good practises.

includeplatform.net (26.01.2016) Applying a gender lens to social protection policies is necessary to reduce inequality between men and women and make development more inclusive. This is the main message from a new paper by Julie Newton for INCLUDE, ‘Making Social Protection Gender Sensitive for Inclusive Development in Sub-Saharan Africa’.

Handelsblatt (02.12.2015) In den nächsten Monaten gehe es vor allem darum, Daten zu sammeln, auszuwerten und dann die notwendigen Programme zu schaffen. Viele Spätfolgen müssten entweder mit Psychotherapie oder Medikamenten behandelt werden. „Wir brauchen Spezialisten“, erklärt Hilde De Clerck.

Abidjan.net (29.09.2015) Environs quatre-vingt-dix élèves issus du Centre Ivoirien de Formation des Cadres de la Sécurité Sociale de l'institut aux Métiers de la Sécurité Social( IM2S), ont reçu ce mardi 29 septembre leurs diplômes de fin de formation.

East African countries are not spending enough on social protection forcing the region's poor to remain outside the social safety net system, which in turn undermines efforts to reduce the poverty gap across the region.

This Day Live (29.07.2015) As several West African countries, including Nigeria, move to implement their own forms of social security, deployment of ICT has been identified as an effective tool to drive its smooth implementation. Damilola Oyedele writes.

thisdaylive.com (01.07.2015) Regional Director (Africa) for the International Labour Organisation, Mr. Aeneas Chuma explains why all African countries need to create a workable form of social security to protect vulnerable people. Damilola Oyedele presents the excerpts:

maliweb.net (25.06.2015) Le symposium sur la protection sociale organisé par la FANAF s'ouvre ce mercredi 24 juin à l'Auditorium de la Confédération des entreprises d'Abidjan et réunit plus de 500 délégués issus du monde de la finance, de l'assurance, des gouvernements africains, des institutions de développement internationales, entre autres. Cet important événement soutenu par l'Etat ivoirien est présidé par Nialé Kaba, ministre auprès du Premier ministre Daniel Kablan Duncan.

JeuneAfrique.com (08.06.2015) L'assurance maladie universelle, c'est pour la fin de l'année. Les principaux bénéficiaires ? Les catégories les plus vulnérables de la population. Mais gare à la dépense.

Wall Street Journal (05.06.2015) Now, as the virus ebbs, the governments of Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea—racked for years by civil wars, coups, and unrest—are joining forces to heal from the crisis. Working with foreign donors, they see an opportunity to remake health care in one of the poorest corners of the world, where more than 27,181 people have been sickened with Ebola and more than 11,162 have died. Better health systems will save more lives here and prevent future outbreaks that could spread around the world, they say.