Promoting Employment

In autumn, job fairs are being held across China to promote employment of college graduates, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said on 22 September. The job fairs will continue till 20 November this year, and are expected to feature over 10 million job vacancies suitable for college graduates, the ministry said.

China will see a record of 11.58 million new college graduates this year, data showed. The country aims to create around 12 million new urban jobs, to keep the surveyed urban unemployment rate at around 5.5 percent, according to the government work report delivered at the National People’s Congress, the country’s top legislature, on 5 March.

KENYA Protection of Forests

Kenya on 19 October announced a plan to delineate boundaries of all forests across the country and fence them to curb human encroachment and other illegal activities.

Soipan Tuya, cabinet secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry, said in a statement released in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, that there are several violations targeting forests that have been going on for too long, including illegal logging and charcoal burning, which the government is keen to stop.

The government is currently carrying out evictions of illegal settlers from Mau Forest, the country’s largest water tower. Kenyan President William Ruto ordered the eviction of the hundreds

of settlers in early October, noting that the government would stop at nothing to protect the country’s water tower.

Kenya’s public forests cover more than 150,000 hectares, constituting 6 percent of the 2.49 million hectares of gazetted forests in the East African nation, which consists of pine, cypress and eucalyptus trees.

UGANDA Host of CECAFA U-15 Championship

Uganda is set to host the East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) Under-15 Championship in November.

Auka Gecheo, executive director of CECAFA, said that the championship will take place on 4-18 November at the FUFA Technical Centre in Njeru.