Africa News

The Bénin Scout Association (Scoutisme Béninois) will hold an international jamboree under the banner “Together: Unity, Solidarity and Peace”. The event will be held from 25th July to 3rd August 2009 in Bohicon, Bénin. The organizers are expecting...

On Friday 13 March 2009, under the banner, “Our Africa, Our Environment: Scouts Care”, the Scout fraternity commemorated Africa Scout Day with pomp. In Nairobi, where the regional office (ARO) is headquartered, that occasion was marked with an...

The Ag. Regional Director, Mr. Winston Adams and Jacques Sandrizi faciliated a multipurpose management workshop for the leaders of the Ethiopia Scouts Association, in Addis Ababa on 7 and 8 March 2009. The main goal of this training was to equip the...

Mrs Elzette Balgobin, the Unit Manager for the Indian Ocean sub region, arrived in Seychelles on the 27th February 2009 to look into ways of strengthening cooperation between the Regional office, and the Seychelles Scouts Association (SSA). The...

In the wake of atrocities that have ravaged the DRC – home of the Fédération des Scouts du Congo (FESCO)– many youngsters are nursing both physical and psychological wounds. These children were kidnapped by rebels and used as fighters, labourers...

KINSHASA - Hot on the heels of 4th AGM at national level, FESCO (Fédération des Scouts de la R.D. Congo) is an organization on the move. The national team continues to implement the resolutions of the aforementioned AGM. At a glance, as far as...

ACCRA - From 20 to 22 February, the Ghana Scout Association, in collaboration with the Horizon Kids Ghana (HKgh) held a weekend camp in Dawhenya. The objectives of this activity were: to celebrate the Founder’s Day, to introduce Scouting to the...

LUANDA - On 21 February 2008 The Scout Association of Angola held the first meeting of Area Commissioners. The event which brought together fifteen of the eighteen senior leaders at Area level, analyzed the state of preparedness ahead of the Second...

On 13th March, Africa will be celebrating the role of Scouting in educating Africa's youth. The theme of this event will be: “Our Africa, Our Environment: Scouts Care”. For more information on how you can take part, please download a kit attached to...

Scouts around the world marked the Founder's Day on Sunday 22nd February, 2009. Over 8,000 Scouts turned out at the Kabiruini showground in Nyeri district to mark the event. The theme of this year's occasion was “Breaking Barriers.” In his speech...

Scouting is known for innovations. We have had indabas, jamborees, camporees and agoonorees. There is now a new trend of Scout schools and it will perhaps warrant some nomenclature from a special Scout task force. What would you call a Scout school...

NAIROBI, 18 February 2009. At the Carnivore Restaurant, H.E. Vice-President of the Republic of Kenya, Kalonzo Musyoka, who is also the Chief Commissioner of the Kenya Scouts Association (KSA), officially launched the work of the Moot Organizing...

NAIROBI - Mr Adam Baden-Clay and his wife Nicole have been in Kenya for the past 10 months, on various missions. They for the first time visited the last resting place of their great grandparents—Robert Baden Powell and his wife Olave — in Nyeri...

13th March is a day that was set aside by the Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity, OAU – a predecessor of the African Union (AU) – during its 62nd Ordinary Session in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia on 21st – 23rd June 1995. This was in...

DOUALA – The Association Les Scouts du Cameroun will conduct two parallel training courses: an ALT (Assistant Leader Trainer) and an LT (Leader Trainer) in Douala (economic capital of the country) from Sunday, March 29 to Saturday, April 4, 2009...