Africa News

Regional Director J. Rizal C. Pangilinan meets with the President of the Republic of Fiji His Excellency Jioji Konrote, who is also the Chief Scout of Fiji Scouts Association. A regional team is in South Pacific visiting Fiji, Kiribati, Solomon...

The large hall of the Podgorica Culture and Art Centre was not big enough for the hundreds of Scouts and other guests who had travelled from all over the country and beyond to Montenegro’s capital city earlier this month to celebrate the first sixty...

PREPARED: FOR A CHANGING WORLD The 2nd World Scout Education Congress (WSEC) will take place at Kandersteg International Scout Centre, Switzerland, from 11-15 May 2017. This second edition of the event will focus on the core business of Scouting. It...

In the framework of their annual project the Ventures of the Lyon Croix-Rousse Scout & Guide Group of the Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs de France (EEdF) decided to pass their autumn camp at the Tirol International Scout & Guide Centre near Innsbruck in...

It is our absolute pleasure to announce the appointment of our Mr Ahmad Alhendawi as the next Secretary General of the World Organisation of the Scout Movement (WOSM). Mr Ahmad Alhendawi will start in March of 2017 after completing his term as the...

Dear Friends, We are happy to share with you the September 2016 issue of Kudumail, the Africa Scout Region newsletter. Enjoy your reading! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

Dear Friends, We are happy to share with you the October 2016 issue of Kudumail, the Africa Scout Region newsletter. Enjoy your reading! -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

On 28 and 29 September 2016, the Kenya Scouts Association (KSA) underwent a second round of 3rd party GSAT assessment after having failed the initial assessment in early 2012. This time round the NSO attained an overwhelming score of 91%. This comes...

Tanzania Scouts Association will from 8-11 March 2017 host the All Africa Scout Day celebrations in Arusha, Tanzania. Arrivals and departures will be on 8th and 11th March, respectively. All participants will pay a participation fee of sixty-five...

U-Report is a social messaging tool allowing anyone from any community, anywhere in the world to respond to polls, report issues, support child rights and work as positive agents of change on behalf of people in their country. You can become a U...

Guy-Omer Bansadja Banafai left the World Scout Bureau on 11 November 2016 to take up a new job with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. Guy joined the WSB Africa in May 2007 as an Administration and Finance Manager. He rose to the...

On a recent visit to the lakeside town of Kisumu, the staff of the World Scout Bureau Africa Support Centre took time off work to share happiness with orphans and vulnerable children at Mama Ngina Children’s Home. Led by the Regional Director, the...

Immerse yourself in the amazing week the WOSM delegation experienced at COP22! The first week at COP22 was a whirlwind filled with a lot of hard work, new experiences and endless opportunity. Putting our focus on education and youth participation we...

Being a Scout or Girl Guide helps to lower the risk of mental illness later in life, according to researchers from Edinburgh and Glasgow universities. From their study of 10,000 people from across the United Kingdom who were born in 1958, they...

To celebrate 75 years since the official founding of Air Scouts in the United Kingdom (UK), a celebratory National Air Scout Camp was held in late October in Cornwall in the southwest of England. Although only founded in 1941, Scouts – in Britain and...