Category: Africa News

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex (LGBTI) Activist invited to Germany on an Information Visit on Equal Opportunities

Download logoLGBTI Activist and former Director of Out-Right Namibia and coordinator of Diversity Alliance of Namibia, Friedel Dausab will participate…

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AU Summit: President Adesina to lead African Development Bank’s delegation, Continental Free Trade Area talks to top summit agenda

Download logoAfrican Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) President Akinwumi Adesina will next week lead a delegation of top Bank officials to…

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Security Working Group of the U.S.-Morocco Strategic Dialogue

Download logoOn July 3, 2019, the United States and Morocco convened a working group of the U.S.-Morocco Strategic Dialogue in…

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Embassy Banjul hosts #July4OnTheMoo

The U.S. Embassy hosted the annual Independence Day Official reception on Tuesday, July 2.  It was the largest ever July…

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Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Libya

Download logoThe Secretary-General is outraged by reports that at least 44 migrants and refugees, including women and children, have been…

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UNHCR saddened by large loss of life in Tunisia shipwreck, calls for end to detention in Libya

Download logoMore than 80 people are feared drowned following a boat disaster off Tunisia. According to the two survivors, the…

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Canada condemns attack on migrant and refugee centre in Libya

Download logoGlobal Affairs Canada today issued the following statement: “Canada strongly condemns the airstrike on the migrant and refugee detention…

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Statement by Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Promotion Carmelo Abela, following an airstrike on a migrant detention centre in Tajoura

Download logoWe are shocked to hear about the airstrikes on Tajoura, specifically on a migrant detention centre, that left 40…

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International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board Completes Fourth Review under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) for Chad, Approves US$38.9 Million Disbursement and Concludes 2019 Article IV Consultation

Download logoPerformance under the ECF-supported program has been broadly satisfactory with continued improvement in the fiscal position and progress in…

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More than a Million People to be Vaccinated in Phase 2 of a Huge Cholera Vaccination Campaign in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Phase 2 of the biggest ever oral vaccination campaign against cholera is scheduled to take place from 3-8 July 2019…

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Guinea: New Law Could Shield Police from Prosecution

Guinea’s president should not put into effect a new law that gives gendarmes too much discretion to use firearms and…

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African Development Bank to meet Nigerian businesses leaders next week ahead of African Investment Forum

Download logoWHO: African Development Bank, Africa Finance Corporation WHAT: African Investment Forum Roadshow WHERE: Transcorp Hilton, Abuja, Nigeria WHEN: July…

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Protracted conflicts and adverse weather conditions exacerbate food needs

Ongoing conflicts and dry weather conditions remain the primary causes of high levels of severe food insecurity, hampering food availability…

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UNMISS-funded police station expected to keep everyone in War-awar safe (by Deng Mou)

That’s the bright future hoped for in War-awar in Aweil East, following the delivery of a UN-funded police station to…

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Bachelet urges Sudan to restore freedoms, investigate violations and move swiftly to civilian rule

Download logoAs more details emerge about casualties during Sunday’s mass protests in towns and cities across Sudan, the UN High…

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New International Labour Organization (ILO) data analysis shows just 10 per cent of workers receive nearly half of global pay

An ILO assessment gives the first global estimates of the distribution of labour income, and shows that pay inequality remains…

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Uganda Launches Scale-up Plan for Tuberculosis Preventive Treatment

Download logoThe Minister of Health, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, launched a 100-Day Accelerated Scale-up plan for Tuberculosis Preventive Treatment (TPT)…

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Libya: UN arms embargo violations put Tripoli’s 1.2 million civilians in grave danger

Download logoThe lives and security of Tripoli’s 1.2 million civilians hang in the balance as warring parties use a range…

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Presidential Election in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania

Download logoThe Government of Japan congratulates that the presidential election in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania was peacefully held on…

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UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) to play pivotal role in retooling Cameroon’s industrial masterplan

Download logoCameroon's Minister of Mines, Industry and Technological Development, Mr. Gabriel Dodo Ndoke has solicited the support of the Subregional…

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