Category: Africa News

South Africa: pace really matters

Download logoSouth Africa has reaffirmed its commitment to accelerate the pace of its response to HIV in order to reach…

5 years ago

Hope for Kenya’s Forgotten Victims

Download logoAgnes Odhiambo Senior Researcher, Women's Rights Division This weekend, I received the sad news that Chepkorir had died. Chepkorir,…

5 years ago

Operational update on Mali: Food delivered to attack survivors; psychological wounds being addressed

Download logoFood and essential household items have been delivered by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to the…

5 years ago

On the Occasion of Djibouti National Day

Download logoOn behalf of the Government of the United States, I offer my warm congratulations and best wishes to the…

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UN Women’s Rights Committee to review Austria, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guyana, Mozambique, and Qatar

Download logoThe UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is meeting in Geneva from July 1 to…

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Swiss facilitation process in Cameroon

Download logoAt the request of the parties, Switzerland is acting as a facilitator in the crisis in north-western and south-western…

5 years ago

Eritrea: Government officials & supporters target critics abroad as repression follows migrants

Download logoAs Eritrea chairs the UN Human Rights Council, government officials and supporters abroad are harassing and intimidating exiled human…

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IMF Executive Board Completes the Fourth Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement, Approves a US$ 47.0 Million Disbursement, and Concludes the 2019 Article IV Consultation with Niger

Download logoProgram implementation as been broadly satisfactory with public finances strengthening as planned, progress with the implementation of the structural…

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Gambia: Women Accuse Ex-President of Sexual Violence

Download logoThree women have accused Gambia’s former president, Yahya Jammeh, of rape and sexual assault while he was in office,…

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IMF Staff Concludes Visit to Liberia

Download logoA mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by Mika Saito, visited Monrovia June 12 - 24, 2019…

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Madagascar: Take decisive steps to end torture and killings by security forces

Download logoMalagasy authorities must take decisive steps to end the entrenched culture of impunity for killings, torture and other ill-treatment…

5 years ago

Music against child marriage (By Juan Haro)

Download logoThe 30thAnniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child lands in Niger. UNICEF launched an artistic…

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International Organization for Migration (IOM), World Food Programme (WFP) Conduct First Beneficiary Data Exchange In South Sudan

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) recently completed the first functional data exchange…

5 years ago

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board Completes the Fourth Review under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) Arrangement and Approves US$34 Million Disbursement to Togo

Download logoProgram implementation under the ECF arrangement has been broadly satisfactory; It aims to substantially reduce the fiscal deficit, refocus…

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UAE denounces terror attack on security checkpoint in Sinai, Egypt

Download logoThe United Arab Emirates has strongly condemned the terrorist attack that targeted security points in North Sinai governorate in…

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On a trek to safety, Somalis risk all in Libya (By Louise Donovan)

Download logoHeld captive by gun-toting smugglers at a warehouse in southern Libya, newlywed Somali refugee Maryam* was taken from her…

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WHO Regional Director commends Uganda’s Ebola preparedness response

Download logoAfter assessing one of the high-risk districts for Ebola virus disease in western Uganda today, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, World…

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Rugby: Zambia ready to face Zimbabwe in Victoria Cup 2019

Download logoThe recently announced re-introduction of the Victoria Cup will certainly raise the standards of rugby in Zambia, this comes…

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Rugby – South Africa: Under-20 Women lead 1-0 against Zimbabwe

South Africa Under-20 Womens Rugby team had a convincing 43-0 win against Zimbabwe to lead 1-0 in their bilateral two…

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Chinese Energy companies push to acquire Mining, Oil and Gas Assets in Equatorial Guinea ahead of July 2nd Roadshow

Equatorial Guinea Ronda has received great interest from public and private Chinese companies to invest in Equatorial Guinea and explore…

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