On 25 October 2016, the African Union Peace and Security Council (AU PSC) and the European Union Political and Security Committee (EU PSC) held their 9th Annual Joint Consultative Meeting in Brussels, Belgium, as part of their regular dialogue within the framework of the Africa - EU partnership. The Joint Consultative Meeting was pre ...
The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) opened its 28th Ordinary Session and 12th Pre-Session on 21st October, 2016, jointly with the 59th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples 39; Rights, in Banjul, The Gambia. The Joint O ...
The Duke of York, Prince Andrew visited Botswana to attend its 50th anniversary celebrations and to highlight the unique shared history that Botswana and the United Kingdom enjoy. He attended the independence eve and Independence Day celebrations at the national stadium. The celebrations showcased Botswana rsquo;s growth and development since g ...
A multi-stakeholder consultation on the accelerated implementation of women rsquo;s rights and the African Decade of Human Rights was organized jointly by the African Union Commission (AUC), the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Righ ...
Mogadishu (AFP) - Several dozen armed men belonging to an Islamic State-linked group on Wednesday seized control of a small port in Somalia's Puntland region, local residents said. We are getting information that Qandala has fallen this morning, said Mohamed Muse, an elder in the town of Bossaso, which lies about 70 kilometres (45 miles) from ...
Maputo (AFP) - Peace talks between Mozambique's opposition leader Afonso Dhlakama and mediators were called off at the weekend after fighting broke out between the military and ex-rebel fighters, local media reported Wednesday. The meeting was part of negotiations that opened in May to end a simmering conflict between the government and the form ...
Paris (AFP) - Rape must be treated as an illegal weapon of war in the same way as chemical weapons, the campaigning gynaecologist Denis Mukwege said Wednesday. The specialist reconstructive surgeon, who has treated 45,000 victims of sexual violence in the strife-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, said a tougher line had to be taken against this ...
Addis Ababa (AFP) - Ethiopia on Wednesday denied that a string of withdrawals of troops from towns in Somalia were connected to the state of emergency declared in response to nearly a year of anti-government protests. Government spokesman Getachew Reda insisted the removal of troops from a string of Somali towns -- including at least three since ...
Ten-year-old Temawelase is a sixth-grader in a rural community in the Hhohho region of Swaziland. Almost 4000 miles away, her age-mate Daline has just finished primary school in Yaound eacute;, the political capital of Cameroon. Both girls dream of a bright future and work hard at school to realize this. When not at school, they help out at home ...
Lausanne (AFP) - The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Wednesday doubled a doping ban against Kenyan marathon star Rita Jeptoo to four years, signalling the end of her career. The world sports tribunal said there were aggravating circumstances including Jeptoo's deceptive and obstructive behaviour, which warranted doubling the original ban aga ...
WASHINGTON, October 25, 2016 Sub-Saharan Africa economies carried out a record number of reforms in the past year to improve the business climate for local entrepreneurs, says the World Bank Group s annual ease of doing business report. Doing Business 2017: Equal Opportunity for All, released today, finds that 37 of the re ...
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