The Canadian Armed Forces conducted their first flight under Operation FREQUENCE, providing airlift support to France rsquo;s operations in West Africa and the Sahel region. On November 20, 2016, a Royal Canadian Air Force CC-177 Globemaster strategic airlifter transported personnel and equipment from France to West Africa and the Sahel reg ...
Rome (AFP) - At least eight people were confirmed dead Tuesday and many more were missing after a new series of boat tragedies left Italy on the verge of a record year for migrant arrivals. Confirming the latest fatalities in what is already a record year for migrant deaths in the Mediterranean, Italy's coastguard said 1,397 people had been save ...
Paris (AFP) - Borussia Dortmund's Gabonese goal king Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang remains in the running to defend his African Player of the Year crown after making the final shortlist of five players on Tuesday. But the 27-year-old faces competition from Leicester's Algerians Riyad Mahrez and Islam Slimani, Senegal's Sadio Mane of Liverpool and Eg ...
Rome (AFP) - At least eight people died and an unknown number were missing as a new series of Mediterranean boat dramas left Italy on the verge of a record number of migrant arrivals. Confirming the latest fatalities in what is already a record year for migrant deaths in the Mediterranean, Italy's coastguard told AFP that 1,400 people had been s ...
Nsanje (Malawi) (AFP) - An HIV-positive Malawian man who said he had sex with at least 100 girls and women in traditional cleansing rituals was sentenced Tuesday to two years in jail for harmful practices . Eric Aniva was prosecuted on the orders of President Peter Mutharika after publicly speaking about his role as a hyena in a BBC radio doc ...
The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Choi Kyonglim (Republic of Korea), announced today the appointment of Mr. Fatsah Ouguergouz (Algeria), Ms. Reina Alapini Gansu (Benin) and Ms. Francoise Hampson (United Kingdom), to serve as the three members of the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi. Mr. Ouguergouz will serve as Chair of the ...
Black Friday is an American tradition that has quickly taken root in Africa. The large online e-commerce shops and the major retail chains in many parts of the continent will be splashing out with big promotions and marketing campaigns to get consumers to part with their cash. This day takes place the first Friday after Thanksgiving (25 Nov ...
The International Cooperation, Trade and Security cluster chaired by Minister Edna Molewa will brief media on the progress made in the implementation of the cluster rsquo;s Programme of Action (PoA) towards achieving the goals of the NDP: Vision 2030. The briefing follows the pronouncement that Cabinet has since been updated on the progress ...
The Francophonie Summit is the highest-level gathering of the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF) taking place on 26 and 27 November in the Madagascan capital, Antananarivo. The theme of the summit is lsquo;Shared growth and responsible development: conditions for stability in the world and in the French-speaking area rsquo;. P ...
According to a market research report titled Africa Dairy Products Market Outlook to 2020 - Inclining Demand for Yoghurt and Ice Cream across Africa to Boost Dairy Product Market ( http://APO.af/WchP5L ) by Ken Research ( www.KenResearch.com ). Growing purchasing power parity and gross domestic product (GDP) of various African ...
A two-day workshop aimed at Stakeholders working to confront the challenge of stemming illicit financial flows (IFFs) from Africa opened in Nairobi Monday, with the Economic Commission for Africa 39;s Head of Special Initiatives in the Office of the Executive Secretary, Aida Opoku-Mensah calling for a coherent and coordinated approach on this ...
The Ministry of Gender, Labour Social Development together with UNICEF today released a report making a case for sustained investment in social protection in the country. ldquo;This Investment Case clearly demonstrates that investments in Social Protection bears high returns and improves human development and labour productivity, especia ...
Rome (AFP) - At least eight people died and many more are missing feared dead after the latest migrant boat incidents in the Mediterranean, Italy's coastguard and the Italian Red Cross said Tuesday. The coastguard said one of its boats had recovered seven bodies and another person had died on a rescue boat operated by Malta-based NGO MOAS, whi ...
Nsanje (Malawi) (AFP) - An HIV-positive Malawian man who said he slept with at least 100 girls and women in traditional cleansing rituals was to be sentenced Tuesday after being convicted of engaging in harmful practices . Eric Aniva was prosecuted on the orders of President Peter Mutharika after publicly speaking about his role as a hyena in ...
Two of Sierra Leone rsquo;s Ebola hardest hit districts have benefitted from a new USD 1.5 million project to help improve their livelihood and basic services in rural communities on November 18, 2016. The initiative, launched by the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon Maya Kaikai, is part of the government 39;s post Eb ...
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Mohamad Elhage visited Nairobi from November 14 ndash;21 to hold discussions with the Somali authorities on the 2016 Article IV Consultation and the first review of the Staff-Monitored Program (SMP). Discussions covered recent economic developments for Somalia including: the near-and medium-term ...
The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, will travel to Antananarivo, Madagascar, to take part in the 32nd session of the Ministerial Conference of La Francophonie, which will be held on November 23 and 24, 2016. In addition to participating in the conference rsquo;s proceedings, she will me ...
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) met today to consider a report from the Managing Director on misreporting by the Republic of Mozambique under the Policy Support Instrument (PSI), and a breach of obligation under Article VIII, Section 5, of the IMF 39;s Articles of Agreement. The Executive Board also considered a re ...
The AU Commission and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran have signed, today, a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in the area of peace and security. The signing comes as part of a three-day visit by the Commissioner for Peace and Security, Ambassador Sma iuml;l Chergui to Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran ...
The Chair of the European Parliament rsquo;s Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI), Elena Valenciano (S D, ES), has made the following statement on behalf of the DROI committee: ldquo;The ICC was established to ensure that perpetrators of crimes such as war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity are brought to justice. The ICC thus off ...
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