Nairobi (AFP) - The UN has granted early release to two men convicted of genocide by the special tribunal set up to try those responsible for Rwanda's 1994 genocide. The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) sentenced historian Ferdinand Nahimana and priest Emmanuel Rukundo to 30 years and 23 years respectively, but a document posted ...
UNICEF commemorated 70 years of tireless work for children on Sunday, the 11th of December. To mark this anniversary, UNICEF Ghana brought together influential goodwill partners it has been working with to advocate for children. As it launched the Child Poverty and Equity Campaign this year, UNICEF partnered personalities such as ...
The High Level Dialogue (HLD) was part of the celebrations of 2016 as the Year of Human Rights in Africa with Particular Focus on the Rights of Women. The event was held in Arusha, Tanzania, jointly by the AU Organs with a human rights mandate. The Vice President of the United Republic of Tanzania was the guest of honour during the Opening Cere ...
The Embassy of the United States of America today opened a two-day workshop on ldquo;Sustainable Conservation and Cultural Heritage Preservation rdquo; in collaboration with the Authority for Research and Conservation of Cultural Heritage (ARCCH) and the World Monuments Fund (WMF). At the opening ceremony, workshop participants witnessed a gra ...
Speaking at the official opening of a 30million Kwacha UKaid funded weighbridge in Kafue today, British High Commissioner to Zambia Fergus Cochrane-Dyet said: The UK rsquo;s new support for the weighbridge will make it easier, safer and quicker to move goods from the point of production to border crossings. Infrastructure development is vitall ...
The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy in Kinshasa is now accepting applications for the Ambassador rsquo;s Fund for Cultural Preservation. The deadline for applications is January 20th 2017. No extensions will be granted. Please contact Cultural Affairs Team at [email protected] for more information and to receive the necessar ...
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies has welcomed the manufacturing investment by a Chinese company, Yangtze Optics Africa Cable (YOAC) at the Dube Trade Port Industrial Development Zone in Durban. According to Minister Davies, the investment is strategic in terms of building local capacity in manufacturing of fibre optic cables. ...
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) was invited to make a presentation themed, ldquo;Economic integration and prospects in Africa rdquo; during a regional meeting of Finnish ambassadors in sub-Saharan Africa and other officials working on African issues. Deputy Executive Secretary for knowledge Delivery, Giovanie Biha s ...
On December 12, 2016 the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, Valentin Rybakov, met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Eritrea to the Republic of Belarus non-resident, Petros Tseggai Asghedom, on the occasion of presentation of copies of the Credentials. During the meeting, the sides discussed ...
Preparations are underway for the joint Annual Ministerial Conference of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Union Commission (AUC) to be held in Dakar, Senegal from 23-28 March 2017 on the theme, ldquo;Growth, inequality and unemployment. rdquo; The theme builds on the understanding that the sustained reductio ...
The Economic Commission for Africa is organising an Open Data side event at the first ever United Nations World Data Forum, that will be held in South Africa in January, to help build consensus among national statistical offices and other parties involved in generating data on the need to work together to develop open data services for official ...
The year 2016, like all others has seen many young men and women across the country embarking on a journey and a traditional rite of passage that has been part of our people for generations. This rite of passage marks the entrance or acceptance into a group or society. It could also be a formal admission to adulthood in a communit ...
President Jacob Zuma will lead the celebrations of National Reconciliation on 16 December 2016 in Zeerust, North West province. This year rsquo;s commemoration builds on the 60th anniversary of the women rsquo;s march to the Union Buildings in 1956. It commemorates the bravery of women in 1957 in Zeerust, who revolted against passes in the ...
Ringier Africa Digital Publishing ( http://APO.af/cTwx96 ) , Ringier Africa rsquo;s new media publisher, is expanding its news media portfolio with the digital launch of Men rsquo;s Health and Women rsquo;s Health in Nigeria and Ghana. The Sub-Saharan Africa content partnership with the leading global fitness publishing brands will comm ...
Tunis (AFP) - British energy firm Petrofac stopped work at a Tunisia gas plant after renewed protests despite an agreement to end social unrest, a minister and a company official said Wednesday. The halt in operations at Cherqui on Kerkennah island in southeast Tunisia comes after a deal in September ended a protest by local workers. Despite ...
Brussels (AFP) - The EU on Wednesday hailed Niger for sharply curbing the flow of irregular migrants coming to Europe as Brussels steps up aid-for-cooperation efforts with African countries. At a European Union summit Thursday in Brussels, leaders are to discuss a European Commission report showing Niger has cut the number of migrants from 70,00 ...
Rome (AFP) - Academy award-winning director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu is planning to put on public show a boat which sank off Libya killing up to 900 people, Italy's La Repubblica reported Wednesday. The Mexican, of Birdman (2014) and The Revenant (2015) fame, wants to transport the blue migrant vessel -- now empty of its cargo of death -- ...
Libreville (AFP) - Gabon insists it is ready to host the African Cup of Nations despite concern about the state of preparations amid political instability just one month ahead of the opening ceremony. The CAN is due to run from January 14 to February 5 next year but was thrown into doubt after violence broke out following President Ali Bongo's c ...
Constant acts of physical attacks, and arbitrary arrests and detentions of journalists and other rights activists in West Africa by state security forces, continue to chip away the modest but steady gains in the Freedom of Expression (FOE) environment in the region. Latest analysis of the freedom of expression situation in West Africa by ...
AfDB approves USD 50 million equity investment and USD 50 million convertible loan to seed the establishment of the multi-investor USD 500 million Facility for Energy Inclusion (FEI) Abidjan, C ocirc;te d rsquo;Ivoire, 13 December 2016 ndash; The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a financing package o ...
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