Maman S. Sidikou, the Special Representative of the Secretary General and Head of MONUSCO, expressed his grave concern over the wave of ongoing arrests, some of which are arbitrary, and detentions in the last three days across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Since 16 December, the United Nations has documented 113 arrests in the cou ...

Three staff members of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) who were abducted in El Geneina, West Darfur, on 27 November 2016, were freed on 19 December. Sarun Pradhan and Ramesh Karki, both nationals of Nepal, and Musa Omer Musa Mohamed, a citizen of Sudan, are unharmed and are undergoing medical checks. The UN Desig ...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and its partner Jhpiego marked the successful completion of the Strengthening of Basic Emergency Obstetric Care Project of the global Maternal and Child Survival Program. The program established and/or strengthened basic emergency obstetric and newborn care services in 216 public health faci ...

Dakar (AFP) - The appeal of Chad's former president Hissene Habre against his conviction for war crimes and crimes against humanity will open on January 9, the special tribunal who tried him said Tuesday. The Extraordinary African Chambers, a body created by Senegal and the African Union, sentenced Habre to life in jail in May, an unprecedented ...

Marrakesch, December 20th, 2016 - A month following the end of the 22nd session of the Conference of Parties to the Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP22), the civil society pole, led by Driss El Yazami, President of the National Human Rights Council of Morocco, conducted its assessment. By mobilizing national and inter ...

Countries in the Horn of Africa are likely to see a rise in hunger and further decline of local livelihoods in the coming months, as farming families struggle with the knock-on effects of multiple droughts that hit the region this year, FAO warned today. Growing numbers of refugees in East Africa, meanwhile, are expected to place even more burd ...

The region of Diffa, which borders Nigeria and Chad in southeastern Niger, has been suffering from the consequences of the conflict between Boko Haram and the different armies in the area since 2014. In recent weeks, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has assisted hundreds of newly displaced people following attacks on their communities attributed t ...

Nairobi (AFP) - When Rose Kariuki first felt a lump on her left breast, the spectre of cancer -- a disease she had only heard of on television -- was the last thing on her mind. To me, cancer was nowhere near us. It was shocking, I feared death, I feared so many things, the 46-year-old Kenyan school teacher told AFP. Rose is one of a growin ...

Research and education think tank, Africa Centre for International Law and Accountability (ACILA) has urged President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) to hand over power to an interim government, pending the holding of elections, as his term of office has expired today, December 20. President Kabila has held of ...

Dubai, UAE, December 20, 2016: AXILSPOT, a global vendor in enterprise wireless networking, announced the launch of its operations in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. As part of its regional expansion plans, the company will appoint reputed distributors and strengthen its channel network by onboarding partners across the region. A ...

During a recent visit to Brussels, Belgium, the Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), Taleb Rifai, has discussed how to reinforce the collaboration of the Organization with the European Union (EU). Rifai met the EU Commissioners for Education, Culture, Youth and Sports, Tibor Navracsics; for Environment, Mari ...

Johannesburg (AFP) - Title-holders Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa are among eight winners of the CAF Champions League who will compete in the premier African club competition next season. The draws for the 2017 preliminary and first rounds are scheduled to be made in Cairo Wednesday, officials from several national football associations told ...

Johannesburg (AFP) - World Cup winner Nestor Clausen of Argentina will coach Tunisian club CS Sfaxien when they seek a record-extending fourth CAF Confederation Cup title next season. The draws for the 2017 preliminary and first qualifying rounds in the second-tier African club competition are due to be made in Cairo Wednesday, according to seve ...

Nairobi (AFP) - City life and its modern trappings have brought bad habits to developing African nations that will see more die of chronic illness than infectious diseases by 2030, a study showed Tuesday. A World Health Organization (WHO) survey of 33 countries has shown that most adults in Africa have at least one risk factor increasing their c ...