Paris (AFP) - Burundi's brutal regime has set the small central African country on a descent into hell , a prominent human rights group said Tuesday, warning of the risk of genocide. Since April 2015, when large popular protests broke out against the decision of President Pierre Nkurunziza to seek a third term, Burundi has been in violent poli ...

How does trade liberalization affect women? Or men? And how can we make trade flows better and fairer for both sexes? The relationship between trade and gender is a complex one, but UNCTAD and UN Women have partnered to raise the understanding of these issues among policymakers, by developing a 4-hour online course, Trade and Gender Equali ...

Today, FIDH and ITEKA are releasing a report, Repression and genocidal dynamics in Burundi, the result of months of investigation and analysis on the repression and crimes perpetrated by the regime rsquo;s forces in Burundi since the popular protests in April 2015. Based on the findings of severe repression and genocidal dynamics, FIDH and ...

Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) acknowledged the elimination of trachoma as a public health problem1 in Morocco. Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide. Transmitted through contact with eye and nose discharge of infected people, particularly young children, it affects populations in 42 countrie ...

President Jacob Zuma has this afternoon assured the communities affected by floods that government will provide support and assistance. The President today visited Alexandra Township in Johannesburg to monitor the situation and assess the damage in the area following recent disastrous floods that caused damage to property and loss of life. ...

Rome (AFP) - Around 100 people were missing, feared drowned, in the Mediterranean after a migrant dinghy capsized off Libya on Tuesday, according to NGO rescue teams helping with the search for survivors. German NGO Jugend Rettet said in a tweet that 23 survivors had been rescued by an oil tanker and that the crews are searching for survivors i ...

Algiers (AFP) - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika returned home Tuesday from a trip to France where he underwent medical checks, his office said. Bouteflika suffered a stroke in 2013, weakening his mobility and forcing him to work from his residence in Zeralda, west of Algiers. The 79-year-old flew to the southeastern French city of Gre ...

The role of renewable electricity for the cooking sector in the Global South has been widely underestimated. As the costs of renewable energy technologies continue to decline, cleaner and more modern technologies represent an entirely new pathway towards sustainable cooking in developing countries. These are the findings of the new report lsqu ...

Angola Cables ( www.AngolaCables.co.ao ) today announced that it is has selected Etix Everywhere ( www.EtixEverywhere.com ) as its partner to build its critical infrastructure globally as part of an ambitious project to offer a lower latency route between the USA and Africa. The first element of the deal includes the construction of a landing s ...

Kirusa ( www.Kirusa.com ), a global leader in providing mobile and social media solutions, today announced that its InstaVoice reg; service has reached the remarkable landmark of 100 million monthly active users. InstaVoice is highly popular amongst the mobile subscriber base in Africa. Nigeria tops the list of most number of users for this ...

Malawi is one of the world rsquo;s poorest countries with some of the worst development indicators for a country not in conflict. It now faces one of its worst food insecurity crises since independence, affecting 6.5 million people. UK aid is playing a critical role in improving the lives of millions of poor children and adults with a significa ...

The new Permanent Representative of Morocco to the United Nations (Vienna), Lotfi Bouchaara, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, presented his credentials today to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV), Yury Fedotov. During his career Mr. Bouchaara has served in various capacities, among them: Chie ...

Paris (AFP) - Nicolas Sarkozy's links with the late Moamer Kadhafi came under fresh scrutiny Tuesday after a businessman admitted delivering three cash-stuffed suitcases from the Libyan leader toward the Frenchman's first presidential bid. In an interview with the Mediapart investigative news site, Franco-Lebanese businessman Ziad Takieddine sai ...

Victims of war crimes, crimes against humanity and other serious violations deserve to have their day in court, Amnesty International said as it urged states to work to strengthen, rather than withdraw from, the International Criminal Court (ICC). The call comes on the eve of the

LUANDA, Angola, 15 November 2016,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- AccorHotels first international hotel operator and the Angolan group AAA Activos LDA, inaugurated Wednesday, 9th of November the ibis Styles IU Talatona, in the presence of the Minister of Hospitality and Tourism, the Governor of Luanda province and the highest Country authorities. ...

The Next Einstein Forum (NEF) ( http://NEF.org ) ndash; Africa rsquo;s global forum for science in Africa ndash; today launches its second call for applications for its NEF Fellows Programme. The new class will join 15 of Africa rsquo;s top young scientists, the NEF rsquo;s first Fellows Class, and will present their research and innovations ...

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has welcomed a helping hand from the Dihlabeng Local Municipality as a significant gesture to support the Scheme rsquo;s efforts to increase access for learners in the rural areas to apply for financial aid, before the closing date of November 30. In a sign of how government has moved forwar ...

More than 90,000 people, including at least 20,000 children who were in school, have been displaced by fighting between factions in the Galkayo region of Central Somalia, which began a month ago. UNICEF Somalia is gravely concerned about thousands of Somali children who are missing school due to the weeks of fighting. All schools in the tow ...

MARRAKECH, MOROCCO (November 15, 2016) ndash; Today at the international climate negotiations in Marrakech, Morocco, developing and developed countries launch a new partnership, dedicated to deliver on the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change and related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The NDC Partnership is a new coalition o ...

Marrakesh (Morocco) (AFP) - A week after climate change denier Donald Trump's election to the White House, world leaders will on Tuesday address a key UN meeting in Marrakesh to keep a climate rescue plan on track. UN chief Ban Ki-moon, King Mohammed of conference host Morocco, and France's President Francois Hollande will open a high-level se ...