United Nations (United States) (AFP) - UN chief Antonio Guterres has named a German with extensive experience at the world organization, Achim Steiner, as the new administrator of the UN Development Programme (UNDP). Steiner, who previously served at the UN Environment Programme and headed the UN office in Kenya, was selected to succeed Helen Cl ...

Busan, South Korea, 12 April 2017 ndash; The African Development Bank (AfDB) and Busan Metropolitan City have jointly urged South Korea rsquo;s private sector to do more business with Africa. The call was made at the Korea-Africa Business Forum held at Busan Exhibition amp; Convention Center on 3 and 4 April 2017, supported by Korean Mi ...

DAKAR, Senegal, 12 April 2017 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Elo iuml;ne Barry, CEO of African Media Agency (AMA) has been nominated for the New African Woman Forum (NAW Forum) awards. The event is taking place in Dakar, Senegal, on 12 and 13 April. Elo iuml;ne 39;s nomination in NAW 39;s media category comes as a recognition for the po ...

Abidjan, C ocirc;te d rsquo;Ivoire, April 12, 2017 ndash; The African Development Bank Group announced today the departure of Dr. Frannie A. L eacute;autier, its Senior Vice-President. Dr. L eacute;autier rsquo;s decision to move on was for personal family reasons. The President of the African Development Bank, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina said, ...

Conakry (AFP) - Guinea has seized a haul of shark fins and carcasses from Chinese ships fishing illegally off the coast of the west African country and fined the owners. The seizure was part of a push launched in February to crack down on illegal fishing in West African waters, aided by the environmental campaign group Greenpeace. Three ship ...

Lusaka (AFP) - Zambian opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema has been charged with treason after allegedly refusing to give way to President Edgar Lungu's motorcade on a main road, police said Wednesday. Hichilema, who has refused to recognise Lungu as president, was accused of deliberately endangering his life in the high-speed incident at the w ...

(Bonn, 12 April 2017)---The United Nations Climate Change secretariat is now seeking partnerships with all stakeholders, including the private sector, in support of the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference (COP 23) to be held in Bonn, Germany, on 6-17 November 2017. During these two weeks of November, the world rsquo;s eyes will be on Bo ...

Mogadishu (AFP) - Somalia security forces on Wednesday freed eight sailors who had been taken ashore by pirates after they were chased off a hijacked Indian ship earlier this week, a coast guard official said. The eight hostages were freed without fighting. The security forces overwhelmingly besieged them and the pirates tried to flee, but thre ...

Accra (AFP) - Ghanaians were horrified when members of a vigilante group loosely affiliated with the ruling party stormed a court to free 13 members standing trial for assault late last week. The Delta Force is just one of a handful of groups responsible for commandeering public facilities since New Patriotic Party (NPP) leader Nana Akufo-Addo w ...