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KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, January 18, 2018/ -- The humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has deteriorated dramatically over the past year due to a massive escalation of conflict and widespread…

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, January 18, 2018/ -- The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Police has welcomed the announcement by the Minister of Police of a mutual agreement between the Minister and the suspended Head of the Crime…

MOMBASA, Kenya, January 18, 2018/ -- World Health Organization, WHO, is helping the government to contain an outbreak of Chikungunya in Mombasa following reports from clinicians of increased unknown febrile illness that presented with very…

VICTORIA, Seychelles, January 18, 2018/ -- The President of the Republic, Mr Danny Faure, attended the Official Opening of the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) 2018 yesterday, currently being held in Abu Dhabi under the theme “Driving…

MONROVIA, Liberia, January 18, 2018/ -- Members of the High Level Panel on Migration (HLPM), which was launched last June, held their inaugural meeting in Monrovia Monday to identify and articulate key issues that form the African migration…

PRETORIA, South Africa, January 18, 2018/ -- The reaction of the African Union (AU) to United States (US) President Donald Trump’s latest utterances during a discussion in the White House about migration and refugees came as a surprise to…

ACCRA, Ghana, January 18, 2018/ -- On 8 Dec 17, the UK Defence Academy, in partnership with Cranfield University and the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), completed delivery of the 2017 iteration of the UK’s…

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, January 18, 2018/ -- In a stark warning, three UN agencies – the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), UNICEF and the World Food Programme (WFP) – say time is running out to save hundreds of…

MOGADISHU, Somalia, January 18, 2018/ -- The 2018 Humanitarian Response Plan for Somalia, which calls for $1.6 billion to protect the lives of 5.4 million Somalis, was launched today by the Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Peter de…

LONDON, United Kingdom, January 18, 2018/ -- The Powering Africa: Summit will return for a fourth year to the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Washington D.C. from 28 February to 2nd March 2018 to discuss opportunities to develop and invest in…

Albany, NY--January 17, 2018--New York State Senators Brian Kavanagh and Brad Hoylman and Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon today joined advocates including New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, the…

Boy standing in front of "The Civil Rights Memorial Center" wall in Montgomery, Alabama.Threats to truth and justice are mounting. How should we respond?During the spring of 1816, four decades after Thomas Jefferson drafted the…

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KHARTOUM, Sudan, January 17, 2018/ -- Sudanese authorities should urgently investigate the torture and custodial death of a Pharmacist and alleged ill-treatment and torture of five others accused of misusing emergency drugs at Giraida…

WAU, South Sudan, January 17, 2018/ -- For over a month, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has been able to provide consistent primary health care in Greater Baggari, South Sudan, which is an area south of Wau town that had…

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, January 17, 2018/ -- Demand for investment in African real estate is expected to reach a fever pitch in 2018, and beyond, as the continent’s markets turn to growth after years of trying trading conditions.…

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, January 17, 2018/ -- The launch of the African Development Bank’s 2018 flagship African Economic Outlook (AEO) report, the first to ever be released in January of a calendar year and at the Bank’s Headquarters in…

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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, January 17, 2018/ -- We are encouraged by the Ethiopian Government’s decision to drop charges and pardon detainees, including political leaders, as a tangible step toward its stated goal of widening political space…

BANGUI, Central African Republic, January 17, 2018/ -- The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) warns that humanitarian conditions in the Central African Republic (CAR) are rapidly deteriorating, with half of the population in…

NAIROBI, Kenya, January 12, 2018/ -- A 3-member defence delegation led by Mr. Sanjay Mitra, Defence Secretary of India is visiting Kenya on 11-12 January 2018 to discuss issues of bilateral defence cooperation between the two countries.…

BANJUL, Gambia, January 16, 2018/ -- The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation, a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, signs a US$210 million Framework Agreement with Government of The Gambia for financing over a 3…

NEW YORK, United States of America, January 16, 2018/ -- United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Bience Gawanas of Namibia as Special Adviser on Africa. She will succeed Maged Abdelaziz of Egypt…

LONDON, United Kingdom, January 16, 2018/ -- The ‘Infinite Wave’ by London and Gloucester-based George King Architects has been selected as the design for the memorial dedicated to the 31 British nationals who lost their lives, and to all…

BASEL, Switzerland, January 16, 2018/ -- • The Ghana telemedicine program, with the support of the Novartis Foundation, is now being scaled across the nation by Ghana Health Service.• Novartis Foundation and Ghana Health Service…

BUEA, Ambazonia, January 16, 2018/ -- The Interim Government of the Federal Republic of Ambazonia (the former British Southern Cameroons), notes with dismay, the fact that since abducted at gunpoint on January 5th, 2018, the President,…

LAGOS, Nigeria, January 16, 2018/ -- Guangzhou Automobile Company (GAC Motor), one of the top five biggest Chinese automobile manufacturers, has secured the exclusive rights for the flagship FORBES AFRICA television show, My Worst Day with…

GENEVA, Switzerland, January 16, 2018/ -- Three independent experts* appointed by the UN have expressed concerns about recent reports that indigenous Sengwer peoples in western Kenya have been attacked and forcibly evicted from their homes…

NAIROBI, Kenya, January 15, 2018/ -- The Government of Japan has been providing funds to local non-profit organizations through the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP) since 1989.Today, the official handover…

VICTORIA, Seychelles, January 15, 2018/ -- The President of the Republic, Mr. Danny Faure, met with the new United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Regional Representative for Eastern Africa, Mr. Amado Philip De Andres, during a…