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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, December 22, 2017/ -- Nigeria has successfully contained a five-month cholera outbreak in conflict-affected Borno state, with support from the World Health Organization and other health partners.The Government…

WASHINGTON D.C., United States of America, December 22, 2017/ --Nigeria is exiting the recession but the economy remains vulnerable.Welcome actions to improve the power sector and business environment under the Economic Recovery and…

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You should know that we, people of colour, are always demanding and struggling to achieve opportunities in high places to help our Black and Latino communities.  But history has shown that once one of us acquires a position fought, our…

DAKAR, Senegal, December 22, 2017/ -- In the framework of the activities related to its Learning to Live Together (LTLT) programme, UNESCO Dakar partnered with the Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar (UCAD) in Senegal and Teachers College,…

JUBA, South Sudan, December 22, 2017/ -- Four years following the start of the current conflict in South Sudan, gross human rights violations continue to be committed in a widespread way by all parties to the conflict, in which civilians…

DAKAR, Senegal, December 22, 2017/ -- The Teaching and Learning Educators’ Network for Transformation (TALENT) under the coordination of UNESCO Dakar organized a regional workshop on learning assessment systems in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).…

NEW YORK, United States of America, December 22, 2017/ -- Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo should immediately release broadcast journalist Benjamin Mutiya, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today (December 21, 2017).…

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, December 22, 2017/ -- Statement of the Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union on the Revitalization Process of the South Sudan Peace Agreement:The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union,…

WASHINGTON D.C., United States of America, December 22, 2017/ --IMF Executive Board completes the first review of Gabon’s Extended Arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility arrangement, which enables the disbursement of about US$…

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, December 22, 2017/ -- The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies says the implementation of the technologically-advanced National Central Electronic Monitoring System (NCEMS) by the National Gambling Board…

BRUSSELS, Belgium, December 22, 2017/ -- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Development Cooperation Alexander De Croo made a donation of 100.000 EUR to the fundraising operation “de Warmste Week”. This amount will be allocated to a…

ACCRA, Ghana, December 22, 2017/ -- On December 18, 2017, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in partnership with the Ministry of Health, the Ghana Health Service, and Korea International Development Agency…

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, December 21, 2017/ -- As the year 2017 comes to an end, USAID Sierra Leone reflects on monumental initiatives and activities that continue to support Sierra Path’s to Sustainable Development through entrepreneurship…

KHARTOUM, Sudan, December 21, 2017/ -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today welcomed a multi-year contribution of £7.5 million (approximately US$9.9 million) spread over three years from the Government of the…

HELSINKI, Finland, December 21, 2017/ -- Finland will assist areas suffering from conflicts and drought in Yemen, Northeast Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Ethiopia.“The focus in our aid decisions towards the end of the…

DURBAN, South Africa, December 21, 2017/ --The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes today's ruling by a Cameroonian military appeal court that should result in Radio France Internationale radio journalist Ahmed Abba's immediate release…

BANJUL, Gambia, December 21, 2017/ -- Ambassador of the United States of America to The Gambia Patricia Alsup recently visited Jarra Jasong (Lower River Region) to view progress on a $50,000 (GMD 2.3M) USG grant to assist victims of the…

PRETORIA, South Africa, December 21, 2017/ -- President Jacob Zuma and President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe have undertaken to strengthen economic trade and cooperation between South Africa and Zimbabwe.President Zuma today, 21…

GENEVA, Switzerland, December 21, 2017/ -- A UN expert group on mercenaries has urged Ghana to introduce tougher measures to regulate the private security industry, warning that the spread of vigilante groups and armed individuals threatens…

BERN, Switzerland, December 21, 2017/ -- At its meeting on 20 December 2017, the Federal Council decided to extend for one year the freeze on the assets of ousted presidents Ben Ali (Tunisia) and Yanukovych (Ukraine) and their entourages.…

WASHINGTON D.C., United States of America, December 21, 2017/ -- In response to the Rwandan authorities’ preventing the editor of the online news outlet Great Lakes Voice, Bob Mugabe, from leaving the country to participate in the 2017…

TRIPOLI, Libya, December 21, 2017/ -- To commemorate International Migrants Day on 18 December 2017 and to celebrate and shed light on the positive impact of migration on our society the UN Migration Agency (IOM) organized activities and…

WASHINGTON D.C., United States of America, December 21, 2017/ -- On December 15, 2017, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the first review of Niger’s economic performance under the program supported by…

GENEVA, Switzerland, December 21, 2017/ -- The people of South Sudan are experiencing the most difficult time in their history of suffering and self-destruction, says the South Sudan Council of Churches (SSCC), reaching out with an Advent…

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NEW YORK, United States of America, December 20, 2017/ -- The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), Farid Zarif, praised Nigerian peacekeepers for their long…

JUBA, South Sudan, December 20, 2017/ -- The first Protection of Civilians site has been successfully closed in South Sudan after internally displaced families expressed the desire and confidence to return to their former homes.The…

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, December 20, 2017/ -- Against a backdrop of intense human suffering, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) are joining forces to mitigate some of the effects…