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GENEVA, Switzerland, December 20, 2017/ -- Kenya has met the criteria for Guinea worm free certification status, following a comprehensive evaluation in the country in the last two weeks by the International Certification Team (ICT).The…

NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE, France, December 20, 2017/ -- Nadine Tinen has been named Regional Senior Partner of PwC Sub-Saharan Francophone Africa, thus also joining the Territory Leadership Team for PwC France & Francophone Africa. Appointed…

TRIPOLI, Libya, December 20, 2017/ -- On 15 December, the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), in partnership with UN Women and UNSMIL/Security Institutions Division, completed the third and last workshop of the new phase of its…

JUBA, South Sudan, December 20, 2017/ -- The US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have launched a large-scale project to provide equitable access to water, sanitation, and…

WASHINGTON D.C., United States of America, December 20, 2017/ -- The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the fifth review of Senegal’s economic performance under a program supported by the Policy Support…

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, December 20, 2017/ -- At a special event hosted by the Economic Commission for Africa on the theme: Economic Challenges and Opportunities facing the African Continent; the role of technology in supporting the region…

LONDON, United Kingdom, December 20, 2017/ -- Honoris United Universities, the first private pan-African higher education platform, announced that its network institution in South Africa, Regent Business School, has signed a Memorandum of…

CAIRO, Egypt, December 20, 2017/ -- In the framework of the European Union’s (EU) Cooperation with Egypt, the closing ceremony of the EU funded ‘Securing Rights and Improving Livelihood of Women’ was held by UN Women in the presence of Her…

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, December 20, 2017/ -- The Economic Commission for Africa’s Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe has warned about a demographic trap for African countries if appropriate policy measures are not put in place to help manage…

PRETORIA, South Africa, December 20, 2017/ -- UNODC and SADC Secretariat will release an inaugural Regional Statistical Report on trafficking in persons, based on data uploaded into the SADC Regional Trafficking in Persons Data Collection…

PARIS, France, December 20, 2017/ -- The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) calls for urgent steps to be taken to investigate and hold to account the perpetrators of a gang rape of a 16-year-old girl and a woman who…

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NEW YORK, United States of America, December 19, 2017/ -- The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr. Edward Kallon, strongly deplores the deadly ambush on a convoy carrying humanitarian food supplies for conflict-affected persons on…

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, December 20, 2017/ -- iflix, the world’s leading Internet TV service for emerging markets, offering subscribers unlimited access to thousands of TV shows, movies and more, today announced it has entered into major…

East Elmhurst, NY — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and the New York City Transit Authority will have to conduct studies relative to the amount of lead paint when renovating or repainting elevated subway stations, tracks or…

LAGOS, Nigeria, December 19, 2017/ -- The High Court sitting in the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria has declared that earnings and assets accruing to Oil magnate and Aiteo Energy boss, Benedict Peters were acquired legally…

TUNIS, Tunisia, December 19, 2017/ -- 36,000 migrant children are in need of assistance in Libya, figures revealed today on International Migrants Day show. Out of an estimated 400,000 migrants, nine percent are children and, shockingly,…

KHARTOUM, Sudan, December 19, 2017/ -- More than 4,000 Chadian refugees are ready to return to their home country after seeking refuge in Darfur for more than a decade. On 18 December 2018 UNHCR and the Governments of Sudan and Chad began…

New York, NY - Today, NYC Council Member Daniel Dromm and the Release Aging People in Prison/RAPP Campaign hailed the Council’s passage of Intro 1616, the Compassion and Assistance for Reentering Elders or CARE Act. The CARE Act…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, December 19, 2017/ -- International Expo Consults (IEC) stated that the African printing industry stakeholders can immensely benefit from the best and latest innovative products and solutions. Each year a large…

ABUJA, Nigeria, December 19, 2017/ -- For the first time since the onset of the Boko Haram crisis, hunger has considerably declined in northeastern Nigeria. In the three states ravaged by the violence, the number of people facing acute…

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, December 19, 2017/ -- The Government of Sierra Leone represented by the Ministry of Energy is pleased to announce that Sierra Leone has undergone a number of critical steps leading up to the historic landmark event…

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GENEVA, Switzerland, December 18, 2017/ -- By 2050 more than one in four people on our planet will be African. Bold action is needed now to ensure that all of them have a fair chance of leading healthy, prosperous and fulfilling lives,…

LONDON, United Kingdom, December 18, 2017/ -- Kasane, capital of Chobe District in Botswana, hosted tourism stakeholders to exchange experiences and knowledge of innovative approaches to enhance tourism and conservation planning, financing…

Washington DC – The National Black Church Initiative (NBCI) a faith-based coalition of 34,000 churches comprised of 15 denominations and 15.7 million African Americans, is demanding due process for PBS talk show host Tavis Smiley.  We are…

LAGOS, Nigeria, December 18, 2017/ -- MainOne, West Africa’s leading communications Services Company and operator of the premier Tier III Data Center, has announced its official listing by Microsoft as an ExpressRoute Connectivity Provider…

JEDDAH, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, December 18, 2017/ -- The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, signed a EUR 110.5 Million Murabaha Financing Agreement (CFA Franc 72.5…

LAGOS, Nigeria, December 18, 2017/ -- As Nigeria exits the recession of 2017, investor sentiment across West Africa is likely to experience uplift in 2018. Still, political uncertainty ahead of Nigeria’s 2019 presidential elections and…

By: APO:NAIROBI, Kenya, December 17, 2017/ -- Kenya is emerging from a protracted presidential election process and seeing a return to political stability. Nonetheless, challenges will persist in 2018 for organisations operating in the…