More Productive Jobs for Africa’s Youth Vital for the Region’s Economic Progress
27 January 2014With more than half of Sub-Saharan Africa’s population now under the age of 25, and as many as 11 million young Africans expected to join the (…)
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NUSOJ Protests Ban against Somali Chanel Television in Central Somalia
27 January 2014The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) protests against the decision to ban the Somali Chanel television in the town of Beletwein of (…)
Africa Agenda 2063
27 January 2014The African Union Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Members of the Executive Council concluded today, 26January 2014, in the Ethiopian city of (…)
Statement by the Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the Presidential Election in the Republic of Madagascar
25 January 2014TOKYO, Japan, January 24, 2014/African Press Organization (APO) 1. A new President was elected after the presidential elections in the (…)
World Bank Group Announces US$100 Million in Crisis Response for the Central African Republic
25 January 2014The World Bank Group announced today that it will mobilize US$100 million in emergency development funds to help restore key government services (…)
The African Union welcomes the signing of agreements to end hostilities in South Sudan
25 January 2014The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, welcomes the signing, today, in Addis Ababa, by the (…)
MSF provides medical and humanitarian aid to refugees from South Sudan
25 January 2014Every day, more than 1,000 South Sudanese refugees are fleeing the fighting in their home country, crossing into Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda, where (…)
EU and UNODC mark the launch of a new maritime security partnership in Mauritius
24 January 2014On 27 January at La Plantation Hotel in Balaclava, the European Union (EU) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) will celebrate (…)
Ceasefire agreement signed in South Sudan
23 January 2014“Norway welcomes the ceasefire agreement in South Sudan. It is crucial that the parties now keep strictly to these agreements. All hostilities (…)
Human rights in Central African Republic : International Commission of inquiry
23 January 2014Secretary-general announces members of Central African Republic Commission of inquiry to investigate events since 1 january 2013 NEW YORK, (…)
Central African Republic: Persistent violence causes great concern
22 January 2014As a semblance of normality returns to Bangui, violence grinds on elsewhere in the country, particularly the north-west. The ICRC and the Central (…)
22nd Summit of the African Union: The urgency to Ensure Protection, Security and Justice to African Populations
22 January 2014As the populations of the Central African Republic and South Sudan witness the commission of abhorrent atrocities, as those in Mali and Libya (…)