UN Special Representative for Somalia statement on killing of journalist
22 April 2013The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Dr. Augustine P. Mahiga is shocked and saddened by the killing of Mohamed Ibrahim (…)
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International Financial Institutions Agree to Share Data to Improve Development Outcomes
22 April 2013Recognizing the power of information to shape better policies, guide development programs and increase accountability, UN Secretary-General Ban (…)
Somali Journalist Shot to Death outside his Home in Mogadishu
22 April 2013The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) condemns in the strongest terms possible the murder of the Somali journalist who was killed by (…)
Journalist shot, killed in Mogadishu: NUSOJ demands arrest of killers
22 April 2013The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) expresses outrage and strongly condemns today’s killing of senior journalist Mohamed Ibrahim (…)
IMF and Mauritius Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Create Africa Training Institute
22 April 2013International Monetary Fund Deputy Managing Director Nemat Shafik and the authorities of Mauritius signed a Memorandum of Understanding today on (…)
Malaria: the Institute of Tropical Medicine focuses on elimination using knowledge
20 April 2013Malaria threatens the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Nevertheless, the disease can be prevented and (…)
Ethiopian Migrants in Yemen Face Harrowing Conditions
19 April 2013A delegation of humanitarian agencies, including IOM, led by the top UN official in Yemen Resident Coordinator Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, yesterday (…)
New AfDB report sets conditions for successful infrastructure project bonds in African markets
19 April 2013A new report by the African Development Bank (http://www.afdb.org) explores how structured finance techniques can mobilize African domestic (…)
“World Bank-led privatization of Burundian coffee industry must not repeat errors of the past”
19 April 2013Two United Nations experts on the right to food and foreign debt today raised the alarm over the World Bank-led privatization of the Burundian (…)
ECOWAS to Send 40 Volunteers to Sierra Leone
19 April 2013ECOWAS plans to deploy 40 volunteers to Sierra Leone to support the country’s health and education sectors. To this end, a delegation of the (…)
Africa Continues to Grow Strongly Despite Global Slowdown
17 April 2013Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is likely to reach more than 5 per cent on average in 2013-2015 as a result of high commodity prices (…)
IOM Helps Flood Victims in Mozambique
17 April 2013Following the floods which hit Mozambique at the end of January this year, approximately 5,000 families have decided to start constructing new (…)