ECOWAS, Partners Take Bold Step To Eliminate Malaria
16 April 2013ECOWAS and its partners have achieved another milestone in their stride towards the elimination of malaria in the region with the ground breaking (…)
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Sweden supports ECOWAS programme on climate adaptability
16 April 2013Sweden is to provide 6.7 million US dollars over four years to support West Africa’s programme to reduce the region’s vulnerability to climate (…)
Norway allocates NOK 700 million to Tanzanian rural energy fund
16 April 2013Norway and Tanzania have signed an agreement under which Norway will provide NOK 700 million to Tanzania over a four-year period. This funding (…)
Somali Journalists Shocked by the Decision of Puntland Authorities to ban Three more Radio Stations
4 April 2013The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) is shocked by the decision of the Puntland Administration bans three more Radio stations and (…)
Puntland shuts downs 3 radio stations
3 April 2013The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) voices concern over the increasingly uncertain future of private radio stations in Puntland (…)
Malian journalist Boukary Daou released on bail
3 April 2013NEW YORK, April 3, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes today’s decision by a judge in Mali to (…)
IOM Leads Emergency Rescue Operation of Trafficked Children in Senegal
2 April 2013IOM Senegal is organizing the return and family reunification of 36 trafficked children who survived a fire in a Koranic school in Dakar. (…)
IOM Builds Civil Society Capacity to Combat Human Trafficking in Morocco
2 April 2013IOM Morocco and IOM’s Regional Office for West Africa in Dakar have organized a training for civil society organizations on the protection and (…)
Agreeing To Develop Sino-Congolese Comprehensive Cooperative Partnership of Solidarity and Mutual Assistance
2 April 2013On March 29, 2013, visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with President of the Republic of Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso in Brazzaville. (…)
President Xi Jinping Back to Beijing after State Visits to Russia, Tanzania, South Africa and the Republic of Congo and Attending Fifth BRICS Summit
2 April 2013On the morning of March 31, 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Beijing after state visits to Russia, Tanzania, South Africa and the (…)
President Xi Jinping Attends BRICS Leaders-Africa Dialogue Forum, Calling for the Building of Partnership for a Better Future
2 April 2013On the afternoon of March 27, 2013, BRICS Leaders-Africa Dialogue Forum was held in Durban, South Africa. BEIJING, China, March 29, (…)
Rwandan editor, jailed for opinion piece, fails in appeal
28 March 2013An appellate court judge in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, on Monday upheld the criminal conviction of an editor who is serving a one-year prison (…)