Security Council Press Statement on Central African Republic
14 January 2013The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Mohammad Masood Khan (Pakistan): The members of the (…)
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Tunisia: UN expert group calls for guarantees on gender equality and women’s rights advancement
14 January 2013The United Nations Working Group on discrimination against women in law and in practice called on the Government of Tunisia to adopt stronger (…)
ECOWAS Sets Up Working Group For Implementation Of UN Security Council Resolution On Mali
14 January 2013An ECOWAS Working Group set up to coordinate at the Commission’s level, the implementation of the UN Security Council’s Resolution 2085 on Mali (…)
Statement of The President of The ECOWAS Commission on The Situation in Mali
14 January 2013ABUJA, Nigeria, January 14, 2013/African Press Organization (APO) The ECOWAS Commission deplores that despite the efforts made to find (…)
Statement by EU High Representative Catherine Ashton on the situation in Mali
12 January 2013The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission issued the following (…)
Somali Police detain a Journalist, Summon another for Questioning
12 January 2013The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) protests the arrest of a broadcast journalist by the Somali Police on 10 January, 2013 without (…)
DR Congo soldiers attack Radio Tujenge Kabambare
12 January 2013Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo should bring to account soldiers involved in a raid on a radio station in the eastern town of (…)
Tanzanian journalist found murdered in forest
12 January 2013A journalist was found murdered in northwestern Tanzania on Tuesday, three days after he went missing from his home, according to local (…)
Cameroon: Acquittal of ’gay’ men jailed for wearing women’s clothes exposes discrimination
12 January 2013The acquittal of two Cameroonian men jailed for ’looking gay’ because they wore women’s clothes exposes the systematic discrimination against (…)
Gambia’s NIA harasses, detains journalist without charge
12 January 2013Gambian authorities should immediately release Abdoulie John, a journalist who has been detained without charge in Banjul since Monday, the (…)
Burundian court reduces journalist’s jail term
12 January 2013An appeals court in Burundi today dropped terrorism charges against jailed journalist Hassan Ruvakuki and reduced his sentence from life to three (…)
Norway doubles funding for the fight against polio
8 January 2013Norway has provided an additional NOK 50 million to the fight against polio, which remains endemic in three countries: Pakistan, Afghanistan and (…)