Uganda : Norwegian aid suspended
3 December 2012Norwegian aid to the Ugandan state has been suspended for an indefinite period. “It is particularly serious that the Office of the Prime Minister (…)
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Critical humanitarian situation throughout entire east of Democratic Republic of Congo
3 December 2012An already fragile humanitarian situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has deteriorated further after the border city of Goma fell to (…)
Pillay says Egyptian Presidential declaration conflicts with international obligations
3 December 2012The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has urged the President of Egypt, Mohamed Morsi, to reconsider the Constitutional (…)
Protocol of cooperation between the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University in Egypt
3 December 2012In commemoration of World AIDS Day, Dr. Hussein Khariy, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University and Dr. Wessam El Beih, UNAIDS Country (…)
Africa’s chief negotiator sets goals for COP18, says peers’ mastery of key issues improving
3 December 2012The Chair of the African Group of Negotiators (AGN), Mr. Dlamini Emmanauel, has expressed cautious optimism at the outcome of the ongoing UN (…)
’Ending impunity in Somalia is a human rights priority’
3 December 2012The ending of impunity in Somalia particularly that related to the killing of journalist is a human rights priority, the UN special representative (…)
We must isolate piracy’s ringleaders and financiers, says UNODC Chief as counter-piracy mission ends in Mauritius
3 December 2012Counter-piracy mission reinforces regional cooperation, but future work is to focus on Somalia by working with local law enforcement, promoting (…)
“Impunity: War on Somalia’s Journalists” – a NUSOJ report
3 December 2012On the eve of International Day to End Impunity, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), yesterday released a report about violence (…)
African Union, FAO and Lula Institute join efforts to fight hunger in Africa
26 November 2012The African Union Commission (AUC), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Instituto Lula of Brazil announced today (…)
UNODC Chief meets Seychelles’ President
22 November 2012Visiting the Seychelles as part of a counter-piracy mission to East Africa, UNODC Executive Director, Yury Fedotov, stressed the impact of piracy (…)
EU EOM Reinforces its Presence with 50 New Observers
15 November 2012A group of 50 European Union short term observers, coming from 25 EU member states and Norway, is being deployed throughout the country today to (…)
AfricaRice Annual Report 2011 now available
15 November 2012COTONOU, Benin, November 14, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Learn about new advances in rice science in Africa AfricaRice is (…)