Pan African Parliament Debates Peace and Security in Africa
17 October 2012The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) today debated issues of peace and security in Africa. In a report presented by Hon. Marwick Khumalo, (…)
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AfDB Joins Development Partners in Support of Agricultural Cooperatives on World Food Day 2012
17 October 2012The African Development Bank joins its development partners and member countries today in celebrating World Food Day 2012. The official World (…)
Mali: humanitarian situation in north continues to cause concern
17 October 2012The humanitarian situation in the north of Mali is still deteriorating. Not only are people struggling with the effects of armed conflict, but (…)
IOM Delivers Emergency Aid to 262 Fire-Displaced Families in Somalia’s Puntland
17 October 2012IOM is working with local authorities and partner agencies to provide emergency aid to 262 internally displaced families left destitute after a (…)
IOM Returns Ugandan Child Domestic Trafficking Victims to Families
17 October 2012IOM Uganda yesterday (15/10) returned a total of 51 trafficked children to their extended families in Karamoja sub-region in northern Uganda. The (…)
African Union Commission launches the Pan African University Steering Committee
17 October 2012The Commissioner for Human Resources, Science and Technology, Professor Jean-Pierre Ezin. on 13 October 2012, inaugurated the Pan African (…)
African Union Commission Chairperson Dlamini Zuma Outlines Auc Key Priority Areas
17 October 2012The African Union Commission, as the secretariat of the African Union will seek to define and build a trajectory that extracts the continent from (…)
Food security governance plays a vital role
17 October 2012If countries step up their efforts to reduce hunger, the Millennium Development Goal of halving the proportion of hungry people by 2015 can still (…)
The 2012 Women for Education prize was awarded today to EAST (’Water, Agriculture Health in Tropical Zones’) for its work in Madagascar
16 October 2012The 2012 Women for Education prize was awarded today to EAST (Eau Agriculture et Santé en Milieu Tropical, ’Water, Agriculture Health in Tropical (…)
Ways of empowering the legislators through common African dialogue
14 October 2012Following the African Inter-Parliamentary Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation (AIPF-STI) initiative launched in May 2011 by UNECA; African (…)
UN Deputy Humanitarian Chief Catherine Bragg To Visit Botswana, South Africa And Zimbabwe
14 October 2012UN Deputy Humanitarian Chief Catherine Bragg will visit Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe from 15 to 20 October 2012. The visit aims to take (…)
IOM Ethiopia Trains Diaspora Coordination Officials
14 October 2012IOM Ethiopia will conduct a three-day training for regional diaspora coordination officials from five regional states of Ethiopia starting on (…)