IOM South Africa Hands over New Shelters for Stranded, Vulnerable Migrants
14 October 2012IOM South Africa on Monday 15th October 2012, will hand over new and improved shelters for up to 200 unaccompanied boys and 80 vulnerable female (…)
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’Partnership, Engagement Highlight Africa Policy’
14 October 2012Say ’Africa’ to most Americans and they think of ’the Dark Continent’ – a land beset by problems and disasters, far enough away that anything that (…)
The European Union and the Sahel
14 October 2012The EU has a comprehensive approach to the crisis in the Sahel region. In March 2011, the Council welcomed the presentation of an EU Strategy for (…)
EU Naval Force Quick To Capture Suspect Pirate Boat
14 October 2012EU Naval Force flagship, ITS San Giusto stopped and apprehended a skiff with 7 suspect pirates onboard. The EU warship, that was carrying out (…)
“Unity is fundamental in our fight for human rights”
14 October 2012High-level experts of the United Nations Human Rights Council and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights pledged to continue joining (…)
Experts launch tool for identifying major rice weeds of Africa
11 October 2012A new interactive tool for identifying nearly 200 different weed species of lowland rice in East and West Africa was recently unveiled at the (…)
Carbon Footprint of South Africa 2010 Just 60 Per Cent of Projected Figure
10 October 2012As Brazil prepares for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Tuesday released a report on the (…)
Somalia: 60,000 flood and conflict victims in Beletweyn receive aid
10 October 2012Around 60,000 people affected by conflict and flooding in Beletweyn-Hiiraan, central Somalia, are receiving emergency food rations. They include (…)
The New Development Agenda: Post-2015 Global Thematic Consultation on Governance
10 October 2012The African Regional Dialogue will take place in Johannesburg, South Africa on Thursday 11th October 2012. United Nations Development Programme (…)
Puntland authorities close down radio and website
10 October 2012Security agents in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland shuttered private broadcaster Horseed FM on Saturday morning and ordered Internet (…)
PAP’s First Ordinary Session of the Third Parliament Opened Today
10 October 2012The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) today opened its First Ordinary Session of the Third Parliament in Midrand, South Africa, with a call from Hon. (…)
’DRC urged to stop violence as it plays host to Francophonie Summit in Kinshasa’
10 October 2012The Congolese government must take urgent steps to stop the violence in the east of the country and hold to account all who have committed human (…)