IOM South Africa Launches Project to Build Communities of Diversity and Peace
5 October 2012IOM, with funding from the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) and the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), will this month launch a (…)
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Uganda : Journalist alleges assault by police
5 October 2012The Foreign Correspondents‘ Association of Uganda (FCAU) expresses grave concern over allegations that two police officers assaulted one of its (…)
Uganda police attack journalists covering opposition leader
5 October 2012Ugandan police officers beat three journalists while they were reporting on the arrest of opposition leader Kizza Besigye outside the Kampala (…)
The African Union Strongly Condemns The Attack On Peacekeepers In Darfur
5 October 2012The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Jean Ping, strongly condemns the attack against a patrol of peacekeepers of the (…)
Leading UN human rights official to visit Mali
4 October 2012United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Ivan Šimonović will visit Mali from 5 to 8 October 2012 to undertake an assessment of (…)
Sub-Saharan Africa Expected to Grow at 4.8 percent in 2012
4 October 2012Sub-Saharan Africa is expected to grow at 4.8 percent in 2012, broadly unchanged from the 4.9 percent growth rate in 2011 and largely on track (…)
Secretary-General Condemns Latest Attack on Peacekeepers in West Darfur, Urges Full Investigation by Sudanese Government
4 October 2012The Secretary-General is appalled and deeply saddened by the latest attack on peacekeepers in Darfur, which occurred during the evening of 2 (…)
African Union Conference under the theme “Promoting Good Practices in Drug Policy Development and Implementation”
4 October 2012The Fifth Session of the African Union (AU) Conference of Ministers of Drug Control opens on Thursday 11 October 2012 at the headquarters of the (…)
The members of the Security Council reiterated their full support for UNAMID
4 October 2012The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Gert Rosenthal (Guatemala): The members of the Security (…)
U.S. Army Personnel Assist Ugandan Military
4 October 2012During the first week of September, Dr. Marva Dixon, Vicenza Army Community Services (ACS) Director; Sergeant Major Aaron Miller, U.S. Army Africa (…)
Mali: Killers of accused man must face justice
4 October 2012The extra-judicial execution by firing squad of a man in Mali was a horrific and illegal act and those responsible must be held to account, (…)
Sierra Leone: the European Union to observe the elections of 17 1ovember
4 October 2012Invited by the authorities of Sierra Leone, the European Union will observe the Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Council Elections of 17 (…)