A body of Somali journalist found in Mogadishu. The fifth killed in a week
28 September 2012The National Union of Somali journalists (NUSOJ) is shocked by the frightening information over the beheaded body of a online sports journalist (…)
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4th Conference of ECOWAS Ministers of Education To Consider Three Major Issues
28 September 2012The 4th Conference of ECOWAS Ministers of Education will take place in Abuja, Nigeria on Saturday 6 October, 2012. The main focus of the meeting (…)
African and Global Leaders Partner to Drive Agricultural Growth in Africa
28 September 2012African heads of state, ministers, private sector representatives, the international community and farmers gathered today at the African Green (…)
Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo
28 September 2012As of 24 September 2012, 51 cases (19 laboratory confirmed, 32 probable) with Ebola haemorrhagic fever (EHF) have been reported in the Democratic (…)
Catherine Ashton : ’EU stands ready to support the implementation of the signed agreements’
28 September 2012The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission issued the following (…)
Aid workers flee conflict in North Kivu
28 September 2012The conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has worsened to such an extent that Congolese staff working for the independent (…)
Chairperson and Chairperson-Elect of the African Union Commission Participate in a Mini-Summit on Somalia
27 September 2012Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki‐Moon, hosted a Mini Summit on Somalia at the United Nations headquarters which was attended by (…)
European Union : ’We need to make sure that our strategy is able to adapt and deliver the support at the right place and at the right time’
27 September 2012Remarks by High Representative Catherine Ashton at the U1 General Assembly Mini-Summit on Somalia, 26 September, New York There’s no doubt the (…)
Rotary to commit $75 million to end polio
27 September 2012Rotary International (http://www.rotary.org) plans to contribute US $75 million over three years to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (…)
Democratic Republic of the Congo: ever more displaced people and war casualties
27 September 2012With various regional and international initiatives under way to resolve the crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the ICRC is (…)
Mission to United Kingdom by UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent
27 September 2012The United Nations Working Group* of Experts on People of African Descent will visit the United Kingdom from 1 to 5 October 2012 to gather (…)
Visit to Namibia by UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
27 September 2012United Nations Special Rapporteur Magdalena Sepúlveda will conduct an official visit to Namibia from 1 to 8 October 2012 to collect first-hand (…)