GAIN Convenes Pan-African Meeting on Food Fortification
19 September 2012The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) (http://www.gainhealth.org) today convened a workshop in Addis Abeba among key partners from 11 (…)
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First visit to Namibia by a UN expert on the rights of indigenous peoples
19 September 2012The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, James Anaya, will visit Namibia from 20 to 28 September 2012, to (…)
Funding for CleanStar Mozambique create
19 September 2012Soros Economic Development Fund and IFU Invest Millions in Food Security and Clean Cooking Venture in Africa - Funding for CleanStar Mozambique (…)
The second AMISOM Formed Police Unit arrives in Mogadishu
19 September 2012African Union Mission in Somalia has received its second Formed Police Unit (FPU) comprising of officers, women and men from Nigeria who arrived (…)
Sierra Leone: Police officers who went on rampage through town and shot at protestors must be held to account
19 September 2012The perpetrators of a three day police rampage through the Sierra Leonean mining town of Bumbuna, during which a woman was shot dead, at least 11 (…)
AfricaRice and its Belgian partners win T W Schultz Prize
19 September 2012An international research team led by Dr Matty Demont, Value Chain Economist at the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice), received the prestigious T W (…)
Somalia’s Hawa Aden Mohamed wins 2012 Nansen Refugee Award
18 September 2012The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced today in Geneva that this year’s Nansen Refugee Award goes to Hawa Aden (…)
Cholera outbreak in Sierra Leone
18 September 2012As of 16 September 2012, a cumulative total of 18,508 cases including 271 deaths (with a case fatality ratio of 1.5%) has been reported in the (…)
Außenminister Westerwelle trifft südafrikanische Außenministerin Maite Nkoana-Mashabane
18. September 2012Am morgigen Mittwoch (19.09.) wird Südafrikas Außenministerin Maite Nkoana-Mashabane eine Regionalkonferenz der südafrikanischen Botschafter in (…)
IMF Executive Board Completes Fourth Review Under ECF Arrangement for Sierra Leone and Approves US$6.9 Million Disbursement
18 September 2012The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed the fourth review of Sierra Leone’s economic performance under a (…)
Amid execution debate, the Gambia censors two papers
18 September 2012State security agents in the Gambia on Friday ordered two independent newspapers to cease publication immediately but provided no explanation, (…)
Peace And Security Council 334th Meeting Addis Ababa
18 September 2012The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU), at its 334th meeting held in Addis Ababa, on 17 September 2012, was briefed by the (…)