Norway condemns attacks on diplomatic missions
17 September 2012“Norway condemns the attacks over the last few days on Western diplomatic missions. Violence of this kind cannot be justified under any (…)
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Sailors and Marines Wrap Up APS Visit in Benin
17 September 2012High-Speed Vessel Swift (HSV 2) departed Cotonou, Benin, following a four-day visit in support of Africa Partnership Station (APS), September 14, (…)
Darfur’s Justice and Equality Movement calls for end to using child soldiers
16 September 2012One of the largest armed movements in Darfur, the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), has recently affirmed its commitment prohibiting the (…)
ECOWAS Calls On Member States To Ratify Regional Convention Against Proliferation Of Small Arms
16 September 2012ECOWAS Member States yet to ratify the 2006 Regional Convention on Small Arms and Light Weapons have been urged to do so as a demonstration of (…)
Emergency Meeting Of ECOWAS Defence Chiefs Ends In Abidjan
16 September 2012The ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs of Defence Staff (CCDS) ended its two-day emergency meeting on 15th September 2012 in Abidjan, reiterating some of (…)
Pan-African Conference on Safety of Journalists and Issue of Impunity kicks off with a call for safe and free environment for African journalists
16 September 2012African journalists face great personal and professional risks while carrying out their duties in collecting, processing, and disseminating (…)
“The protection of journalists and media workers is inherent of rights and freedoms’
16 September 2012African Union Directorate of Information and Communication advocates for the protection of journalists engaged in dangerous assignments. “The (…)
’This event is a reminder of the dangers that our diplomats around the world sometimes have to face’
16 September 2012UK Foreign Secretary statement on attack on the compound housing the German and British Embassies in Khartoum. Foreign Secretary, William (…)
Canada Deeply Concerned by Grave Human Rights Violations in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
16 September 2012Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement: “Canada condemns the actions of the armed group known as M23, which (…)
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the execution of 9 death row inmates
16 September 2012Press statement on the execution of nine (9) death row inmates. The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Commission), is (…)
Ecowas Member States Urged To Revolutionize Crime Control
16 September 2012The ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, Mrs. Salamatu Hussaini Suleiman, on Friday, 14th September 2012 in Abidjan, (…)
Somali Forces, AMISOM troops Capture Bibi Town
16 September 2012Somali government forces with the support of AMISOM troops have captured the strategic town of Bibi in southern Somalia. During the 12:30pm (…)