Category: Africa News

Tanzania: Second journalist arrested in a month must be released unconditionally

Download logoResponding to the arrest of journalist Joseph Gandye, who had been investigating allegations of brutality by the Tanzanian police,…

6 years ago

Facebook celebrates ‘Icons of Change’ from across Sub-Saharan Africa with a Youth Gathering in Accra, Ghana

Download logoFacebook (www.facbook.com) is bringing together 40 young leaders, developers, entrepreneurs and change makers from across Sub-Saharan Africa, to a…

6 years ago

Merck Foundation in partnership with the First Lady of Malawi launches a children story to teach children and youth family values of love and respect- The Story of Limbani and Takondwa

Merck Foundation (Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany in partnership with The First Lady of Malawi, H.E. PROF. GERTRUDE…

6 years ago

Assistant Foreign Minister Chen Xiaodong Meets with Charles Kayonga, Rwandan Ambassador to Leave

Download logoOn August 20, 2019, Assistant Foreign Minister Chen Xiaodong met with Charles Kayonga, the Rwandan Ambassador to China who…

6 years ago

Alternatives to Irregular Migration: International Organization for Migration (IOM) Launches Vocational Training Programme for Gambians

The lack of access to employment opportunities among Gambian youth is widely cited as a major contributing factor to irregular…

6 years ago

School closures in West and Central Africa triple since 2017, as education comes under fire across the region

Download logoMore than 1.9 million children have been forced out of school in West and Central Africa due to an…

6 years ago

Innovative Inclusive Approach to Strengthen Community Cohesion in Chad

A robust flow of refugees and returnees from the Central African Republic to Chad has increased pressure on host communities,…

6 years ago

Launch of the Advancing Economic Diversification in Ethiopia Project

Download logoBy Michael Raynor Your Excellencies, It’s a great pleasure and honor for me to be here this morning to…

6 years ago

New High Commissioner to Seychelles Patrick Lynch presents credentials

Download logoPresident Danny Faure and High Commissioner Patrick Lynch discussed the further strengthening of well-established bilateral ties between the two…

6 years ago

Egypt Petroleum Minister to Speak in Juba, Egyptian Oil Industry Poised to Support South Sudan Growth

Egypt’s Petroleum Minister H.E. Tarek El-Molla will speak at the South Sudan Oil and Power 2019 (SSOP) conference alongside South…

6 years ago

UK aid to provide life-saving support for up to one million people crippled by drought in Somalia

Download logoSomalia is one of the world’s poorest and most fragile states, compounded by climate shocks that severely affect the…

6 years ago

Torrential rains destroy shelters for displaced people in northeast Nigeria

Download logoTorrential rain has destroyed makeshift tents and caused severe flooding to temporary displacement camps in northeast Nigeria, leaving vulnerable…

6 years ago

African Women Dialogue Across Generations

The African Women Leaders Network (AWLN) held its first intergenerational retreat in Nairobi, Kenya, from 16-18 August 2019. This intergenerational…

6 years ago

The launch meeting of Gavi’s third replenishment

Download logoJapan will host the launch meeting of Gavi’s third replenishment in Yokohama on 30 August 2019, on the occasion…

6 years ago

World Health Organization (WHO) supports Cross River State in administering polio vaccines to Cameroonian refugees

Following the 2016 crisis in the South West and North West Anglophone regions of Cameroon, a large number of asylum…

6 years ago

Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Rwanda and Uganda

Download logoThe Secretary-General welcomes the signing on 21 August 2019 in Luanda, Angola, of a Memorandum of Understanding between Presidents…

6 years ago

Ambassador of Belarus Sergei Rachkov meets the Deputy Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt Abir Alam Eldin

Download logoOn August 22, 2019, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus Dr. Sergei Rachkov held a meeting…

6 years ago

Somalia security remains a concern, head of UN Mission warns Security Council

Download logoDespite “encouraging” developments, insecurity across Somalia remains a serious concern, James Swan, head of the UN Mission in Somalia…

6 years ago

WHO and Africa CDC agree on joint actions to improve health security in Africa

Download logoThe World Health Organization (WHO) and the African Union Commission (AUC) through its Africa Centres for Disease Control and…

6 years ago

Restoring people’s trust in medical facilities an essential prescription for achieving universal health coverage

Download logoPopulations across the 47 Member States of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) African Region only utilize an average 48%…

6 years ago



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