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Daily news and weekly updates from Africa
- Wednesday 22 July 2015
South Sudan: Government Offensive Causes Widespread Atrocities -Human Rights Watch
The deliberate attacks on civilians and civilian property during the offensive between April and June 2015 amount to war crimes, and the killings and rapes may also constitute crimes against humanity. - Tuesday 21 July 2015
West Africa:Worries Rise Over Outbreaks of Avian Flu
The outbreak comes as countries across West Africa are still recovering from, and in some cases still battling, Ebola. Avian flu could trigger a mass die-off of chicken - Tuesday 21 July 2015
Tanzania: Influx of Burundi Refugees Bloats Nyarugusu Camp
With the influx of people, services are massively overstretched, and aid agencies are struggling to provide them with sufficient food, water, shelter and healthcare. - Monday 20 July 2015
Nigeria: Respect for Human Rights Can Engender Trust for the Police - UN
By safeguarding the fundamental rights of all citizens, the police will engender trust throughout the society and encourage the reporting of crime, thus contributing to more effective crime fighting and enhancement of justice for victims said Mr. Jesse Wachanga UNODC. - Wednesday 15 April 2015
Charting a New Path to Secure Kenya
This state of affairs is despite existence of fairly progressive constitution that has whole chapter of security and pieces of the legislation passed in 2011 to overhaul the police, intelligence and defense forces in Kenya, not much progress has been made. - Wednesday 8 April 2015
Ethiopia: Stranded Migrants Return Home from Djibouti, Yemen
The group included five women – one of them pregnant – evacuated from Yemen, and 37 unaccompanied minors stranded in Djibouti. - Saturday 28 March 2017
Stunted Growth Hinders Kenya’s Economic Advancement.
According to statistics, many Kenya mothers suffer from under nutrition during pregnancy. - Saturday 28 March 2015
Africa: Fruitful Outcomes from Fifth China-Africa Health Roundtable
China-Africa health policy recommendations will contribute to post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). - Wednesday 25 March 22015
Guinea: First Ebola Vaccine to Be Tested in Affected Communities
The ring vaccination strategy consists in identifying recently infected patients and vaccinating all their contacts, thereby creating a ‘ring of immunity’ around them to stop the virus from spreading. - Tuesday 24 March 2015
Kenya: Constitutional Crisis Looms Over Two – Thirds Gender Principle
The TWG’s role was to develop a mechanism for the implementation of the Two-thirds principle and to ensure this mechanism is ready within the deadline provided. - Monday 23 March 2015
CAR: Critical Livelihood Saving Interventions Crucial to Avoid Further Deterioration in Food Security
Overall agricultural production is currently still nearly 60 percent below the pre-crisis average and the lean season is expected to begin four months earlier than usual this year. - Friday 20 March 2015
Mauritania: IOM Holds Training of Trainers Workshop on Human Trafficking
The activity is part of a 24-month EUR 2.3M project “Strengthening the border management in Mauritania – the involvement of the Gendarmerie” funded by the European Union and was organized as part of a larger collaboration effort with GIZ (Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) that aims at creating a standard training package for border officials in Mauritania. - Wednesday 18 March 2015
Egypt : New UNIDO Project to Support Solar Energy Use in Industrial Sector
The official launch of the new project that was slated on 17 March 2015, funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), was attended by the Director General of UNIDO, LI Yong, and the Minister of Industry, Trade and Small and Medium Size Enterprises, Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour. - Monday 16 March 2015
Somalia: IOM Trains Journalists, Officials on Human Rights-based Reporting in Puntland
The training, which was funded by the European Union (EU), aimed at increasing their knowledge of the sensitivity and confidentiality required in reporting cases of child trafficking and gender-based violence (GBV) in Somalia. - Thursday 12 March 2015
Africa: WHO and World Food Programme Join Forces to Reach Zero Ebola Cases
Using a joint operations approach, the two agencies agreed to combine their expertise in more than 60 priority districts and prefectures on the ground in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, the three most Ebola-affected countries.