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- Friday 21 November 2014
DRC: WHO Declares End of Ebola Outbreak
WHO and other partners supported the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo with expertise for outbreak investigation, a mobile laboratory, risk communications and social mobilization, contact tracing and clinical care. 
Wednesday 19 November 2014Kenya Taps Interpeace Experience in Effort to Achieve Lasting Peace and Cohesion
Newly formalised partnership will enable Interpeace to share its 20 years’ experience building peace around the world with Kenya’s National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC), a government agency with a national mandate to build lasting peace and cohesion in Kenya.- Tuesday 18 November 2014
DR Congo: Police Operation Kills 51 Youth Suspend Commander of Anti-Crime Campaign
The Congolese government launched Operation Likofi on November 15, 2013, following a public commitment by President Joseph Kabila to end gang crime in Kinshasa. - Monday 17 November 2014
Sierra Leone: Red Flags Raised as Ebola Set to Reverse Development Gains – UN Study Finds
The fight against Ebola drifts beyond the health crisis with the emergence of 2015 socio-economic projections - Friday 14 November 2014
Kenya: WFP Reduces Food Rations To Refugees Amid Financial Crisis
The ration cut of 50 percent, starting Saturday 15 November 2014, comes as WFP struggles to raise US$38 million to cover its refugee operation for the next six months. - Friday 14 November 2014
Sub-Saharan Africa: GSK Launches First Call for Proposals for Research in to Non-Communicable Diseases
Up to £4m will be available in this first funding round - Thursday 13 November 2014
West Africa: First Trials for Ebola Treatments to Start at MSF Sites in December
The two drugs, brincidofovir and favipiravir, were selected from WHO’s shortlist of potential Ebola treatments after careful review of safety and efficacy profiles, product availability, and ease of administration to patients. - Thursday 13 November 2014
Kenya: National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) Signs MOU with Interpeace
The NCIC was one of the government agencies created by the unity government to help build lasting peace by addressing and reducing inter-ethnic conflicts. Its mandate includes advocating for cohesiveness among the diverse groups in the country and the prevention of discrimination on the basis of ethnicity. - Wednesday 12 November 2014
Botswana: UN Expert to Assess Cultural Rights
During Farida Shaheed thirteen-day visit, the Special Rapporteur will meet with a number of actors in the cultural field, including State authorities, at the national as well as local levels. - Tuesday 11 November 2014
The Pope Receives the Bishops of Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau in focus on the Quality Rather than the Quality of Priests
This represents a great challenge for an episcopal conference that groups together the bishops of four countries – Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau – that are different in terms of language, geography, culture and history, but which nonetheless feel the need to be united and to support each other in their ministry. - Friday 7 November 2014
Sudan: NGOs Join Forces to Reduce Conflict
The event was part of the IOM/UNDP Joint Conflict Reduction Programme (JCRP), which is funded by the European Union, and aims to build the capacity of civil society in peace building, establishing trust and stabilizing communities. - Thursday 6 November 2014
Nigeria: More than 50,000 Violence-Displaced People in North-East Get Aid
Most displaced people who arrived in Maiduguri in the past few months were settled in government buildings, schools or official camps. Some stayed with relatives or host families, with whom they shared scant resources, while others found refuge in informal settlements. - Tuesday 4 November 2014
Africa: ASMQ FDC Proves Safe and Efficacious to Treat Children with Malaria
Clinical Trial Results Provide Evidence for Introducing This Artemisinin Derivative-based Combination Therapy (ACT) into Africa’s Current Malaria Treatment Arsenal to Help Tackle the Number One Parasitic Killer - Tuesday 4 November 2014
Morocco: Country Mainstreams Migration into National Development Strategies
The 4-year programme, which will run through 2018, will bring together some 20 national institutions several times a year to discuss implementation of the programme and how to move forward. - Wednesday 29 October 2014
Zambia: President Sata Dies in London - Local Media
Sata who has been receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness in London for the past week died at approximately 2100 hours Zambia local time on Tuesday night.