New UN Human Rights Office to Open in Sudan
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet and Sudan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Asma Mohamed Abdalla have signed Wednesday at the UN headquarters […]
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African leaders to address UN delegates this week in New York
World leaders are gathering this week for the annual United Nations General Assembly, which this year opened in the United States with a whole lot […]
World’s most dangerous, unfriendly places through expatriates’ eyes
A recent research published by InterNations has named Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya and Egypt among the world’s most dangerous places to live and work in, […]
Morocco’s King Puts Inclusive Education & Vocational Training at Top of his Priorities
King Mohammed VI continues to grant special interest to the upgrading of the sectors of education and vocational training, keystone to sustainable socioeconomic development, jobs […]
South Africa: Nigerians fly back to Lagos after xenophobic attacks
Almost 200 Nigerians have left South Africa and returned to Lagos amid xenophobic violence in the southern African nation. The repatriation came after a cycle […]
Libya: Rwanda agrees to host 500 African migrants
Rwanda has agreed on Tuesday to take in 500 refugees and asylum seekers trapped in Libya under an agreement signed with the United Nations Refugee […]
Morocco’s OCP, AUC & AUDA-NEPAD pool efforts to promote Agriculture in Africa
The African Union Commission (AUC), AUDA-NEPAD and Morocco’s OCP Group have just formed a tripartite partnership to support the development of the agricultural sector in […]
For Africa, ‘winds of hope are blowing ever stronger,’ Guterres says
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres who attended the opening of the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VII) in Yokohama, Japan, on Wednesday […]
Kenya census to count intersex people for the first time
In Kenya, the government is preparing for the country’s sixth population census since independence. The census according to the government will provide the first official […]
School closures triple in Central & Western Africa as education comes under fire
The UNICEF has warned in a new report that a generation of children in Central and Western Africa risks being denied the right to learn […]