For months, they have bombarded voters with campaign slogans and speeches by their candidate, but on Tuesday, two fiercely-partisan media groups in Madagascar fell silent a day before the presidential run-off election. The ceasefire -- in line with electoral law -- is in stark contrast to the battle of the airwaves that has raged between the ...

A group of non-governmental organizations hailed the United Nations General Assembly signing of the Global Compact on Refugees on Monday, in the hopes that the non-binding voluntary plan will have an impact on the world refugee crisis. Some 181 countries voted in favor of the Global Compact on Refugees , put forward by the UN Refugee Agency, UNH ...

A group of non-governmental organizations hailed the United Nations General Assembly signing of the Global Compact on Refugees on Monday, in the hopes that the non-binding voluntary plan will have an impact on the world refugee crisis. Some 181 countries voted in favor of the Global Compact on Refugees, put forward by the UN Refugee Agency, UNHC ...

Accra, Dec. 18, CDA Consult - Participants at a two-day media workshop organised by the ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (ECONEC) have agreed to set up a Network to foster information and experience sharing for professional reporting of elections for the entrenchment of democracy in West Africa. In a Communiqu eacute; issued at the end of ...

A court in Comoros has sentenced a top opposition figure to seven years behind bars for assault during a controversial referendum on changes to the constitution. It was the latest in a string of sentences handed down to political figures who opposed a series of constitutional reforms enabling President Azali Assoumani to extend his term in offic ...

One after another, the mothers sat their babies in the shade, on a mat placed on the dusty ground. This morning at least, their children will have enough to eat. In the village of Ifotaka, at the southern tip of Madagascar, the noise and excitement of the country's election campaign seems far away as locals confront more pressing needs in a dail ...

Women may be shouting louder than ever for equal treatment and pay, but a report out Tuesday indicates it will take centuries to achieve gender parity in workplaces around the globe. The World Economic Forum (WEF) report said there had been some improvements in wage equality this year compared to 2017, when the global gender gap widened for the ...