Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 15, 2019 (ECA) ndash; The Economic Commission for Africa on Friday officially handed over the African Minerals Development Centre (AMDC) to the African Union Commission (AUC) following its inception in 2012. The AMDC was ...
The World Health Organization warned Thursday that efforts to halt the spread of measles were backsliding , with case numbers worldwide surging around 50 percent last year. The UN health agency pointed to preliminary data showing that the disturbing trend of resurgent measles cases was happening at a global level, including in wealthy nati ...
At least 100,000 babies die every year because of armed conflict and its impact, from hunger to denial of aid, Save the Children International said on Friday. In the 10 worst-hit countries, a conservative estimate of 550,000 infants died as a result of fighting between 2013 and 2017. They succumbed to war and its effects, among them hun ...
Rescuers, fishermen, navy experts and police combed the Niger River Thursday looking for 42 people, including children, missing after an overloaded boat capsized while bringing them to a market, authorities said. The vessel foundered as it was battered by powerful winds in Sambera district in southwest Niger, near the border with Benin, ear ...
Rescue teams, fishermen, navy and police experts were searching Thursday for 43 people, most from Benin, missing after an overloaded boat bringing them to a market capsized in the Niger River, authorities said. The vessel foundered as it was battered by powerful winds in Sambera district, southwestern Niger early Wednesday morning, sinking ...
As the net closes on remaining Islamic State group diehards in eastern Syria, the fate of captured foreign fighters and their families has grown into a major international headache. Many countries remain reluctant to repatriate their jihadist citizens, due to public opposition, the cost of prolonged detentions and concerns that they could p ...
Atleast 283 people have died from 59 terrorist attacks being recorded across Africa between the periods of 16-31 January 2019, the African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT) has reported. The report in its bi-weekly ldquo;Africa Terrorism Bulletin rdquo; noted that in all, a total of 555 terrorism related deaths ...
A Sudanese refugee held in one of Australia 39;s offshore migrant detention sites for six years was on Wednesday awarded the world 39;s most prestigious human rights prize. Abdul Aziz Muhamat, 26, was hailed by the Martin Ennals Award organisers for his extraordinary tenacity and courage in protesting the Australian government 39;s in ...
British-Nigerian actor-director Chiwetel Ejiofor said the rise of streaming platforms and a growing appetite for new voices in movies have opened the door for epic African stories to reach a global audience. Ejiofor, who became a star with Kinky Boots before winning an Oscar nomination for 12 Years a Slave , presented his directorial d ...
The landmark case of widows from Nigeria 39;s Ogoni region whose husbands were executed in an alleged conspiracy between Dutch oil giant Shell and the government of late Nigerian military leader Sani Abacha has opened at The Hague. The Dutch multinational faces accusations from widows of nine environmental activists of instigating a raft o ...
The UN has launched an investigation into suspected cases of torture by Russian soldiers or mercenaries in Central African Republic after an internal report said at least one civilian had been detained and abused by Russians. A man from the central city of Bambari was held by Russians and repeatedly tortured for five days, according to the ...
The European Union parliament has voted to adopt the EU-Moroccan fisheries deal, enabling EU fishing vessels to operate in the waters off the coast of the disputed territory of Western Sahara. The agreement bypasses the official legal opinion delivered by the European Court of Justice in 2016. ldquo;A new agreement on the legal, environmen ...
Food contaminated with bacteria, viruses, parasites and toxic chemicals is a mounting health hazard and a crippling economic burden, a global conference on food safety has been told. The two-day forum is bringing together health bosses and experts from 125 countries to combat the peril of unsafe food, a hazard that kills more than 400,000 p ...
Seoul, South Korea, 10 February 2019 ndash; 2019 Sunhak Peace Prize Laureate Akinwumi Adesina has pledged to do more to advance Africa rsquo;s fight against hunger, poverty and youth underemployment. The President of the African Development Bank, and co-Laureate Waris Dirie, a global champion against Female Genital Mutilation, shared the pr ...
ldquo;We can no longer afford to watch helplessly as our economies get crippled and suffer stagnation owing to hunger and malnutrition. As responsible leaders, the onus is on us to take action, rdquo;---His Majesty King Letsie III of the Kingdom of Lesotho Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, ndash; The African Union Commission ...
Côte d'Ivoire's President Alassane Ouattara has told RFI in an exclusive interview that all candidates will be free to contest the 2020 presidential election in his first comments on the resignation of his speaker of parliament, Guillaume Soro, on Friday. Speaking on the sidelines of the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Ouattara said there ...
Abdelaziz Bouteflika 39;s decision to seek a fifth term as president despite his ailing health stirred mixed reactions on Monday in the Algerian press, with one newspaper describing it as risky as Russian roulette and another welcoming his pledge of reforms. The 81-year-old head of state, who uses a wheelchair and has rarely been seen in ...
The African Union 39;s peace and security chief Smail Chergui called Monday for member states to tackle the root causes of extremism, as he deplored the spread of terrorism in the Sahel. Terrorism is expanding, Chergui told journalists on the sidelines of an AU summit in Addis Ababa, pointing in particular to countries on the Sahara 3 ...
United Nations Secretary-General nbsp;Ant oacute;nio Guterres nbsp;announced today the appointment of Maher Nasser as Commissioner-General for the Organization rsquo;s participation in Expo 2020 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Mr. Nasser is the Director of the Outreach Division in the United Nations Depa ...
Record eight-time CAF Champions League trophy-holders Al Ahly of Egypt could this Tuesday become the first club to secure a 2018/2019 quarter-finals place. A win for the Cairo Red Devils away to Simba SC of Tanzania -- a side they have already caned 5-0 this month -- would lift them to 10 points from four matches in Group D. And that to ...
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