The Sudan Armed Forces have played a leading role in the politics of the country since independence in 1956. The army has been criticised for exploiting popular grievances to assume power and then establishing repressive regimes that circu…
Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange has been arrested at the Ecuadorian embassy in London.
Mr Assange took refuge in the embassy seven years ago to avoid extradition to Sweden over a sexual assault case that has since been dropped.
T…
Indians have begun voting in the first phase of a general election that is being seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Tens of millions of Indians across 20 states and union territories are voting in 91 constituencies.
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The General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketiah has expressed disappointment in the outcome of the first day of the dialogue on vigilantism mediated by the National Peace Council (NPC).…
Displacement of families is rising with evictions, conflict and drought the top causes.
“We are seeing a tragic trend this year, with more and more people displaced by drought and conflict in Somalia. Seeking aid to survive,…
Akon Enlists Artificial Intelligence In Mission To Extend His Green Energy Vision In Africa And Beyond
Akon Lighting America partners with AI leader Group A MondoBrain to provide most-accurate and sustainable energy solutions throughout…
Prior to this meeting in Namibia, the Parliamentary Secretary also travelled to Ethiopia on April 8, 2019 to pay tribute to the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash on March 10, 2019
Canada strongly believes the greater partici…
We want to feel implementation of a genuine peace so we can go back to our homes with our children
“When will the Transitional Government of National Unity be formed?” asks Professor Majok Yen, a youth representative, who lives in…
Mary Kay Continues Its Support of Women’s Empowerment and Leadership at the International Women’s Forum Cornerstone Conference
Global Cosmetics Company Sponsors Barcelona Event for Leading Female Thought Leaders, Innovators and Trailbla…
Statement by Foreign Press Secretary Takeshi OSUGA
Japan is deeply concerned that violence has been claiming many lives and caused injuries in the neighborhood of Tripoli on 5 April and afterwards.
Japan calls on all parties …
Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham flatly rejected on Tuesday President Donald Trump’s request to slash the budget for the U.S. State Department by more than 23 percent.
That proposal “ain’t happening,” Graham, chairman of the Senat…
U.S. Attorney General William Barr told lawmakers on Tuesday that he intends to release “within a week” a redacted version of the long-awaited report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election from Special Counsel Robert Mue…
Rice that is ready to cook and rice grains grown as seed for the next crop look remarkably similar. That can tempt the unscrupulous, who pocket big profits by packaging table rice for sale as seed, according to counterfeiting experts.
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Investigate Murders of Civilians, Violence in and around Health Centers
Cameroonian soldiers, gendarmes, and members of the Rapid Intervention Brigade (BIR) carried out a deadly attack on the North-West region village of Melu…
US President Donald Trump has praised Egypt's leader Abdel Fattah al-Sisi for doing a "great job" despite criticism of Mr al-Sisi's human rights record.
The Egyptian president was welcomed to the White House just weeks before a referend…
A man in central Kenya has been earning praise after volunteering to dig a road to save villagers from having to take a long walk to get to the nearby shopping centre.
Nicholas Muchami, 45, who is a casual labourer, decided to build the…
The Deputy Majority Leader of Parliament, Ms Sarah Adwoa Sarfo, has called for high-quality research findings for Parliament to use as evidence in decision making and come out with good policies.
“The gathering of evidence and the use o…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to publish in full, the report of the Emile Short Commission of Enquiry.
The Commission was set up by the President to investigate the circumsta…
Mr Alfred Kumi, the Chief Executive Officer of Vision Lob and an activist of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has declared his intention to contest the party's 2020 parliamentary primaries at the Adenta Constituency in Accra.
He said, Aden…
Parliament has approved a loan facility of US$100,000,000 for the Ministry of Defence for the construction of a Housing Project and other rehabilitation works for the Ghana Armed Forces.
The commercial agreement between Ghana and Poly…
The National Democratic Congress and the New Patriotic Party have agreed to engage in deliberations aimed at disbanding vigilante groups operating within political parties or for political purpose.
The assurance from the political parti…
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has launched a report on a roadmap to the fight against political party vigilantism in the country.
The report, dubbed: "Engagement with Political Parties and Other Stakeholders on the …
US President Donald Trump has lashed out at a judge for blocking his policy of sending asylum seekers to Mexico to await court hearings in their cases.
"A 9th Circuit judge just ruled that Mexico is too dangerous for migrants," he tweet…
Sudanese photographer Ola Alsheikh has captured the defiant and growing crowds outside the army headquarters in the capital, Khartoum.
The woman above has written "Just Fall" on her arm, reflecting the demonstrators' calls for President…
PM Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to secure a record fifth term after almost complete results from Israel's election suggest a new right-wing coalition.
His Likud party is expected to finish with a similar number of seats as ex-military c…
A study on the effectiveness of Ghana’s Public, Private Partnership policy has concluded that the policy has been politicised.
An affiliation to a politician or district chief executive in the choice of the private partner has been docu…
Nearly One Month on Beira Stirs, Search for Survivors Continues in Zimbabwe and Malawi Faces Food Insecurity
Capacity Building, Migration and Climate Change
Beira – The streets of this busy port city are returning to life as…
UN disability rights experts issue findings on Cuba, Niger, Norway, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Spain, Turkey, and Vanuatu
The findings cover how the respective State is doing with regard to the rights of persons with disabilities
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Themes:
Internally Displaced Persons, Refugee and Asylum Issues
Kyiv – A single mum spending most of her income to rent a room. A young woman and her mother living in a garage at a cemetery, as they do not earn enough to rent…
Kisoro – Preparation and putting in place measures and strategies ahead of time to mitigate the spread of a health risk once it has been identified are the keys to preventing an outbreak of disease from becoming a pandemic.
To that end…
Violence and the intensification of military operations in Northern and Central Mali have pushed more than 87,000 people to flee their homes since January 2019. Several humanitarian actors present in the country are raising the alarm a…
Theresa May is holding last-minute Brexit talks with the leaders of Germany and France, with the UK due to leave the EU in three days time.
Mrs May met Angela Merkel in Berlin, and will meet Emmanuel Macron in Paris, as she urges both to …
An estimated 995 559 individuals were displaced by inter-communal clashes across the Gedeo and West Guji zones in February and March
The World Health Organization (WHO) in Ethiopia has dispatched experts and medical supplies in response…
Israelis are voting in the country's most closely-fought general election in years.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of the right-wing Likud Party, is seeking a fifth term in office.
But he is facing corruption allegations a…
As of March 2019, 834 measles cases were reported compared to 4980 in 2018
The Federal Ministry of Health in Sudan, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and the United Nations Children's…
Nine pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong have been found guilty of public nuisance charges for their role in a civil disobedience movement that called for free elections in the city.
Among them are three prominent activists, seen as fi…
A US-based media organisation has published the final part of its three-part report into alleged widespread corruption in refugee camps run by UNHCR.
The camps are in Kenya, Uganda, Yemen, Ethiopia and Libya.
The report, which was th…
Researchers have discovered traces of deadly viruses in underground water in the slums of Kampala city in Uganda and Arusha in Tanzania, Kenya's privately-owned Daily Nation newspaper reports.
The paper says the study, conducted by the …
South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma has denied an allegation by a local newspaper that former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi gave him $30m (£22m). According to the Sunday Times the money was to secure Col Gaddafi legal representation…
Algeria's parliament has named Abdelkader Bensalah, the speaker of the upper house, as the country's interim president.
He will replace Abdelaziz Bouteflika who resigned last week following widespread protests.
Mrs Josephine Nkrumah, the Chairperson of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) on Monday called on the media and stakeholders to compliment the awareness activities of the commission towards the disbandment of Vigilantism in …
The debate on whether the former Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) for Tema, Mr Isaac Ashai Odamtten, should run for MP on the ticket of the NDC in Tema, or not, is raging on, with Tema Central joining in the tug-of-words.
Mr. I.A Kopp…
Ms Lydia Seyram Alhassan, Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayawaso West Wuogon has delivered her maiden statement in Parliament since her swearing-in on February 5, 2019.
However, the Minority MPs in Parliament declined to comment on the …
Maiduguri – Ongoing hostilities in north-east Nigeria has caused the displacement of 1.8 million women, men and children, hampering their access to vital resources including water.
In addition to the displaced population, 1.56 million…
Themes:
Migration and Development
Djibouti City — Djibouti is strategically located near some of the world's busiest shipping lanes, with access to the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. It serves as a key refuelling and trans-sh…
Themes:
Migration and Development
Tbilisi – “Migration has effected every village in our municipality - many are almost empty. Before, only one family member would emigrate; now, whole families are leaving.”
That lament …
More than half of children remain excluded from pre-primary education in Ethiopia, despite impressive gains made in increasing enrollment – UNICEF
UNICEF’s first-ever global report dedicated to early childhood education highlights a lac…
Digital revolution can unlock inclusive growth and job creation across Africa
Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa has been downgraded to 2.3 percent for 2018, down from 2.5 percent in 2017, according to the April 2019 issue of Africa's Pulse, …
As violence continues in Tripoli, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) calls for immediate action to protect all civilians in Libya
The International Rescue Committee calls for an end to hostilities and an urgent political solution …
Two-year-old Thayi loves the aerosol therapy room at Senegal's Albert Royer Children's Hospital, where she gets to fall asleep on her mother's lap, breathing deeply - something that is usually hard to do.
The mask over her face pumps ou…
