On Monday, 30 January 2017, the European Union (EU) and BRAC-Liberia held an inception workshop at Palm Spring Resort, Congo Town, Monrovia to launch
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The African Ministerial Pre-Consultative Meeting on the CSW 61st scheduled for next month
The 61st Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 61), which will take place in New York next month is well underway. In preparation
US attorney general Sally Yates fired in Muslim ban row
US President Donald Trump has sacked the country’s acting attorney general after she took the rare step of defying the White House by refusing
UK pledges further support to address humanitarian needs caused by drought in Somalia
Britain’s Secretary of State for International Development, the Rt Hon Priti Patel travelled to Mogadishu on 28 January 2017 where she re-affirmed the importance
Christine Lagard applauds Uganda for her growth and poverty reduction
Ms. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Matia Kasaija and Governor Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile
AMISOM forces commended for swift action following attacks
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, strongly condemns the terrorist attack perpetrated this morning on an AMISOM camp at Kolbiyow,
UN mission chief meets President Kiir, pledges commitment to regional force
The newly arrived head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, David Shearer, has met with President Salva Kiir in the country’s capital
4.7 million children in vaccination campaign against measles in northeast Nigeria
In a major vaccination campaign concluding this week, 4.7 million children are being vaccinated in response to a measles outbreak in northeast Nigeria. The
Tanzania to get $305 million World Bank loan for Dar es Salaam port expansion
Tanzania will receive a $305 million loan from the World Bank to expand its main port in its main commercial city Dar es Salaam.
Al-Shabab attack at Mogadishu hotel ‘kills 15’
At least 15 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a coordinated gun-and-bomb attack carried out by al-Shabab at a popular hotel in