By Modupe Gbadeyanka “Women have the potential to have a tremendous impact on Egypt’s economic development,” said United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Deputy Mission...
By Dipo Olowookere A total of 145 children were today released by armed groups in South Sudan, UNICEF has announced. This is the largest number of...
By Ebitonye Akpodigha South Africa’s announced withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) treaty represents an enormous blow to its commitment to justice for atrocity crimes,...
By Dipo Olowookere The United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, Mr John H. Knox, will undertake his first official visit to Madagascar...
By Ebitonye Akpodigha Italy has earmarked the sum of €3.9 million for emergency interventions to support the provision of essential services to South Sudanese refugees and...
By Modupe Gbadeyanka Six months after the abduction of 159 children from the Gambella region of Ethiopia, 68 of them have remained unaccounted for. This has...
By Dipo Olowookere A €380,000 EU grant has been signed with United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) after ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly committees met...
By Dipo Olowookere The US Embassy in Addis Ababa has announced the commencement of the 2018 Diversity Visa (DV) Program registration. Registration starts October 4, 2016...
By Ebitonye Akpodigha The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Director for Africa, Neil Wigan had calls on the Prime Minister, the Minister for Commonwealth and Minister...
By Dipo Olowookere More than 38,800 internally displaced persons (IDPs) are sheltering at the UN protection of civilian (PoC) sites in Juba, the capital of South...