Tag: africa

A delegation of Malagasy officials has completed a four-day study tour to Mauritius to study labor migration management. The visit, which was facilitated by the IOM, focused on sharing experiences on the institutional and administrative framework governing labor migration. It also looked at successful practices of ‘south-south’ and ‘south-north’ labor migration and identified opportunities for […]

IOM’s offices in Ghana and Iraq have helped a trafficked young Ghanaian migrant to return safely from Iraq to her home in Ghana’s Ashanti Region. Linda*, 22, was a teacher in a private school in Ghana, but was convinced by a middleman that she would earn more in Europe working as a waitress or as […]

IOM this week handed over to local authorities two rehabilitated and re-equipped border health posts in Forecariah prefecture, Guinea. The posts, located in Layah and Kaffou districts are among three border health posts recently rehabilitated and equipped with the support of the Belgian Development Cooperation agency. The official hand over of the third post, located […]

Media Note Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC March 3, 2016 The Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking released its first annual Progress Assessment today, World Wildlife Day. The report details accomplishments of the Task Force in implementing the U.S. National Strategy for Combating Wildlife Trafficking in its first year, as well as future efforts […]

The African Union (AU) in collaboration with UN Women, UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP) and the Green Belt Movement, today led the commemoration of the 2016 Africa Environment and Wangari Maathai Day at the African Union Commission headquarters. The event was held this year under the theme,“Strengthening Women’s Rights Over […]

Funding Opportunity Announcement Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration March 3, 2016   Funding Opportunity Number: PRM-PRMOAPAF-16-010-055817 Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number: 19.517 – Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Africa Announcement issuance date: Thursday, March 3, 2016 Proposal submission deadline: Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. noon EDT. Proposals submitted after this deadline […]

Special Briefing USAID Administrator Gayle Smith Washington, DC March 3, 2016   MR KIRBY: Afternoon, everybody. Today at the briefing I’ve got a special guest who’s going to kick it off for us – USAID Administrator Gayle Smith, who you all have seen before. She’s going to give you an update on what USAID is […]

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Gayle Smith announced today that the United States is dispatching a Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) to Ethiopia to help avert a crisis triggered by El Nino.  The drought follows successive poor rainy seasons and is one of the worst to hit the country in decades. The DART, […]

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Didier Reynders received today his counterpart of the Republic of the Congo, Jean-Claude Gakosso. The two ministers reaffirmed their commitment to maintain the bilateral dialogue, as well as the exchanges between Brussels and Brazzaville.   The first round of the presidential elections in the Republic of Congo […]

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, and the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban-Ki Moon, express deep concern about the upsurge in fighting between the Government of Sudan forces and the Sudan Liberation Army/Abdul Wahid, in the Jebel Marra area of Darfur, and its effect on civilians. Since the outbreak of violence six […]