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 […]
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Wildlife Trafficking Task Force Releases First Annual Progress Report
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 […]
2016 Africa Environment and Wangari Maathai Day commemorated
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 […]
FY 2016 Notice of Funding Opportunity for NGO Programs in Cote d'Ivoire Benefiting Ivoirian Refugee Returnees
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 […]
Briefing on Announcement of New Measures To Address the Drought in Ethiopia
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 […]
USAID Deploys Disaster Assistance Response Team to Ethiopia for Drought Response
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, […]
Didier Reynders meets with his counterpart Jean-Claude Gakosso of the Republic of the Congo
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 […]
AU Chairperson and UN Secretary-General express deep concern about the upsurge in fighting in the Jebel Marra area of Darfur
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 […]
United Nations-African Union Press Statement on Darfur
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 […]
Oshinbajo, Dangote, Tinubu, Wigwe, Philip Walker, others to speak at The Economist’s Nigeria Summit 2016
All is set for this year’s edition of The Economist Event’s Nigeria Summit (www.NigeriaSummit.Economist.com). Philip Walker, Regional Manager of The Economist Intelligence Unit, Miguel Melo Azevedo, Head of Investment Banking, Africa, Citi Group among others will, on Monday March 7 and Tuesday March 8, 2016, join eminent Nigerian businessmen and top government officials—from around the […]