Tag: africa

On 23 February 2016, the HR/VP Federica Mogherini met in Brussels with the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya, Matin Kobler.  They exchanged views on the implementation of the Libyan Political Agreement and, in particular, on the importance for the House of Representatives to be able to quickly […]

The IMF will hold a conference call on background with journalists on Wednesday, February 24, 2016 on the Completion of the 2016 Article IV Staff Mission to Nigeria. Who:    Gene Leon, Senior Resident Representative / Mission Chief for Nigeria, Africa Department, IMF When:  Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. Washington, D.C., time (3:00 p.m. […]

Mr. Orlando Figueira, Portugal’s Public Prosecutor, was arrested this morning by the National Unit for Combating Corruption of the Judicial Police in Lisbon, Portugal. Mr Figueira, formerly a respected attorney and magistrate in the Central Department of Investigation and Penal Action (DCIAP), had led a number of high-profile cases specifically focused on well known Angolan individuals, […]

Democratic Republic of Congo authorities have arbitrarily arrested eight youth activists, Human Rights Watch said today. The youth activists and at least 30 political opposition supporters were detained on or around February 16, 2016 in connection with a national strike, or “ville morte” (dead city), to protest delays in organizing presidential elections. Other activists who […]

The Second Task Force meeting for the establishment of the African Volunteer Heath Corps (AVoHC) commenced on 22nd February at the African Union Headquarters. The meeting  organized by the African Union Department of Social Affairs brings together participants from AU Member States, Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), International Federation of Red Cross and […]

 IOM has organized a training for 14 journalists in Bossaso, Puntland, on human rights-based reporting. The workshop was supported by the European Union and the Japanese Government. The training – the second of its kind targeting reporters and Ministry of Information staff – highlighted the need for confidentiality in reporting human rights abuses such as […]

In close coordination with the Government of Kuwait, IOM has ‎provided Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (AVRR) services to two victims of human trafficking from Nigeria and Sierra Leone. The two women have been living at Kuwait’s Government Shelter for Foreign Workers for five months and are IOM’s first AVRR cases from Kuwait. Within the […]

On Sunday (21/2) IOM Djibouti welcomed a delegation of European, North American and Asian diplomats and representatives of humanitarian aid agencies. Their mission was to learn about one of the world’s most treacherous migration routes and the growing migrant crisis that is killing hundreds of migrants each year as they attempt to reach the Arabian […]

INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA When:             Thursday, 25th February 2016 Time:              11am Who:               Organized by the Department of Human Resources, Science and Technology (HRST) of the African Union Commission Where:            African Union Commission Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (New                            Conference Centre) Objectives: To raise public awareness of the first edition of the Africa Day of […]

INVITATION TO THE MEDIA What:         The African Union Commission in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and other key immunization development partners, will organize the first ever Ministerial Conference on Immunization in Africa.   When:        24th February 2016, 9:00Hrs Who:          Mr. Hailemariam Desalegn, Prime Minister, Ethiopia Mr. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, Former President of Tanzania […]