The conference was opened by President Pierre Buyoya, Former President of Burundi and African Union High Representative for Mali and the Sahel, and Haile Menkerios, Special Representative of the Secretary General to the African Union, who reinforced the importance of this issue within continental African policy and global foreign policy. The meeting’s aim was to […]
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4 April 2016 – International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
4 April marks the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. This day aims to raise awareness about landmines and the progress toward their eradication, and is a day that reminds us of the devastating effects of landmines and other explosive remnants of war (ERW). UNMAS South Sudan, in partnership with the South Sudan […]
Advocacy of the (3rs) at the APRM experts group event
The APRM is pulling all stops into realizing its efforts of reinvigorating life into this critical Continental Governance Mechanism. An Experts Group Meeting (EGM) which sought to discuss the APRM Turnaround Strategies and Methodologies was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 29 to 30 March. “The Experts Group Meeting is an important and unique platform […]
USAID Donates Vehicles and Equipment to the Savanna Agricultural Research Institute
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) presented three Toyota Hilux pickup vehicles and 41 desktop computers to the Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) in Tamale, Ghana on March 31st. The vehicles and office equipment were donated to improve the effectiveness of SARI’s agricultural research in northern Ghana to ensure smallholder farmers’ access to […]
Somalia: USD 105 million urgently needed to save lives in drought-affected areas
Aid agencies in Somalia today launched a Call for Aid seeking USD 105 million to scale-up critical, life-saving assistance and build resilience for more than one million people in the drought-affected northern regions of the country. The severe drought, exacerbated by El Niño conditions, which is ravaging parts of Puntland and Somaliland, has compounded […]
Foreign Minister Steinmeier welcomes arrival of the Libyan Presidency Council in Tripoli
On the margins of his visit to Tashkent, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier issued the following statement on 30 March on the arrival of the Libyan Presidency Council in Tripoli: The fact that the Presidency Council has now moved to Tripoli is an important step in the implementation of the peace agreement brokered by the United Nations […]
Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) goes into strategic alliance with Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited (AIBL), Bangladesh
Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) (http://www.ICD-ps.org), the private sector arm of the Islamic Development Bank Group, announced on 29 March 2016 its strategic investment partnership with Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited (AIBL), the leading Islamic bank in Bangladesh. With this landmark transaction, ICD is expected to infuse growth capital of around […]
Remarks at Press Availability, Bangui CAR
Ambassador Samantha Power U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations U.S. Mission to the United Nations Bangui, Central African Republic March 30, 2016 AS DELIVERED Thank you all for coming this evening after a long, hot day. President Obama asked me to travel to your country – my fourth visit to the Central African Republic […]
Note to Correspondents on allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse in the Central African Republic
On Friday 25 March the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) announced that it had received new allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse that had taken place between 2013 and 2015 by UN and non-UN personnel, as well as by local armed groups, in the Kemo prefecture of the […]
The United States-Nigeria Bi-National Commission Joint Communique
Media Note Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC March 30, 2016 The United States-Nigeria Bi-National Commission (BNC) met on March 30, 2016, in Washington, D.C. The BNC was co-chaired by Geoffrey Onyeama, Honorable Minister of Foreign Affairs, Federal Republic of Nigeria and Antony Blinken, Deputy Secretary of State, United States of America. U.S. National […]