Tag: africa

Mr. Mitsuhiro Furusawa, Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), issued the following statement today in N’Djamena at the conclusion of his visit to Chad: “My visit to Chad has been extremely fruitful. I wish to thank President Idris Déby Itno and the Chadian authorities for our substantive discussions. “In my meetings with […]

Kitchanga, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 23 February 2016 Mesdames et Messieurs,  Je suis très heureux d’être de retour dans la province [du Nord Kivu] de la République démocratique du Congo. Je suis reconnaissant pour l’accueil très chaleureux de la population, merci.  Je suis très ému aujourd’hui par tout ce que j’ai entendu […]

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 […]