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Having led the operation which succeeded in the return of a UNAMID patrol which had been blocked by rebel forces for two days in North West Darfur, the Force Commander of the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur flew to the region today ...

ANSAMed, the branch of ANSA covering the Mediterranean, has organised a meeting, hosted by the Foreign Ministry, for European and North African journalists. The aim was to discuss the role of the media one year on from the Arab Spring. A story ...

On Tuesday, February 21, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda held a meeting at the Prime Minister's Office with Mr. Aires Bonifácio Baptista Ali, Prime Minister of the Republic of Mozambique, who is on a working visit to Japan. The overview of the ...

Media are invited to attend the EUNAVFOR Force Headquarters Media Day in Mombasa on 15 March 2012, held on board the Spanish warship ESPS PATIŇO. During this event the EUNAVFOR Force Commander, Rear Admiral Jorge Manso , will brief on EUNAVFOR ...

On 21 February, Rear Admiral Duncan Potts welcomed His Excellency President James Michel of the Seychelles; Mr Joel Morgan, his Minister for Home Affairs, Environment and Transport; the Hon Crispus Kiyonga, Ugandan Minister of Defence; Lt Gen ...

With more than 1.5 billion people living in countries afflicted by repeated cycles of conflict and violence, the World Bank has today opened a new Global Center on Conflict, Security and Development to make its financial support and expertise work ...

The African Stock Investment Competition starts off a new year by taking a new direction and launching new offerings to catalyze investments in Africa by educating the next generation of economic leaders. The pilot of the African Stock Investment ...

The Secretary General of the East African Community Amb. Dr. Richard Sezibera this morning launched the Microsoft Office 2010 Kiswahili Local Language Pack, urging the Information Technology firm to work with governments in the region to increase ...

Theme: The East African Community after 10 Years: Deepening EAC Integration DATES: 27-28 FEBRUARY 2012 VENUE: MT. MERU HOTEL, ARUSHA, TANZANIA Event: A two-day Conference on the EAC Financial Sector themed The East African Community after 10 ...

The EAC will next week hold a conference on the regional financial sector in Arusha, Tanzania. The 27-28 February conference has been organized by the EAC Secretariat in collaboration with the International Monetary Fund. Themed 'The East African ...

Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme , and Adnan Amin, Director General of the International Renewable Energy Agency , urged all stakeholders across Africa to make commitments, as part of the Action Agenda, ...

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa, Mr. Said Djinnit, attended the 40th Ordinary Session of the Authority of the Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States , held in Abuja, ...

Statement on the partial certification of the legislative elections of 11 December 2011 By Albert Gerard Koenders, SRSG Abidjan, 17 February 2012 1. The United Nations Security Council, in its Resolution 1765 , decided that the Special ...

On Friday, February 17, the Government of Japan decided to provide emergency grant aid totaling about 340 thousand US dollars through the United Nations, for the purpose of supporting the fair and smooth implementation of the presidential election ...

A 7-day Meeting of the 13th Sectoral Council on Legal and Judicial Affairs is scheduled to take place on 20 -27 February 2012 at the Arusha International Conference Centre to consider among others a report on the implementation of previous ...

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement: 'I am deeply concerned by reports that the peaceful public demonstration planned by the Roman Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of Congo to protest the ...

The African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance which was adopted by African Heads of State and Government in January 2007 at the AU Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, will enter into force on 15 February 2012 thirty days after the deposit ...

The Peace and Security Council of the African Union , at its 311th meeting, held on 16 February 2012, was briefed by the Department of Political Affairs of the Commission on its activities related to election observation on the Continent, in ...

On Monday 20 February, Minister for International Development Cooperation Gunilla Carlsson will arrive in Liberia for bilateral talks with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf - one of last year's Nobel Peace Prize laureates - and Minister of Planning ...

Fighting between Mali's military and a Tuareg armed group in the north has escalated and is causing a human rights crisis, Amnesty International said today. Dozens have been killed since the violence erupted last month, and thousands of people ...