Africa: WHO Director-General’s Opening Remarks At the Member States Information Session On Covid-19 – 18 March 2021
[WHO] Honourable Ministers, Excellencies, dear colleagues and friends,
Africa: WHO Director-General’s Opening Remarks at the Media Briefing on Covid-19 – 15 March 2021
[WHO] Today marks 10 years since the start of the crisis in Syria. WHO continues to work on the ground with our partners ...
Africa: Women Will Not Reach Parity At the Pinnacle of Power for Another 130 Years, Predicts UN
[IPS] United Nations — The United Nations says the highest levels of political power remain the furthest from achieving gender parity in an ...
Africa: Continent Lags On 2030 Global Goal of Gender Parity in Politics
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Nairobi — Closed doors, closed minds bar women’s way to the top
Hijab: Kwara TESCOM directs principals, teachers, staff to report on Friday
The Kwara Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) has directed principals, teachers and staff of the yet to be opened grant-aided mission schools to report ...
Africa: January Retail Trade Sales Slump, Adding to South Africa’s Economic Gloom
[Daily Maverick] Retail trade sales fell on an annual basis for the 10th month in a row in January, posting a 3.5% decline. ...
Kolade Johnson: Absence of defence witnesses stalls ex-policeman’s murder trial
The absence of two defence witnesses has stalled the trial at an Ikeja High Court of Ogunyemi Olalekan, a dismissed police inspector accused ...
Africa: Disasters Take Heavy Toll On Agri-Food Systems As New Threats Emerge
[FAO] Rome — New FAO report finds agricultural losses from natural hazards continue to soar, inflicting economic damage and undermining nutrition
Africa: AUC Chairperson Receives Letters of Credence of H.E. Mr. Mahamat Ali Hassan, New Ambassador of the Republic of Chad to the African Union
[African Union] The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, on 11 March 2021, received the credentials of H.E. ...
Africa: Climate Crisis – Red Cross Report Calls for Immediate Action to Protect Communities in Africa
[African Union] Guided by the findings of its World Disasters Report, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is ...