BRUSSELS – As the political and humanitarian situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) has progressively deteriorated for more than a year now, the European Commission...
GENEVA – Calling Nelson Mandela a leader with hard-won wisdom and maturity unparalleled in our time, the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary gave thanks...
WASHINGTON – Madiba’s ‘long walk to freedom’ gave new meaning to courage, character, forgiveness, and human dignity. Now that his long walk has ended, the example...
GENEVA – The international football community has today learnt the sad news of the passing of former South African President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Nelson...
DUBLIN – Minister for Trade and Development Joe Costello TD has launched a school rehabilitation programme in Uganda. The Minister launched the programme in Karamoja, the...
MOGADISHU – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, has strongly condemned a violent attack on Puntland government forces today. At...
CAPE-TOWN – South African financial services group Sanlam announced today that it had opened its prestigious financial journalism awards to reporters across Africa for the first...
ROME – World cereal production will reach a new high of almost 2 500 million tonnes, including rice in milled terms, according to new FAO estimates....
OTTAWA – Following ongoing reports of violence in the Central African Republic, including a United Nations report today of an attack on civilians near the capital...
NAIROBI – A team from Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa recently installed a new weather system at the Kenyan Military Airport in Nairobi....
