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Serge St-Louis has returned from nine months as MSF's head of mission in the Central African Republic . He was in the field in late 2012, when Seleka, a new coalition of Central African rebel groups, took control of several towns before finally ...
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Medecins Sans Frontieres strongly condemns the destruction at its hospital in Pibor town, South Sudan, purposefully conducted to render the hospital inoperative. This leaves around 100,000 people, who had fled into the bush seeking safety from the ...
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The month of May will be marked by celebrations to mark 50 years since the establishment of the Organization for African Unity, now the African Union, around the theme: 'Pan Africanism and African Renaissance.' To mark the Golden Jubilee, the ...
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IOM Namibia, in cooperation with the Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration, has organized a workshop on migration and development in Walvis Bay, Namibia. The May 15th-17th event, financed by the IOM Development Fund, was attended by ...
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IOM, in partnership with Tripoli University, has completed a six-month course for 31 Libyan health, educational and social experts on how to cope with psychological reactions in the aftermath of 2011 Libyan conflict. The 'Psychosocial Responses in ...
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Austrian Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger expressed his concern about the escalation of violence in Nigeria over the past few days and weeks that has caused more than 2000 fatalities. Nigeria has declared a state of ...
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The Peace and Security Council of the African Union , at its 376thmeeting held on 16May - , was briefed by the Commissioner for Peace and Security on the latest developments in the situation in Mali. Council further took note of the statements ...
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The Peace and Security Council of the African Union , at its 376th meeting held in Addis Ababa, on 16 May - , adopted the following decision on the situation in Madagascar: Council, 1. Takes note of the briefing made by the AU Commissioner for ...
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Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders is treating survivors of an attack on Mpeti in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The village, which is home to around one thousand people, was attacked by men armed with ...
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Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird and Bernard Membe, Tanzania's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation, today issued the following statement upon signing the Canada-Tanzania Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection ...
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To support communities made vulnerable by the combined effects of climate factors and armed conflicts in the region , the International Committee of the Red Cross has just launched an operation to purchase approximately 8,000 head of cattle from ...
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With Zimbabwe and other African nations heading for elections in the coming months, churches in the region recently reflected on their role in strengthening democratic governance and electoral process. From 15-17 May some 50 representatives of the ...
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The World Bank Vice President for the Africa Region, Mr. MakhtarDiop, will arrive in Brazzaville on Monday, May 20, for a two day working visit. He will meet with the Congolese President, Denis SassouNguesso, senior government officials,civil ...
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The international community has set the way ahead for the time after armed conflict in Mali. The political and security crisis in Mali has been a matter of concern for the international community since 2012. After re-establishing the unity of the ...
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With the creation of a new Orange Campus site in Senegal, the France Telecom-Orange Group , which is present in some 20 African countries, reaffirms its commitment to strengthening its worldwide managerial community and to supporting managers in ...
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