The following is a near‑verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary‑General.**Iraq/Kuwait
Good afternoon, everyone. I have the following statement, attributable to the Spokespe…
Read MoreDay: November 14, 2018
UNDP, GEF embark on vast programme targeting wildlife trafficking in commercial ports
14 November 2018 – UNDP and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) have kicked off a project under the GEF-financed, World Bank-led Global Wildlife Program that aims to curb maritime wildlife trafficking, targeting key routes and transit points between …
Read MoreURI and the United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention Sign Partnership Agreement
The partnership agreement offers an opportunity for the two organizations to enable religious leaders to prevent and counter the violent acts that spark atrocities. New York, NY, USA, Nov. 14, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE United Religions Initiative (URI) and the United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect have signed […]
Read MoreFor a Digital Africa – UNISOC and its Partners Showcased Diversified and Innovative Products at 2018 AfricaCom
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Nov. 14, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — As one of Africa’s most influential communication technologies expositions, The South Africa International Communications Exposition (referred to below as AfricaCom) was held in Cape Town from Nov 13 to Nov 15. UNISOC and its partners attended this year’s exhibition and showed off several mobile communications and IoT […]
Read MoreInstant Forest? ‘Tree Hopping’ Takes Off in Parts of Kenya
The sun beat down on Samuel Rono’s farm in Kerita, a village in southern Kenya, as six young men struggled to load one of several large trees into a waiting truck.They (the trees) are not for making timber, Rono explained. They are being moved to a new…
Read MoreNamibia withdraw from 2019 AFCON 23s qualifiers
Namibian football 2020 Olympics Dream is stopped in its tracks as the Namibia Football Association (NFA) withdrew the national under-23s side from the 2019 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) U23s Qualifiers match against Angola that was supposed to happen …
Read MoreAbdulai hat-trick leads Ghana past hosts Uruguay
Ghana scored two goals in the first half en route to a 5-0 victory over hosts Uruguay on the opening day at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2018, with captain Mukarama Abdulai claiming a hat-trick in the Group A contest.Despite a partisan Uruguay crowd…
Read MoreAFCON Qualifiers 2019 – Crunch game on Saturday according to Mannetti
The Brave Warriors will have to be on top of their game on Saturday when they take on joint Group K leaders Guinea Bissau in their penultimate 2019 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals qualifiers with victory sealing a place at the finals in Cameroon….
Read MoreMexico and South Africa draw blank in Maldonado
Mexico and South Africa played to a 0-0 draw in their Group B opener at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Uruguay 2018 on Tuesday.It was the North Americans that looked the stronger side in the opening half at the Estadio Domingo Burgueno Miguel, as El T…
Read MoreCameroon’s Renewed Anglophone Fighting Displaces Hundreds of Civilians
Cameroon’s restive English-speaking regions are emptying out after renewed military raids on separatist strongholds left at least 30 people dead in two days. The renewed fighting comes barely a week after President Paul Biya, during his inauguration ce…
Read MoreConfederation Africaine de Football signs exclusive Catapult Sports performance agreement
Melbourne: In a landmark deal with performance analytics company Catapult Sports, 54 countries under the jurisdiction of the Confederation Africaine de Football (CAF) and CAF itself will be supplied with world-leading athlete monitoring technology to a…
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