Egyptian debutants Pyramids are eying a place in the 1/16th round of the 2019/20 Total CAF Confederation Cup when they travel to Brazzaville this weekend to take on Congo’s Etoile du Congo in the preliminary round second leg.Pyramids are having their f…
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Zimbabwe’s Rights Abuses May Dent Hope of Lifting Sanctions
HARARE, ZIMABABWE – Activists and the main opposition party in Zimbabwe say the country is not ready for the end of U.S. and European sanctions, accusing the government of continued human rights violations. President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s sympathizers s…
Read MoreZimbabwe’s Rights Abuses May Dent Hope of Lifting Sanctions
HARARE, ZIMABABWE – Activists and the main opposition party in Zimbabwe say the country is not ready for the end of U.S. and European sanctions, accusing the government of continued human rights violations. President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s sympathizers s…
Read MoreTerrorism survivor in Cameroon takes road to recovery: UN News special report
The words of 29-year Wala Matari from Cameroon may be uncompromising, but they are a heartfelt and honest window into the suffering she has experienced, and the enduring torment of the unspeakable atrocities perpetrated by ruthless terrorists against t…
Read MoreDelegates Begin Text-Based Deliberations for First-Ever Treaty on Managing Marine Biodiversity beyond National Jurisdiction Areas, at Start of Conference Session
The process of drafting the first-ever treaty addressing marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction entered a new phase today as Member States began text-based deliberations, with a view to reaching an agreement by the first half of 2020…
Read MoreSudan Forms 11-Member Sovereign Council, Headed by Military Leader
CAIRO – Sudan on Tuesday completed the formation of an 11-member sovereign council that will run the country for a three-year transitional period until elections, a spokesman for the ruling military council told a news conference.The sovereign council …
Read MoreNigerian Government Ban on Imported Furniture Boosts Local Industry
ABJUA – Cane weaving is a Nigerian art that is decades old, but the demand for imported furniture had left many involved in the craft struggling. However, a government ban on furniture imports imposed this year is boosting sales of locally made cane fu…
Read MoreBurkina Faso Leader Laments ‘Dark Stain’ After Attack Kills 24 Soldiers
OUAGADOUGOU – Gunmen killed 24 soldiers in an attack on an army unit in Burkina Faso, the deadliest yet in the West African nation’s fight against Islamist militants, which the president on Tuesday called a “dark stain” on the country’s history. Seven …
Read MoreBurkina Faso Leader Laments ‘Dark Stain’ After Attack Kills 24 Soldiers
OUAGADOUGOU – Gunmen killed 24 soldiers in an attack on an army unit in Burkina Faso, the deadliest yet in the West African nation’s fight against Islamist militants, which the president on Tuesday called a “dark stain” on the country’s history. Seven …
Read MoreOfficial: Southern Somali State Shutters Main City, Airport Ahead of Election
GAROWE, SOMALIA – The southern Somali state of Jubbaland has blocked access to the capital city Kismayo and its main airport ahead of Thursday’s vote to elect a president of the semi-autonomous region, a senior regional official said Tuesday.”We have c…
Read MoreOfficial: Southern Somali State Shutters Main City, Airport Ahead of Election
GAROWE, SOMALIA – The southern Somali state of Jubbaland has blocked access to the capital city Kismayo and its main airport ahead of Thursday’s vote to elect a president of the semi-autonomous region, a senior regional official said Tuesday.”We have c…
Read MoreCameroon President Assists Militia After Boko Haram Raids
KOUSSERI, CAMEROON – Authorities in Cameroon are giving huge consignments of food, money and equipment to militias fighting Boko Haram on the country’s northern border with Nigeria. The militias are defending areas from which the military has withdrawn…
Read MoreUgandan Coach Scouts for Major League Baseball Talent in Africa
KAMPALA, UGANDA – George Wilson Mukhobe has worked as a baseball coach in Uganda for the last decade, and for the last three years as a Major League Baseball scout in Africa.He says there is impressive talent in Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, and Ugand…
Read MoreUgandan Coach Scouts for Major League Baseball Talent in Africa
KAMPALA, UGANDA – George Wilson Mukhobe has worked as a baseball coach in Uganda for the last decade, and for the last three years as a Major League Baseball scout in Africa.He says there is impressive talent in Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, and Ugand…
Read MoreUN, US Honor Humanitarian Workers on World Humanitarian Day
GENEVA – The United Nations is paying special tribute on World Humanitarian Day to the tens of thousands of women who risk their lives to provide life-saving assistance to millions of destitute people in areas of conflict. In marking Monday’s annual ev…
Read MoreCivil Society Workers Run Afoul of Tanzania Security Officials in Sign of Increasing Clampdown
JOHANNESBURG – African civil society campaigners attending a conference in Tanzania were questioned and warned over the weekend, in what human rights activists say is part of a continuing clampdown on free speech in the East African nation. Details are…
Read MoreKT Corp. Unveils Global Epidemic Prevention Platform in Ghana
– KT-Ghana Deal Is First GEPP Service Outside Korea – – Ghana Will Upgrade Capacity to Handle Infectious Diseases – – KT Technologies Address Global Human Welfare Issues – SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — KT Corp. (KRX: 030200; NYSE: KT) said its Global Epidemic Prevention Platform (GEPP) started service in Ghana on 14th, […]
Read MoreKT Corp. dévoile une plateforme internationale de prévention des épidémies au Ghana
– L’accord KT-Ghana est le premier service GEPP en dehors de Corée – – Le Ghana va moderniser sa capacité à gérer les maladies infectieuses – – Les technologies de KT répondent aux problèmes mondiaux liés au bien-être humain – SÉOUL, Corée du Sud, 18 août 2019 /PRNewswire/ — KT Corp. (KRX : 030200 ; NYSE […]
Read MoreTanzanian Governor’s Plan for Married-Men Database Called ‘Infringement’
A Tanzanian regional governor is calling for a nationwide public database listing married men as a means of protecting prospective brides from humiliation and heartbreak, he says.Paul Makonda, the top official in the commercial capital of Dar es Salaam…
Read MoreWFP Warns of ‘Unprecedented’ Food Emergency in Burkina Faso
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The World Food Program warns that millions of people in Burkina Faso are facing what it calls an unprecedented humanitarian emergency because of growing hunger, instability and displacement.Fighting in Burkina Faso has intensified…
Read MoreWFP Warns of ‘Unprecedented’ Food Emergency in Burkina Faso
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The World Food Program warns that millions of people in Burkina Faso are facing what it calls an unprecedented humanitarian emergency because of growing hunger, instability and displacement.Fighting in Burkina Faso has intensified…
Read MoreTerrorism survivors: ‘I lived in fear that I would be killed’
For this final story in our special UN News series, we’ll hear from Fati Yahaya, who is 24-years old and comes from the village of Koghum in the north-east of Nigeria. She and her two young children were taken by armed insurgents in 2015 and spent thre…
Read MoreUN Condemns Government Crackdown on Peaceful Protests in Zimbabwe
GENEVA – The U.N. human rights office is condemning a crackdown Friday in Zimbabwe by riot police on peaceful protesters in the capital, Harare. The agency is calling for an investigation into excessive use of force by security forces.U.N. Human Right…
Read MoreSudanese Military, Protest Leaders Sign Transition Deal
KHARTOUM, SUDAN – Sudan’s Transitional Military Council and protest leaders on Saturday signed a historic power-sharing agreement in Khartoum. The pact opens the way for the two factions to form a joint military and civilian council that will lead Sud…
Read MoreSudanese Military, Protest Leaders Sign Transition Deal
KHARTOUM, SUDAN – Sudan’s Transitional Military Council and protest leaders on Saturday signed a historic power-sharing agreement in Khartoum. The pact opens the way for the two factions to form a joint military and civilian council that will lead Sud…
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