ACCRA– The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana, abolished 17 political parties, following their failure to comply with laws governing political parties in the country.The EC announced the decision in a statement yesterday, saying, the certificates of th...
Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Mr Thabang Makwetla. Our Esteemed Military Veterans.Government Officials.Members of the media, Ladies and Gentlemen, Good Morning, We were supposed to have in our midst here today, the Premier and the E...
Your Excellency Joko Widodo, President of the Republic of Indonesia and President of the G20,Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Government,Ladies and Gentlemen,In Africa, as in many other parts of the developing world, millions of people are going h...
War correspondent, biographer, investigative journalist, and New Yorker staff writer Jon Lee Anderson has reported from conflicts from Afghanistan to Northern Ireland to Uganda, and throughout the Middle East. He has profiled iconic Latin American stro...
Somalia's president has vowed to continue the war against al-Shabab militants in an address to lawmakers in which he also warned of also warned of looming famine in pasrts of the country.Speaking at the opening of Somalia’s second session of parliament...
This public statement is to urge President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and his new administration to address many of the Somalia’s outstanding human rights challenges, withinternational support. The new government has already presented goals and activities a...
The world's population is projected to hit an estimated 8 billion people on Tuesday, according to a United Nations projection, with much of the growth coming from developing nations in Africa.Among them is Nigeria, where resources are already stretched...
UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ilze Brands Kehris concluded a visit to Addis Ababa where she co-chaired the official launch of the African Union Compliance and Accountability Framework (AUCF) project. She also participated in the initi...