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The Secretary-General is deeply saddened by the news that some 150 refugees and migrants lost their lives after the boats they were in capsized off the coast of Libya on 25 July. Children and pregnant women are among the missing. He is also concerned by reports that many of the
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La Fondation Merck (www.Merck-Foundation.com), la branche philanthropique de Merck KGaA Allemagne, a organisé sa première « Formation des Médias sur la Santé de la Fondation Merck » à Lilongwe, au Malawi, en partenariat avec S.E. PROF. GERTRUDE MUTHARIKA, La Première Dame du Malawi et Ambassadrice de Merck Plus Qu’
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M. Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, secrétaire d’État auprès de M. Jean-Yves Le Drian, ministre de l’Europe et des affaires étrangères, se rendra les 27 et 28 juillet 2019 en Guinée équatoriale. Il inaugurera avec M. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, président de la République de Guinée équatoriale, l’École navale à
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Le championnat national de rugby à 7 donne son coup d’envoi, le samedi 27 juillet 2019 sur le terrain de l’as Réal de Bamako. Quatre équipes sont en ligne de mire pour le compte de ce championnat national de rugby à 7, organisé par la fédération malienne de
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S.E Macky Sall, Président de la République du Sénégal, a rencontré le Président directeur général d’Africa Oil & Power (https://AfricaOilandPower.com/), Guillaume Doane, pour discuter de la prochaine phase d’investissement au Sénégal ; Le Président Macky Sall recevra le prix de l’Homme africain de l’année
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The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the National Planning Authority (NPA) of Uganda are next week hosting a two-day workshop to review the country’s draft Urban Strategy and its associated Ten-Year Perspective Plan. The workshop, running from 1-2 August 2019, will allow experts from the two institutions to
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The Presidents of Ghana Rugby (http://GhanaRugby.org), Ivory Coast Rugby and Nigeria Rugby have all expressed their excitement about the tri-nations men’s 15s tournament between the three West African nations that is scheduled to kick off this weekend in Elmina-Ghana. In a message from Lagos the President of
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The Fitch rating, of the African Development Bank (https://www.AfDB.org), published 24th July in London, is affirmed as AAA, with a stable outlook, on improved assessments, qualifications and estimates. The rating provides a significant boost for the Bank at a time when it is discussing a substantial general
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Abuse, stress and lack of medical care are constant bedfellows for migrants in Libya’s detention camps – and those who are rescued unwittingly transfer the health burden to their countries of origin where assistance is often limited. Luckily for Sudanese returnees, a solution is underway. Returning migrants in the country
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The adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee has found Mr Abu Bakarr Kabba, a former football official affiliated to the Sierra Leone Football Association, guilty of having accepted and received bribes in relation to the manipulation of international matches, in violation of the FIFA Code of Ethics. The formal
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The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights of Chad organized a national workshop on the harmonization of the reception, screening and profiling process for persons associated with Boko Haram from 10 to 12 July in N’Djamena, with the support of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations
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Sixty-one-year-old Mebratu Teshome spent 10 years in Somalia. He is the first elderly migrant returnee to find a permanent home at a shelter in the Ethiopian capital. When he arrived back in the country, he was psychologically unstable and received tailored counselling and psychiatric assistance at the IOM-run migrant transit