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News media are invited to attend the global launch of the 2019 Global AIDS Update, Communities at the Centre, in Eshowe, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, on 16 July 2019. The report contains the latest data on the progress and challenges in the AIDS response and highlights the enormous impact community
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In response to the arbitrary arrest on allegations of fraud of two of the key figures involved in organizing post-election demonstrations in Malawi, Muleya Mwananyanda, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Southern Africa said: “These charges are a ploy to harass and intimidate the two activists and force them
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The new Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone to the United Nations (Vienna), M’Baimba Lamin Baryoh, presented his credentials today to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV), Yury Fedotov. During his career, Mr. Baryoh, has served in various capacities, among them: Honorary Consultant Surgeon in
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For the second year, Portugal was the stage of the EurAfrican Forum 2019 (www.EurAfricanForum.org), that gathered 450 participants from Europe and Africa on July 4-5, with the theme “Partnership of Equals: Sharing Values, Sharing Prosperity” – a new approach and paradigm for the relationship between Europe and Africa,
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The new Permanent Representative of Morocco to the United Nations (Vienna), Azzeddine Farhane, presented his credentials today to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV), Yury Fedotov. During his career, Mr. Farhane, has served in various capacities, among them: Ambassador to Vietnam (2016 – 2019); General Director
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“Trauma from terrorism” hurts families, communities and destabilizes entire regions, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday, as he expressed solidarity with victims of extremist attacks in Africa. Speaking in Nairobi at the opening of a conference on counter-terrorism, Mr. Guterres recalled how attackers had laid siege to
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The Secretary of State is publicly designating the Republic of Cameroon Inspector General of the Cameroonian Gendarmerie, Colonel Jean Claude Ango Ango, due to his involvement in significant corruption related to wildlife trafficking. This designation is made under Section 7031(c) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related
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Thank you, Madam Vice-President, The United Kingdom welcomes the Independent Expert’s report and her analysis of the human rights situation in Central African Republic. The UK is deeply concerned that violence in CAR endures despite the promise of tangible change. We call on armed groups to cease all
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The U.S. military, in partnership with the Ethiopia National Defense Force and other partner nations and international organizations, will conduct Justified Accord (JA) 2019, a command headquarter and company-level field training exercise, from July 15-31. Approximately 1,100 military and government personnel from the United States, Ethiopia,
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The impacts of climate change and increasing inequality across and within countries are undermining progress on the sustainable development agenda, threatening to reverse many of the gains made over the last decades that have improved people’s lives, warns the United Nations’ latest report on the Sustainable Development Goals. Launched
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Authorities in Equatorial Guinea should immediately rescind their decision to dissolve a prominent civil society organization and allow human rights defenders and activists to work without fear of reprisals, Amnesty International said today. The country’s Minister of the Interior and Local Corporations published on 5 July, a decree revoking
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The second edition of the [Digital Transformation Congress](http://www.digitaltransformationcongress.com/agenda/) (#DTC2019) (www.DigitalTransformationCongress.com) (http://bit.ly/2XIvdtC) taking place on 30 July 2019 at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg is set to dominate the digital transformation conversation in Africa. #[DTC2019](http://www.digitaltransformationcongress.com/agenda/