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Straight from the African Hotel Investment Forum (AHIF) in Nairobi, AccorHotels (www.AccorHotels.com), the world’s leading travel & lifestyle group, announced a record year of development in Africa. Beginning with the 50% stake in the Mantis Group in April, followed by the announcement in late July of a
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The UN Human Rights Committee, which monitors implementation by States of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), will meet in Geneva from October 8 to November 2 to review Belarus, Belize, Bulgaria, Guinea, Sudan, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The meetings will be webcast [here](http:
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South Africa is set to conduct a countrywide Census of Commercial Agriculture from 15 October 2018. Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will deploy about 600 field staff to visit commercial farms in the country to establish the number, size of farms, crop types being farmed in different geographic areas, and
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Three Red Cross volunteers were injured Tuesday (2 October) when they were attacked while carrying out a safe and dignified burial in the city of Butembo in the north east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Two of the volunteers were seriously wounded and are now receiving medical
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The 13th session of the African Symposium on Statistical Development (ASSD) kicked off on Monday in Addis Ababa under the theme, “Application of economic statistics and national accounts in support of sustainable development.” ASSD is an annual international meeting that brings together African statisticians together with regional and international partners
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The Department of International Relations and Cooperation welcomes the decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that has ordered the United States of America (USA) to ensure that sanctions against Republic of Iran do not affect humanitarian aid and civil aviation safety. Yesterday the ICJ, which is the principal
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Des combattants non identifiés ont tué plus de 1 000 civils sur le territoire de Beni, dans l’est de la [République démocratique du Congo](https://www.hrw.org/fr/africa/republique-democratique-du-congo), au cours d’une série de massacres qui a commencé il y a quatre ans,
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Unidentified fighters have killed more than 1,000 civilians in Beni territory in eastern [Democratic Republic of Congo](https://www.hrw.org/africa/democratic-republic-congo) in a series of massacres beginning four years ago, Human Rights Watch said today. On September 22, 2018, fighters killed 17 people in Beni
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The construction of a new major airport in Angola is confirmation of a disgraced Chinese billionaire’s clutch on infrastructure projects in the economically-struggling Southern African country and his infamous influence in the continent’s political crises and human rights violations. Sam Pa, the 60-year-old businessman who
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Mr Herbert Mensah, President of Ghana Rugby, announced the Ghana Rugby Men’s Sevens squad that will go to Tunisia to compete in the 2018 Rugby Africa Men’s Sevens Tournament in Tunisia on 13 and 14 October 2018. The announcement of the Ghana Rugby Eagles National Men’s Sevens
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The U.S. Embassy in collaboration with the Ethiopian Fashion Designers Association, Hub of Africa Addis Fashion Week, and persons with disabilities organizations are hosting the second “Inclusive Fashion Show” on October 5, 2018 at the Hilton Hotel. The U.S. Embassy would like to invite you to cover this
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“Transforming Africa through credible data and statistics is something we take very seriously,” said Oliver Chinganya, Director of the African Centre for Statistics (ACS) at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). He made the statement while presenting ACS’ proposed strategic framework for the 2018-2019 biennium at the