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Déclaration attribuable au porte-parole du Secrétaire général sur les attaques perpétrées contre la MINUSMA et les Forces armées maliennes au Mali : Le Secrétaire général condamne fermement l’attaque dans laquelle quatre casques bleus bangladais ont été tués et quatre autres gravement blessés aujourd’hui dans la région de Mopti.
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Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the attacks against MINUSMA and the Malian armed forces in Mali: The Secretary-General strongly condemns the attack that killed four Bangladeshi peacekeepers and seriously injured four others today in Mopti region. This incident comes one day after six members
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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has today (Wednesday 21 February), recognised Hayford Siaw, as the 15th Commonwealth Points of Light in honor of his exceptional voluntary service combating illiteracy rates in Ghana. In the lead-up to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London on 19-20 April, Her
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Joint Statement by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the African Union (AU), the United Nations (UN) and the European Union (EU) on Sierra Leone: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the African Union (AU), the United Nations (UN), and the European Union (EU) are following
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In response to a court in Tanzania sentencing two opposition political leaders — Joseph Mbiliyini and Emmanuel Masonga – to five months’ imprisonment for using insulting language against President John Magufuli, Freedom House issued the following statement: “The jailing of opposition politicians for expressing their views on issues of public interest, such
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President Cyril Ramaphosa, in his capacity as Chair of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), will on Friday, 02 March 2018, undertake working visits to Luanda in the Republic of Angola and Windhoek in the Republic of Namibia to hold consultative meetings with President João Lourenço of Angola and President
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Le Représentant spécial du Secrétaire-général (RSSG) et Chef de la MINUSMA, M. Mahamat Saleh Annadif, a appris avec consternation l’attaque lâche perpétrée contre un véhicule de la MINUSMA aujourd’hui (28 février 2018) vers 14h00. Un bilan provisoire indique que quatre Casques bleus ont trouvé la mort suite
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At Mobile World Congress (www.MobileWorldCongress.com), Mastercard (www.Mastercard.com) today announced that it will use Facebook Messenger to provide technology to small businesses in Africa and Asia to drive affordable acceptance of electronic and mobile payments. Access to digital payments will help these businesses expand to new markets,
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Efforts to bolster digital financial inclusion in Tanzania and indeed other countries in Africa have received a shot-in-the-arm following a productive conference organized by FINCA Micro-Finance Bank Tanzania ([www.FINCA.co.tz](http://www.finca.co.tz/)) in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation ([www.MastercardFdn.org]
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Mr. Herbert Mensah, President of the Ghana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) ([http://GhanaRugby.org](http://ghanarugby.org/)) briefed the Ghana Rugby Family on the upcoming Rugby Africa Bronze Cup scheduled for May 2018 and said that it was, in fact, more a Ghana flag flying event than just a Rugby
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In partnership with Google, Mara Corporation Limited (MC) (https://Mara.com) is set to release the Mara X for the African market in the second quarter of 2018. The Mara X will be a one-of-a-kind high-quality, smartphone. The Mara X will be launched as part of
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As the World Council of Churches (WCC) prepares to hold its next Conference on World Mission and Evangelism (CWME) in Arusha, Tanzania, a special online “virtual” issue of the International Review of Mission (IRM) gathers articles dealing with African perspectives on mission. Africa, writes editor Benjamin Simon in an introduction