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A UN expert group on mercenaries has urged Ghana to introduce tougher measures to regulate the private security industry, warning that the spread of vigilante groups and armed individuals threatens the country’s peace and stability. “Ghana is often referred to as an ‘oasis of peace’ in the region and
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The objective was clear: to respond to the urgent protection needs and unacceptable loss of life of migrants along the Central Mediterranean migration route while addressing the challenges faced by returning migrants and their communities in countries of origin. Fourteen countries have been involved: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Gambia, Ghana,
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Le Haut-Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés (HCR) s'est félicité jeudi de l'arrivée cette semaine en France de 30 réfugiés vivant au Tchad. Source : http://www.un.org/apps/newsFr/storyF.asp?NewsID=40...
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Addis Abéba, le 21 décembre 2017: Le Président de la Commission de l'Union africaine, Moussa Faki Mahamat, se félicite de la signature par les parties prenantes sud-soudanaises d'un Accord sur la cessation des hostilités, la protection des civils et l'accès humanitaire, dans le
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Monsieur le Premier ministre Hailemariam Desalegn, Madame et Messieurs les Facilitateurs, Chers participants au présent Forum, Mesdames et Messieurs, La première phase du Forum de revitalisation du processus de paix au Soudan du Sud organisé par l’Autorité intergouvernementale pour le Développement vient donc de s’achever. Source : http://www.
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Dans un contexte de souffrance humaine intense, l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO) et le Programme alimentaire mondial (PAM) unissent leurs efforts pour atténuer certains des effets du conflit dans le Grand Kasaï, en République démocratique du Congo. Les deux agences des Nations Unies
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Against a backdrop of intense human suffering, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) are joining forces to mitigate some of the effects of conflict in Greater Kasai. The two United Nations agencies will be using US$10 million in Belgian government funding to improve
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The first Protection of Civilians site has been successfully closed in South Sudan after internally displaced families expressed the desire and confidence to return to their former homes. The site, next to the United Nations base in Melut in the Upper Nile region, had provided sanctuary to hundreds of families
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The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), Farid Zarif, praised Nigerian peacekeepers for their long service in the country, during an interview with the UN’s Department of Public Information in New York last week. According to SRSG Zarif,
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Kenya has met the criteria for Guinea worm free certification status, following a comprehensive evaluation in the country in the last two weeks by the International Certification Team (ICT). The team for evaluating the status of Guinea Worm Disease found no evidence of Guinea Worm transmission in the last three
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The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) (www.ITFC-IDB.org), member of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group (www.IsDB.org), signed on November 29, 2017 with the Government of The Gambia a syndicated Murabaha financing Agreement in an amount of US $ 17.5Million. The Facility will be used
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Nadine Tinen has been named Regional Senior Partner of PwC Sub-Saharan Francophone Africa (www.PwC.com), thus also joining the Territory Leadership Team for PwC France & Francophone Africa. Appointed on 1 July 2017, she takes over from Edouard Messou. Nadine Tinen, 45, is a graduate of the University