The Africa-America Institute (AAI) will once again celebrate the many successes of Africa and the worldwide African diaspora during its 37th Annual Awards Gala, taking place virtually on Tuesday, September 21, 2021. Since 1984, the AAI Annual Awards Gala has been the most anticipated African-centered event in New York City. As always, the Awards Gala will showcase […]
Tag: NGOs and Civil Society
Goma — ‘This [response] is small, highly political, and highly sensitive.’ After one of Africa’s most dangerous volcanoes – Mount Nyiragongo – sent fast-moving lava towards Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in May, international aid groups rushed supplies to half a million people who had been displaced. But nearly four […]
Human rights activists and political opponents subjected to repeated summons, coercive questioning, arbitrary detention and torture Tactic has increased rapidly in past two years, with thousands now affected ‘This new NSA tactic … is destroying lives’ – Philip Luther Egypt’s feared National Security Agency is increasingly using a well-honed pattern of repeated summons, coercive questioning, […]
Nairobi — Need for Urgent Protection, Assistance; Thousands Still Missing Eritrean government forces and Tigrayan militias have committed killings, rape, and other grave abuses against Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, Human Rights Watch said today. All warring parties should cease attacks against refugees, stay out of refugee camps, and facilitate the delivery of humanitarian […]
Atlanta, GA — The International University of Grand Bassam (IUGB) Foundation will be hosting a Virtual Scholarship Gala on September 15, 2021 and the program will be streamed at 12pm and at 5pm. The Foundation will recognize the following four distinguished individuals and one foundation for their exceptional contributions to Africa Dr. Bibi Ameenah Firdaus […]
Internal documents obtained by Wall Street Journal reportedly show that company exempts high-profile users from terms of use, potentially fuelling hate speech ‘If you’re influential enough, they’ll let you get away with anything’ – Agnès Callamard Responding to the publication of internal documents obtained by the Wall Street Journal which reportedly show that Facebook is […]
Kigali — The Mastercard Foundation and University of Rwanda today announced a 10-year, $55 million partnership to enable higher education access for 1,200 young Africans — with a focus on women pursuing STEM, young people with disabilities, and refugee and displaced youth — as part of the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program. Launched in 2012, the […]
Ethiopian artifacts looted during the Battle of Maqdala in 1868 are to be returned to Ethiopia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a press release today, stated that the looted Ethiopian artifacts to be returned Ethiopia thanks to The Scheherazade Foundation, who purchased the items through a UK-based auction house and […]
Addis Abeba — Members of the independent group of global leaders, better known as The Elders, told members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) that “the Council must take action to incentivise the parties to negotiate a ceasefire” in Ethiopia’s ten-month old civil war in Tigray. “Ending the fighting is the only way to […]
Dakar, Senegal – 3 September 2021: The new Regional Director for the United Natonal Populaton Fund (UNFPA)i West and Central Africa Regional Office (WCARO)i Ms. Argentna Matavel Piccin, has taken over her new role in Dakar, Senegal. UNFPA Executve Director Dr. Natalia Kanem appointed Ms. Argentna Matavel Piccin to replace Mr. Mabingue Ngom appointed to […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently released new rapid guidance recommending that children of all ages with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) have access to all-oral treatment using the drugs bedaquiline and/or delamanid. However, adopting these new recommendations in high TB burden countries requires access to the paediatric formulations of bedaquiline (produced by Johnson & Johnson) and […]
50 organisations endorse the Plan Friends of the Earth Africa today launched ‘A Just Recovery Renewable Energy Plan for Africa’ which offers a practical and much-needed opportunity to change the trajectory of energy development, distribution, and access on the African continent. The report stresses the urgency to democratise energy systems, reduce the power of transnational […]
A decade-long scandal involving Teodorin Nguema Obiang Mangue, the eldest son of Equatorial Guinea’s president, may actually have a happy ending for the people of the country whose resources have been looted. The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), in 2011, seized millions of dollars’ worth of assets from Teodorin. These assets included a beachfront […]
Tunis/Tunisia — The Network of Green Tunisia (Le réseau Tunisie verte) which campaigns for the preservation of the environment, commented on the recent statements made by Director-General of the «Environment and Life Quality» Department Hédi Chebili, concerning the case of Italian waste, imported illegally to Tunisia. The network expressed “deep astonishment” at what happened and […]
“Here’s to strong women. May we know them. May we be them. May we raise them” Women’s Month in South Africa is celebrated in August. It commemorates the significant role held by women in South African society and celebrates the accomplishments of the 20,000 women who marched to the Union Buildings in August of 1956. […]
Abuja — The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court in Lagos to compel the federal government to disclose details of the proposed payment of N729 billion to 24.3 million poor Nigerians. The group is asking the government to provide logistics for the payments, list of beneficiaries […]
In the first month since his assumption of exceptional powers, Tunisian president Kais Saied has overseen the widespread use of “unlawful and arbitrary” travel bans. Amnesty International has documented the cases of at least 50 people – including judges, senior state officials and civil servants, businessmen and a parliamentarian – who have been barred from […]
Ugandan authorities on August 20, 2021, announced without prior notification that they had halted the activities of 54 civil society groups, including human rights and election monitoring organizations, Human Rights Watch said today. The National Bureau for Non-governmental Organizations, a state regulatory body, only started notifying the groups after the announcement. Staff members from some […]