Month: August 2024

 Ahead of planned nationwide protests in response to food shortages and cost of living crisis, Amnesty International’s Nigeria Director, Isa Sanusi, said: “The Nigerian authorities must ensure that security agencies respect and facilitate the right to peaceful protest, as guaranteed by both the country’s own constitution and human rights treaties including the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to which […]

 20th BWB Africa Camp Will Bring Together 60 of the Top High-School-Age Prospects from Across the Continent; Current and Former NBA (www.NBA.com) Coaches Three-Time NBA Champion Player Sam Cassell, Jesse Mermuys, Darko Rajaković, Ikenna Smart and Ekpe Udoh Will Serve as Camp Coaches Alongside Two-Time WNBA Champion Sylvia Fowles and Former WNBA Player Mfon Udoka. The National Basketball Association (NBA) and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) today announced 60 of the […]

 Schools, police stations, prisons, health facilities and bridges. The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has funded numerous such infrastructure projects in Western Equatoria State, not least in its Greater Mundri area. The latest addition to the impressive list is a recently inaugurated community peace centre in Kediba, the main town in Mundri East County. “Our problems are over because now we have a place where we can gather […]

 The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) has signed a $20 million equity investment in the African Infrastructure Investment Fund 4 (AIIF4). The deal, signed on 31 July 2024, reinforces the Bank’s commitment to fostering private sector development and boosting infrastructure across the continent.  The investment, approved by the Bank Group's Board of Directors on 19 June 2024, will be financed from the Bank's ordinary capital resources designated for private sector operations.  […]

 UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Thursday acknowledged a long-awaited trial verdict handed down in the Republic of Guinea over mass killings and rapes at Conakry Stadium on 28 September 2009. He emphasised the importance of further work to establish the full facts and responsibilities around those events. Among the eight men found guilty of crimes against humanity in Wednesday’s ruling by the First Instance Court of Dixinn, in Conakry, […]