Month: November 2024

 The atmosphere in the Timangolo refugee camp in eastern Cameroon is filled with excitement as refugees from the Central Africa Republic (CAR) prepare for a long-awaited journey home. Halimatou Sadia, 40, makes sure that her daughter’s hair is braided, henna applied to their hands, and that her boys are well-groomed. All their luggage, including household belongings, is labeled and loaded onto a waiting truck. She is among more than 300 […]

 The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is concerned by the number of people facing crisis levels of hunger in Somalia which is expected to rise from 3.6 million to 4.4 million between October and December this year. The upcoming La Niña phenomenon is expected to further deteriorate conditions, according to a new projection in the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report. The IPC is now the primary mechanism the international […]

 The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF) will honor President of the Republic of Seychelles, His Excellency Wavel Ramkalawan with the 2024 Africa Freedom Prize. The award recognizes his outstanding contributions to advancing democracy and freedom. The award ceremony will be held today the 6th November in Johannesburg, South Africa, and will be streaming live on YouTube at 19:30 hrs (Seychelles time) via the following link,  https://www.youtube.com/live/XUH6FpkHbUg. Distributed by APO […]

 In commemoration of 50 years of artistic collaborations between the United States and Nigeria, the U.S. Mission honored three legendary Nigerian artists — Chief Nike Davies-Okundaye, Chief Jimoh Buraimoh, and Prof. Bruce Onobrakpeya — with the U.S. Exchange Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award. The award recognized the three iconic artists, who first traveled to the United States over 50 years ago, as participants of the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor […]

 Ahead of a major opposition march planned for 7 November in Maputo following disputed elections, Mozambique’s Frelimo-led government must halt its violent and widespread crackdown on human rights and respect everyone’s rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association, Amnesty International said.  The crisis in Mozambique is the country’s worst crackdown on protests in years. Police have killed more than 20 people and injured or arrested hundreds more, according to civil […]

 The Islamic Development Bank Institute (IsDBI) (https://IsDBInstitute.org/) successfully concluded a comprehensive training program for the staff of the IsDB Governor’s Office at the Federal Ministry of Finance, Nigeria. The three-day intensive training, held at the IsDB headquarters in Jeddah from 28 to 30 October 2024, equipped the participants with thorough understanding of key Islamic finance principles and applications. The training program was designed to enhance the capacity of Nigerian Ministry […]