Month: November 2024

 Experts from the African continent and its global diasporas called on European governments to address their colonial past and ongoing impacts at the Dekoloniale Berlin Africa Conference, a decolonial counter-version of the 1884/5 Berlin Africa Conference 140 years ago. Representatives from Africa and people of African descent came together at the conference on November 15, 2024, to reflect on the history and lasting impacts 140 years after the opening of […]

 In Tonj North and Tonj South, more than 60 traditional court actors recently took part in a pivotal training on ways to modernize customary laws and integrate them with the formal justice system to better protect the rights of women, children and other vulnerable community members. The event featured passionate discussions and thoughtful reflections, highlighting a collective determination to push through meaningful changes when it comes to how laws in […]

 The President of the Republic of Liberia, His Excellency Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has sent a message of congratulations to the King of Morocco, His Majesty Mohammed VI, and the people of the Kingdom of Morocco on the occasion commemorating the Independence Anniversary of that country on November 18, 2024. According to a Foreign Ministry release, President Boakai hoped that the cordial ties of friendship and cooperation subsisting between both countries […]

 Excitement was in the air among the youth in Tambura when they recently, after three months of concerted efforts, finished a livelihood skills training. They are now able to make good use of their new know-how of tailoring, cosmetology and other beauty salon services to improve the quality of life of themselves and their families. The graduates, 41 females and 20 males, benefitted from a project funded by the United […]

 It has been announced that the 23rd Plenary Meetings of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Initiative on Global Value Chains (GVCs), Production Transformation and Development will be co-organized with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), at the ECA Conference Center in Addis Ababa. This event will bring together participants from OECD members and partners, policy makers, industry leaders and experts to strategize on emerging policy issues, and […]