insert_link World UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession puts forward recommendations to allow teachers to become drivers of change in education Recommendations from the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession, aimed at transforming the future of the teaching profession, were launched today at the 14th Policy Dialogue Forum of the International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030 (TTF).“Teachers are central to nurturing every country’s greatest resource: the minds of its people. Yet today, we face a dramatic shortage of teachers worldwide, and millions of teachers who lack the […] today27 February, 2024
insert_link Namibia The world will miss Geingob: Nandi-Ndaitwah Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has said that the presence of over 20 heads of state at the memorial service of the late President Hage Geingob is testament that the world will miss him. She made the statement while delivering her tribute during the memorial service held in Geingob’s honour at the Independence Stadium in Windhoek on Saturday. Nandi-Ndaitwah said it was not by mistake that the ruling party, Swapo, deployed […] today24 February, 2024
insert_link Videos As Rafah offensive looms, disagreements between US, Israel will become ‘increasingly more public’ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has proposed a plan for post-war Gaza that envisions local Palestinian officials without links to Hamas or its foreign backers governing the territory, Israeli media reported Friday. The proposal, which Netanyahu submitted to his security cabinet late Thursday, would also see the Israeli army persisting in its war on Hamas until it achieves key goals. Those include dismantling Hamas and Islamic Jihad, and securing the […] today23 February, 2024
insert_link Business / Economics Outcome and way forward: Namibia’s FATF Grey-listing Namibia on Friday, 23 February 2024, was grey listed by the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) Plenary and placed under increased monitoring, due to concerns over remaining effective implementation compliance with international Anti-Money laundering (AML), Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT), and Combatting Proliferation Financing (CPF) standards. As a signatory to various United Nations Conventions and obligated by mandatory resolutions under Chapter VII of the UN Charter, Namibia is tasked […] today23 February, 2024
insert_link World Israeli PM proposes plan for post-war Gaza Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has proposed a plan for post-war Gaza that envisions local Palestinian officials without links to Hamas or its foreign backers governing the territory, Israeli media reported Friday. The proposal, which Netanyahu submitted to his security cabinet late Thursday, would also see the Israeli army persisting in its war on Hamas until it achieves key goals. Those include dismantling Hamas and Islamic Jihad, and securing the […] today23 February, 2024
insert_link World Ukraine Warns the World: It’s Now or Never for Prosecuting Putin President Vladimir Putin of Russia, Feb. 14, 2024. A hard-core group of countries headed by Ukraine has been trying to set up a special court to try Putin for the crime of aggression. But a larger group of countries, led by the United States, wants a lesser version of such a tribunal. Frustrations are mounting in the first camp as Russia’s full-on war in Ukraine grinds into its third year. […] today23 February, 2024
insert_link Africa Thousands displaced in Mozambique due to unrest A new outbreak of unrest in northern Mozambique by jihadist insurgency has forced thousands to flee their homes, according to UN figures and sources in Cabo Delgado province. The AFP news agency reports that an alert from the UN migration agency IOM said recent attacks in the Macomia, Chiure and Mecufi districts had displaced 13 088 people - most of them children - by bus, canoe, and on foot. today22 February, 2024
insert_link Africa UN sanctions DRC rebel leaders The UN has imposed an arms embargo, travel ban and asset freeze against six rebel leaders in the Democratic Republic of Congo amid violence in the country's east. According to the BBC, those sanctioned include the military spokesperson of the M23 rebel group, a general in the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda and two senior leaders in the Ugandan armed group Allied Democratic Forces. today22 February, 2024
insert_link World Ukraine Warns the World: It’s Now or Never for Prosecuting Putin President Vladimir Putin of Russia, Feb. 14, 2024. A hard-core group of countries headed by Ukraine has been trying to set up a special court to try Putin for the crime of aggression. But a larger group of countries, led by the United States, wants a lesser version of such a tribunal. Frustrations are mounting in the first camp as Russia’s full-on war in Ukraine grinds into its third year. […] today22 February, 2024
