RSF Reports: Woman Journalist Held In Burundi Facing Possible Life Sentence
PHOTO: CP Sandra Muhoza Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the immediate release of a Burundian journalist who was arrested on 12 April and is...
Category : African News
Burkina Faso: Army Massacres 223 Villagers
Undertake Prompt, Independent Inquiry With AU, UN Assistance Nairobi, April 25, 2024– The Burkina Faso military summarily executed at least 223 civilians, including at least 56 children, in...
New Partnership Aims To Connect 300 Million Africans To electricity by 2030
World Bank Group, African Development Bank initiative could halve the number of people in Africa living without electricity access WASHINGTON, April 17, 2024 – The...
Gambia: Bill Threatens Female Genital Mutilation Ban
Reject Proposed Law That Would Reverse Critical Gains for Women’s, Girls’ Rights (Abuja, April 19, 2024) – A bill before Gambia’s National Assembly to reverse a groundbreaking...
RSF Runs “One Of The World’s Biggest Censorship Circumvention Operations”
To Mark World Day Against Cyber Censorship To mark World Day Against Cyber Censorship, which Reporters Without Borders (RSF) initiated and which wss celebrated on...
Nigeria: 10 Years After Chibok, Schoolchildren Still At Risk
Implement Safe Schools Plan to Protect Schools, Children (Abuja, April 11, 2024) – Ten years after the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls in Chibok, Nigerian authorities have...
Merck Foundation And African First Ladies Mark World Health Day 2024 By Providing 1740 Scholarships To Doctors
From 52 Countries In 44 Specialties: Transforming Patient Care In Africa And Beyond Merck Foundation and African First Ladies together mark ‘World Health Day’ 2024...
African Economies Projected To Grow By 3.4 % In 2024, But…
Faster And More Equitable Growth Needed To Reduce Poverty WASHINGTON – Increased private consumption and declining inflation are supporting an economic rebound in Sub-Saharan Africa,...
Liberian Gov’t Dispatches Mission To Ghana Regarding The Plight Of Its Citizens There
Foreign Ministry In Monrovia Says Delegation Making Major Strides in Ghana PHOTO: Liberia Foreign Min. Sara Beysolow Nyanti Monrovia, Liberia – The Foreign Ministry here...
US Funds New Global Initiative Launched To Protect Grassroots Environmental Defenders
As They Face Serious Risk Form Threats, Security Risks And Weak Governance PHOTO: Grassroots Environmental Defenders Green Advocates International ...