World Bank scales up emergency support for storm-hit countries
-$700 million for Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe in the Wake of Cyclone Idai MAPUTO- The World Bank today announced that it has mobilized over half...
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251 Journalists jailed globally in 2018- says CPJ on World Press Freedom Day
PHOTO: Egyptian photojournalist Shawkan, imprisoned since 2013, was released in March but must still check in daily with police–and is sometimes detained overnight. CPJ advocated...
2019 World Press Freedom Index – A cycle of fear
The 2019 World Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) shows how hatred of journalists has degenerated into violence, contributing to an increase...
‘You cannot muzzle the media’: Nigerian journalists
on press freedom under Buhari A billboard for Nigeria’s incumbent president Muhammadu Buhari and his deputy, who won re-election in February. (CPJ/Jonathan Rozen) When Nigeria’s...
Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa remains below 3% three years after crisis-says World Bank
-Digital Revolution can unlock inclusive growth and job creation across Africa WASHINGTON, April 8, 2019 – Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa has been downgraded to 2.3...
ECOWAS envoys confident of ‘Strengthened Roles’ in Sub-Region
Keffi, Nigeria- Ambassadors and High Commissioners accredited to ECOWAS in Abuja, the Federal Republic of Nigeria, have expressed confidence that their statutory roles in the affairs...
Road map to achieving universal health coverage and health security
-As WHO Africa Health Forum closes Praia, Cabo Verde– The second World Health Organization’s (WHO) Africa Health Forum culminated with a road map that governments...
ECOWAS pledges commitment to addressing challenges facing youths
By Augustine Octavius Monrovia-The ECOWAS Commission has re-affirmed it’s committed to sustaining and strengthening its resolve to addressing the ever-changing youth related challenges in the...
2 Journalists held in pretrial detention since February in Comoros
Gendarmerie officers stand guard on March 24, 2019, in Moroni, Comoros. Two journalists have been detained without trial in the country since February. (Gianluigi Guercia/AFP)...
Liberia in forefront for Regional Integration-Amb. Conteh tells Nile University Peace Confab
Abuja-Professor Al-Hassan Conteh, Liberia’s Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Nigeria has highlighted Liberia’s integration efforts in the African Union (AU) and the Economic Community...