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No gathering hosted by Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi is ever dull, and the Thirteenth Ordinary Session of the African Union, concluding in Sirte, Libya today has not disappointed.
Following allegations by rights watchdog Human Rights Watch and western media over a reproductive health bill that is currently before parliament, parliament has strongly denied the existence of articles of compulsory HIV testing and sterilisation.
CIVIL society is split on the constitution-making process with key members of Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) and the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions planning to boycott a two-day "peoples constitutional convention" that begins in the capital today.
The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation applauded the U.S. government for taking the final steps to repeal the more than 15-year-old policy banning HIV-positive foreign nationals from entering the United States. Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) removed HIV from the list of “communicable diseases of public health significance,” effectively ...
The Angolan Minister Without Portfolio, António Bento Bembe, said he was happy with the way the chieftains and the church representatives in northern Cabinda province abide by the message on the responsibility to actively co-participate in consolidation of peace in the region.
The former minister of agriculture, Kisamba Mugerwa, has urged government to seriously consider research as a vital component of development.
Special Adviser to the President on relations with the civil society, Prince Chineme Edwin Ume-Ezeoke, has initiated a fresh move to spur a more proactive approach in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) project in Nigeria.
The office of the Special Adviser to the President on Relations with Civil Society (OSAP-CSO) has put forward a new proposal to the World Bank. This is to accommodate the Civil Society Community in the assessment of the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS), which is designed to facilitate economic development of the country.
THE Federal Government has planned to involve the Civil Society Organisation (CSO) in the assessment and monitoring of the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS).
Menongue District, in Kuando Kubango Province, hosts since Tuesday the first National Photography Festival, promoted by non governmental organisation Luz da Solidariedade, with the support of the province government.
New health initiative focuses on supporting low-income countries to deliver affordable, accessible and higher quality services
Life After School, a project of the Centre for African Renaissance, Reformation and Development (CEFARRD), a non-governmental organisation, would on July 8, 2009, make a debut at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN).
A faith-based non governmental organisation in Lagos , Builder & Maker has presented 200 benches and desks worth about N2 million to Ikorodu Junior Grammar School .
As poverty continue to ravage the society, various organisations and foundations have continued to create projects to serve the less privileged--orphans and motherless children. Mary Ekah writes about a foundation that has touched the lives of this section of the society
A non-governmental organisation based in the United Kingdom, Family Education Helpline UK, last Saturday, bestowed honour on the Presdent of the Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Sani Lulu Abdullahi, amongst of other deserving Africans, at its 'Remember Africa Awards' event held at The Commonwealth Club, opposite Nigeria High Commission on Northumberland Avenue, London.
Head of Service of the Federation, Stephen Oronsaye, on Monday warned civil servants against keeping files beyond one day in their offices.
An international human rights organisation has stepped up demands for the resignation and dismissal of top security officials who sanctioned military operations in Kenya's North Eastern Province last year.
AMNESTY International (AI) secretary general Irene Khan says the Minister of Defence, Emmerson Mnangagwa admitted the army's involvement in violence that left nearly 200 opposition supporters dead and thousands of others tortured and displaced.
Fresh evidence of oil giant Shell’s colossal contribution to global climate change and its continued investment in carbon intensive fossil fuels has been revealed today in a new report.[1]
A non-governmental Organisation, Kidcare Consults, has embarked on aggressive enlightenment campaign against the debilitating effects of smoking, especially in youths. The campaign is executed partly by convening of workshops where young children are exposed to the dangers of smoking.
THE inclusive government must enact laws that make torture a criminal and cruel offence that cannot be pardoned, the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum has said.
THE Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) Bill is among the various pieces of legislation that will be presented to Parliament when it resumes sitting on Tuesday, July 14, 2009.
Former SC Villa and Cranes top striker Andrew 'Fimbo' Mukasa will return to competitive football in the ongoing Kobil-Bika bya' Abaganda when Ngo play Ngabi Nyunga at Muteesa 11 stadium today.
IF there is one lesson that the tour by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai to Western capitals provided, it is the fact that many, if not all, of the Western leaders visited by the Zimbabwean delegation are of the opinion that Zimbabwe is ripe for the picking.
Many who have been impatiently waiting for the document have now had what to say. Debates can continue, commentaries and opinion can flow, but the strange coincidence surrounding the publication of the report is something that leaves no one indifferent.
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