In line with its objective of promoting global awareness and peace through arts, culture and films, IONIFF Port Harcourt '09 scheduled to hold between 9th and 12th of December in the Garden City, Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital , is set to celebrate peace.
Director, Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) West Africa, Dr. Jibrin Ibrahim, at a one day roundtable on "political parties and civil society in federal countries" organised by the CDD in collaboration with the Forum of Federations in Abuja blamed the presidency and the PDP for not doing enough on electoral reform in the country.
The Northern Union (UN) has expressed concern over calls by some Nigerians that President Umaru Musa Yar'adua should resign or be shown the way out through constitutional means because of ill-health.
The latest deadly suicide attack, on 3 December in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, which killed three ministers in the Transitional Federal Government (TFG), has taken the country's violence to a new low.
Sudanese are registering in substantial numbers for their first multi-party elections in 24 years, although opposition is citing irregularities and those displaced from Darfur are refusing to take part unless peace is established, reports Le Potentiel of Kinshasa.
In a statement released today, The Carter Center commended the largely peaceful implementation of national voter registration in Sudan, which began on Nov. 1, and welcomed the National Election Commission's (NEC) decision to extend voter registration by one week to promote greater inclusion in the process.
Hundreds of protesters under the aegis of National Youth Progressive Forum on Monday in Gusau, Zamfara State, staged a peaceful demonstration demanding the immediate release of Major Hamza El-Mustapha, former Chief Security Officer to the late Head of State General Sani Abacha, as well as Col. Jibrin Bala Yakubu, former Military Administrator of the state, Mr. John Danbaba, a Police Commissioner, ...
Determined to fight the spread of death and other consequences of malaria, the Nigeria Inter-Faith Action Association, (NIFAA), has collaborated with the World Bank and the Ministry of Health to conduct a nationwide campaign to stop the spread and deaths caused by malaria across the country.
To many, he was just an ordinary mzungu who was touring Kenya to sample the country's beauty and serenity.
Meschede Foundation based in Tanji, recently donated medical items worth over D7000.00 to Hands on Care Clinic in Brikama
The Sierra Leone Police (SLP) has introduced a new strategy of involving community safety volunteers from different areas across the Western Area to combat armed robbery.
With 45 percent of Liberians chronically or acutely malnourished, experts say nutrition is a burning health problem, but NGOs feel the Ministry of Health is not as worried as it should be, and lacks the capacity to provide leadership in bringing about solutions.
Former Youth advisor to Former President Taylor, Benjamin Sandee has revealed that NuVsion PAC, an international NGO has come into the country to promote human rights, support policies that will ensure strong education, viable healthcare, economic, security, encourage social awareness and ensure political stability that will ultimately lead to the perfection of Africa's Union.
WAILING WOMEN, a prayer group comprising only women, on Saturday, November 28, organized a non-denominational prayer section at the Jubilee Park, formerly referred to as Plaza, in Bolgatanga.
Eric Mangar deplores the fact that Mauritius, despite being a net food importer, has failed to learn its lessons from the food crisis. The island state is pursuing "business as usual" without taking steps to improve food production on the local front.
In time for World AIDS Day, which this year highlights universal access to HIV services and human rights, the WHO has issued new, welcome recommendations on the use of antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) that promise to bring countries closer to reaching the Millennium Development Goals and the global community closer to eliminating pediatric HIV and AIDS around the world.
The Majune District in southern Mozambique is truly blessed with forests of pristine beauty.
The statement by Sudan's U.N. Ambassador, Abdalmahmoud Abdalhaleem, in reaction to our new report demonstrates the dangerous self-constructed reality in which the National Congress Party (NCP) continues to live. We are concerned by the Ambassador’s statements which demonstrate Khartoum’s continued efforts to downplay the dire situation on the ground in Sudan, undermine existing ...
The Coalition of Non- Governmental Organisations (NGOs) over the weekend held a meeting to put in place strategic measures towards the passage of the Tobacco Control Bill into law.
Orphans Foundation in collaboration with the Wheel of Action (WoA) has organized a sports competition, which will bring together 600 underprivileged children from Arusha and the Kilimanjaro Regions.
The Gambia Federation of the Disabled (GFD), in collaboration with Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO), on Wednesday organised a two-day training workshop on policy analysis for disability held at the VSO conference hall, in Fajara.
The nomination of Dr. Ogbonna Jacob Anuriegbe as a member of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)) board should be rejected by the Senate because it is an 'imposition', a group said in a statement.
The Abuja Family Worship Centre at the weekend said it has dedicated 20 percent of its weekly earnings for the empowerment of widows.
A continental Non Governmental Organisation has demanded that Zambia acts expeditiously in apprehending Genocide suspects who have made the country a safe haven.
Sexual harassment in the workplace has long been regarded as taboo, but it continues to plague countless organisations.
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