GHANA GOVT. SIGN MIGRATION PARTNERSHIP WITH EU & UN

GHANA GOVT. SIGN MIGRATION PARTNERSHIP WITH EU & UN

A two-year project has been launched in Accra to boost the capacity of migration stakeholders in Ghana, and leverage United Nations (UN) expertise for effective migration governance. Named “Building Migration Partnerships” the project is being implemented by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), for the UN Network on Migration (UNNM), in collaboration with the Ministry of the Interior. Funded by the European Union (EU), the government would receive support to implement the National Migration Policy…

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ATTACK ON UN CAMP IN MALI LEAVES 10 DEAD AND OTHERS INJURED

ATTACK ON UN CAMP IN MALI LEAVES 10 DEAD AND OTHERS INJURED

Ten UN peacekeepers dies during an attack in Mali A recent attack on UN’s Camp for multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission (MINUSMA) in Mali, have lead to the killing of 10 UN peacekeepers from Chad while another 25 were injured. This report is according to the statement from UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres. According to reports; the assailants attacked  the MINUSMA forces at Aguelhok village in the Kidal region close to the Algerian border. The MINUSMA forces…

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FRESH TALKS ON WESTERN SAHARA TO BE ORGANISED BY UN.

FRESH TALKS ON WESTERN SAHARA TO BE ORGANISED BY UN.

 UN makes more effort to stop violence over Western Sahara. The UN agent for western Sahara is planning a meeting for return of negotiations between Morocco and Algeria next week. Horst Koehler, ex-director of the International Monetary Fund will start talks with Morocco on June 28. Afterwards, he will be going to Laayoune on June 29 to visit the UN observer. Also, Koehler will travel to Tindouf in Algeria to meet the Polisario Front at an unconfirmed…

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NIGERIA IS RE-ELECTED TO UN HUMAN RIGHT COUNCIL

NIGERIA IS RE-ELECTED TO UN HUMAN RIGHT COUNCIL

Ghana stepped down for Nigeria to be re-elected in the UN human right council, joining 14 other states. On Monday in New york, the UN General Assembly in a secret ballot elected Nigeria and 14 other states to be among the Human Rights Council, UNHRC, for a term between 2018 to 2020. According to Nigeria news Agency, UNHRC tends to be the highest intergovernmental body in the UN for matters that are related to protection…

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VAMPIRISM IN MALAWI

VAMPIRISM IN MALAWI

Villagers have set up road blocks as they try to hunt the “vampires” down.  Mobs searching for vampires have been mounting road blocks in the district, raising security concerns over five people been killed in the area since mid September and accusing them of drinking blood as part of magic rituals. According to the UN, it has pulled staff out of two districts due to the vampire scare across the southern part  of Malawi. The…

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TRUMP APPLAUDS AFRICA

TRUMP APPLAUDS AFRICA

United States president, Donald Trump, has told African leaders that the continent has huge business potential. He added that most of his friends came to Africa to get rich. “Africa has tremendous business potential, I have so many friends going to your countries trying to get rich. I congratulate you. “They are spending a lot of money, but it does, it has tremendous business potential and representing huge amounts of different markets and for American…

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