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IMS (International Media Support) and Free Press Unlimited (FPU) have launched a programme to support the independent public interest media sector in the Middle East and North Africa as a complement to the two organisations’ existing engagements in the region Independent media and journalists in the Middle East and North Africa face significant systemic challenges […]
The Election Resource Centre (ERC) commends the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) for addressing concerns raised by the ERC and other stakeholders regarding anomalies and inconsistencies found in the January 2022 Voters’ Roll and in the spirit of transparency, publishing the changes. The ZEC through Government Gazette, General Notice 1331E of 2022 and General Notice 1411C […]
GENEVA, 18 March 2022—UNAIDS congratulates Zimbabwe’s parliament for repealing section 79 of the Criminal Law Code, which criminalizes HIV transmission. A new marriage bill adopted by parliament that repeals the criminal code section is to be signed into law by the president. The criminalization of HIV transmission is ineffective, discriminatory and undermines efforts to reduce […]
On June 2nd, 2022, the Entrepreneurs Club of Mauritania, organized a national workshop on business environment improvement and the role of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in economic development in Sahel countries like Mauritania. The workshop was sponsored by CIPE as part of the G5 Sahel Economic Coalition to which the Club belongs. The workshop mobilized […]
Takudzwa Makoni Defaulting Gweru residents heaved a sigh of relief following the local authority’s decision to stop attaching their property for not settling bills. This comes after Gweru Residents Ratepayers Association (GRRA) wrote a letter to the Town Clerk’s Office on the 24th of May 2022, referenced “attachment of resident’s property” it reads: “There is […]
As we face numerous challenges within our operating context, including the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, we will seek to be more agile and adaptive as an organization so that we can continue to do the work we have been called to do. Our goal is to continue to reach children, their families and […]
Over the past few weeks thousands of people from Cameroon have crossed the Logone and Chari rivers to find refuge in Chad due to ongoing violence. There are now around 100,000 people, the vast majority of whom are women and children, living in around 20 informal sites. We are mobilising teams in response, to provide […]
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has been informed by the Ethiopian authorities that the five-month long suspension on its humanitarian work has been lifted. The Authority for Civil Society Organizations (ACSO) ordered the suspension at the end of July citing the advocacy of NRC on humanitarian needs and access in the country, and a number […]
In reaction to the re-election of President Adama Barrow over the weekend in the first election since the departure of Yahya Jammeh, Michèle Eken, Amnesty International West Africa researcher said: “As he starts a second term in office, President Adama Barrow must tackle the huge challenge of ending impunity for human rights violations committed during […]
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Boris Cheshirkov – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply concerned by renewed intercommunal clashes that erupted this week in Cameroon’s Far North region, displacing […]
