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- SundayNews
- July 31, 2024
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South Sudan: Rise in extrajudicial executions
We are extremely concerned about extrajudicial executions in South Sudan, where people face army and security forces’ firing squads for a range of alleged offences, such as murder, rape, cattle-raiding,…
- SundayNews
- July 31, 2024
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Côte d’Ivoire: Model to follow for definitive abolition of the death penalty, says Special Rapporteur
A UN human rights expert today welcomed Côte d'Ivoire’s ratification of the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights as a definitive and irrevocable step…
- SundayNews
- July 31, 2024
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Mauritania: Press release on the death of more than 25 migrants off the coast of Nouakchott
The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (the Commission) is closely monitoring the situation of migrants on the continent and the extreme risks they face, particularly in the context…
- SundayNews
- July 31, 2024
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Press Statement on the occasion of the “Pan-African Women’s Day”
As we commemorate the 2024 Pan African Women’s Day under the theme “Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress,” the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, through the Special Rapporteur on…
- SundayNews
- July 31, 2024
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Afreximbank Commits $1.4B to Ammonia and Urea Fertilizer (AMUFERT) Fertilizer Plant in Angola
Pan-African multilateral financial institution the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) will support the establishment of Ammonia and Urea Fertilizer’s (AMUFERT) fertilizer plant in Soyo, Angola with a $1.4 billion financing facility.…
- SundayNews
- July 31, 2024
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Courtesy Call on the Hon Minister of Economy, Planning and Cooperation, of the Republic of Senegal, Mr. Abdourahmane Saar by the Hon Commissioner for Economic Affairs and Agriculture, Mrs. Massandje Toure-Litse
On the margins of the West Africa Monetary Agency (WAMA) Statutory meetings in Dakar, Senegal, the ECOWAS Commissioner for Economic Affairs and Agriculture, Mrs Massandje TOURE-LITSE paid a courtesy call…
- SundayNews
- July 31, 2024
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Virtual Scoping Meeting for the Evaluation of the Community Development Programme (CDP)
The Community Development Programme (CDP) organized a virtual meeting on July 23, 2024, with Member States, Commission Departments, and specialized agencies of ECOWAS to launch the CDP revision process. To…
- SundayNews
- July 31, 2024
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Tanzania: Indigenous Maasai Being Forcibly Relocated
Tanzania’s government is forcibly relocating Indigenous Maasai residents from their homes and ancestral lands in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA), Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Before further…
- SundayNews
- July 31, 2024
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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and European Union (EU) mark first year of multi-annual partnership in support of Sahrawi Refugees
This month, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the European Union (EU) mark one year of the multi-annual partnership between the two organisations that helped WFP provide monthly…
- SundayNews
- July 31, 2024
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Ghana: President Akufo-Addo Launches Ambitious District Road Improvement Programme
In a significant move towards bolstering Ghana's infrastructure, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo launched the District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP) and commissioned essential equipment at Black Star Square today. The…