Where the Limpopo and Shashe Rivers meet, forming the modern border between Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe, lies a hill that hardly stands out from the rest. One could easily pass it without realising its historical significance. It was on and around this hill that what appears to be southern Africa’s earliest state-level society and urban city, Mapungubwe, appeared around … [Read more...] about Archaeology shows how hunter-gatherers fitted into southern Africa’s first city, 800 years ago
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New Mechanism Must Track and Tackle ‘Gross’ Violations in Libya
Download logoNew tools must be deployed to keep the global spotlight on ongoing gross violations and crimes against humanity in Libya and serve justice to its victims, the UN rights chief said on Monday at the Human Rights Council’s latest session. “Libyan authorities, armed groups, smugglers, and human traffickers should not assume that the eyes of the … [Read more...] about New Mechanism Must Track and Tackle ‘Gross’ Violations in Libya
Egypt: President El-Sisi Attends Assessment Tests of Applicants for Jobs at the Ministry of Education
Download logoToday, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi attended pre-employment assessment tests of applicants for jobs at the Ministry of Education and Technical Education, which are held in cooperation with the Egyptian Military Academy. In attendance were Minister of Defense and Military Production, General Mohamed Zaki, and Minister of Education and Technical Education, Dr. Reda … [Read more...] about Egypt: President El-Sisi Attends Assessment Tests of Applicants for Jobs at the Ministry of Education
At-Risk ‘Zero Dose Children’ Get Vaccines as Somalia Drought Woes Mount
Download logoSomali farmer Fadumo Mohamed Ibrahim’s crops failed in the drought and she set out on foot for help. Twenty-five days later, she and her daughter Khaliye stumbled into a settlement in the outskirts of Baidoa, a city in central Somalia, sick and exhausted. “There is no health care in my village, my children have never been vaccinated,” the … [Read more...] about At-Risk ‘Zero Dose Children’ Get Vaccines as Somalia Drought Woes Mount
Vice President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission Lays Foundation for a 66-Bed Maternity and Pe-Diatric Facility at the Bafatá Regional Hospital in Guiné-Bissau
Download logoOn 1st April 2023, Her Excellency Mrs Damtien Larbli Tchintchibidja, Vice-President of the ECOWAS Commission, led a foundation laying ceremony to initiate the construction of a 66-bed pediatric and maternity facility at the Bafatá Regional Hospital in Guiné-Bissau. This 66-bed facility is part of investments directly financed by the ECOWAS … [Read more...] about Vice President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission Lays Foundation for a 66-Bed Maternity and Pe-Diatric Facility at the Bafatá Regional Hospital in Guiné-Bissau
