President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa will, this evening at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, receive the Daily Trust African of the Year Award 2012 for his work last year in bringing peace to Sudan...
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20 May 2013
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Source: Daily Trust
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Source: PoliticsWebJohannesburg: The ANC through its subcommittee of International relation issued a statement recently on its deliberations and resolutions. Amongst the many issues was one line on democratisation of...
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Source: United NationsNew York: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced the appointment of Haile Menkerios of South Africa as the new Head of the United Nations Office to the African Union (UNOAU...
17 May 2013
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Source: Coalition of African LesbiansStatement of Human Rights Defenders on the need for an integrated and comprehensive approach to the Protection of Human Rights related to sexual orientations and gender identities and expressions at...
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Source: Inter Press ServiceWashington: Over the next decade and a half, a major global shift will result in the developing world controlling roughly half of the world’s capital, up from less than a third today. According to...
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Source: Press Information BureauNew Delhi: Smt. Krishna Tirath, Minister for Women and Child Development signed the fifth India Brazil South Africa (IBSA) Women's Forum Resolution, here today. Also signing the resolution were...
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Source: Human Rights WatchTo Foreign Ministers of African Union member states: We, the undersigned African civil society organisations and international organisations with a presence in Africa, working on human rights and...
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Source: RIA NovistiSochi: President Vladimir Putin reiterated on Thursday that Russia is ready to assist South Africa develop an advanced nuclear power industry. Putin made the statement at a meeting with South...
16 May 2013
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Source: Chatham HouseLondon: By the time François Hollande was sworn in as president of France on 15 May 2012 he may well have suspected that, one year into his term, French troops would be on the ground in Mali. Like...
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Source: United NationsNew York: An already challenging situation in the Central African Republic had descended into a “state of anarchy and total disregard for international law”, as elements of the Séléka rebel group -...
