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The Moroccan tourism ministry says it received a record 17.4 million tourists in 2024, up 20% compared with the previous year, with Moroccans living abroad accounting for nearly half the total. Tourism accounts for about 7% of the North African…
Mozambique opposition leader Venancio Mondlane returned home on Thursday, after fleeing in the days following a hotly contested October election that sparked demonstrations in which scores of protesters have been killed. Mondlane says the Oct. 9 polls were rigged and…
Wildfires are raging in several areas of Los Angeles, with high winds and arid conditions fuelling their progress across thousands of acres of land. Firefighters are so far unable to contain them, with an official saying that they are still…
The campaign for the Gabon’s constitutional referendum kicked off on Thursday, November 7, and will run until Friday, November 15. On Saturday, November 16, Gabonese citizens will vote to approve or reject the draft new constitution. The proposed constitution introduces…
More than 8 million people were diagnosed with tuberculosis last year, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, the highest number ever recorded since the U.N. health agency began keeping track. Here is Essouly DIEDHIOU’s report voiced by Naa Dedei Tettey.
Cameroonian President Paul Biya, has appointed new judges to the military courts in the country. The appointments were made on Tuesday. By this decree, the Head of State is strengthening the country’s military judicial system. In total, four military courts…
The 81st Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights commenced earlier today in Banjul, in The Gambia. The meeting brought together representatives from member states, civil society organizations, and human rights advocates. The session aims to…
The NGO’s Forum says it is alarmed with the trend of abductions and killings of human rights defenders in Guinea, Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe. The forum also expressed concerns on human rights violations in countries that experienced the overthrow of…
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Leonardo Santos Simao, has called for intensified efforts to achieve gender equality in peace and security initiatives across the…
This edition of our Woman OfThe Day, we spotlight Charlotte Kesson-Smith Osei, a Ghanaian lawyer and former chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Ghana, who has recently been appointed as the UN International Elections Commissioner. Charlotte Osei’s career is a…
Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges facing our world today, and its impacts are felt disproportionately by women, particularly in vulnerable communities. As climate change intensifies, women often bear the brunt of its effects, from increased food…
Several experts, including Civil Society sctors have lent their voices to the recently launched SENEGAL 2050 strategic document. Recall at the launch on Monday October 15, President Bassirou Diomaye Faye reeled out the main points of this new framework, which…
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