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Ukraine needs ‘implementable’ peace, Security Council hears, meeting on anniversary of Minsk accord

Village Reporter
“Peace is not just about signing an agreement,” said Miroslav Jenča, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and Americas, who briefed members during a meeting requested by the Russian Federation – as the one-year mark nears, since the Kremlin launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Mr. Jenča stressed that turning words on paper into action on the ground is particularly… Read More
Africa Ghana West Africa World 

Ghana: Impacting a community through a library

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In a remote community of Sakyiama in Ghana, a lawyer is making efforts to promote the culture of reading among children with the building of a library. The founder of the Bekoe Public Library, Samuel Yaw Bekoe, grew up in Adieso where he began his primary education. He told Africa Feeds that helping to put up such a library was… Read More
Africa Mali West Africa World 

Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso seek re-entry into AU

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Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso are seeking re-entry into the African Union. The foreign affairs ministers of these countries are in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, to lobby to be let back into the AU as this week’s summit opens. All three countries were suspended from the African Union and the regional grouping Ecowas following military coups. Mali’s foreign ministry said… Read More
Europe 

Italy sea rescue law could put more migrant lives at risk: UN rights chief

Village Reporter
“More people in distress will be made to suffer and more lives risk being lost because timely help is not available, if this law is passed,” he said in a statement.  Mr. Türk expressed his serious concerns a day after the Italian Parliament approved legislation that imposes stricter requirements on humanitarian ships which are attempting to save migrant lives on… Read More
Africa Nigeria News and Headlines West Africa World 

Nigeria: President Buhari extends use of old naira notes amid shortages

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Buhari said that the old 500 and 1,000 naira notes could only be exchanged at the central bank and other designated places. But the 200 naira will remain in use for the next two months. – Advertisement – The central bank wanted the note swap initiative to curb cash in circulation and control double-digit inflation. But the International Monetary Fund… Read More
Africa East Africa World 

Tanzania bans sex education books for children

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Tanzanian has banned children books on sex education from schools. The government said the books violate “cultural and moral standards” of the country. Some critics say the sex education books promote same sex orientations in schools. Homosexuality is criminalized in Tanzania. In Tanzania, homosexuality is punishable by a minimum sentence of 30 years to life imprisonment. President Samia Suluhu Hassan… Read More
Africa Business World 

AfCFTA rollout and climate finance must dominate AU Summit Agenda

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The leaders of the 55 member states of the African Union (AU) will be meeting for their 36th ordinary session of the AU Assembly on 18 and 19 February 2023 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 60 years after the birth of the Organisation of African Unity, over 20 years of the AU and 40 years before 2063, this meeting serves as… Read More
Europe 

Ukraine: UN appeals for $5.6 billion to help millions affected by relentless conflict

Village Reporter
The situation for many in Ukraine remains desperate, amid “relentless” shelling of civilian targets and infrastructure, the UN’s Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, told journalists in Geneva. Humanitarian funding is needed to continue supporting lifesaving aid convoy deliveries to communities on the front line, “into areas of great danger and difficulty and priority needs”, said Mr. Griffiths, who heads the… Read More
Africa East Africa World 

Kenyan legislator ejected over menstrual stain

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A Kenyan legislator had the shock of her life when she was ejected from parliament after attending a session while wearing a white suit that got stained red. Gloria Orwoba had apparently stained her white suit as part of a menstrual activism campaign that she was pushing. Orwoba, from the ruling coalition party, was due to table a motion on… Read More
Africa Featured West Africa World 

Sierra Leone’s David Sengeh gets world best minister award

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Sierra Leone’s head of Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE), Dr. Moinina David Sengeh has been awarded the best global minister award. Sengeh received the award from the World Government Summit Organization, a global, neutral, non-profit organization dedicated to shaping the future of governments. The Summit, in its various activities, explores the agenda of the next generation of governments,… Read More
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