Over 9bn people fall into a “Justice gap” globally -UN
Two in three people lack access to justice – with stateless, enslaved and war-affected people worst hit – according to research released on Monday that showed the challenge of…
ICC convicts Congo’s Ntaganda of war crimes
International Criminal Court judges on Monday convicted former Congolese military leader Bosco Ntaganda for atrocities including murder, rape and conscripting child soldiers. Ntaganda, 45, was found guilty for acts committed…
Replacing Lagarde: There’s a strong urge among European countries to come with one candidate, official says
The EU wants to have an agreed European candidate to replace Christine Lagarde at the helm of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a senior EU official on Monday said….
Italy Migration policy: “no one is exempt” from helping migrants – Pope Francis
Pope Francis said on Monday that “no one is exempt” from helping migrants, in an indirect rebuke of Italy’s hardline interior minister Matteo Salvini who has tried to shut…
What next as African leaders launch free-trade zone
African leaders launched a continental free-trade zone on Sunday that if successful would unite 1.3 billion people, create a $3.4 trillion economic bloc and usher in a new era…
Buhari solicits support of IDB for infrastructure development
President Muhammadu Buhari has solicited the support of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) to address Nigeria’s infrastructure deficit. The President’s spokesman, Femi Adesina, said in a statement that the has…
AU Summit: Nigeria becomes 53rd nation to sign AfCFTA agreement
President Muhammadu Buhari in Niamey, Niger Republic signed the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, making Nigeria the 53rd state on the continent to append its signature to the…
African leaders set to officially sign AfCFTA at AU summit
African leaders will meet Sunday in Niger for the African Union (AU) summit, to sign a landmark free trade agreement, and to discuss looming security and migration crises on…
Tunisia recovers 14 migrants’ bodies after 80 drowned off coast
Tunisia’s Coast Guard recovered on Saturday the bodies of 14 African migrants who drowned when their boat carrying more than 80 people sank after setting off for Europe from neighboring…
AUC calls for further financial input for the NEPAD-IPPF Special Fund to accelerate Africa’s infrastructure gap closure
The 29th Oversight Committee (OC) meeting of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility (NEPAD-IPPF) Special Fund held at the headquarters of the African Union…