In South Sudan, gross enrolment rate for refugee children in primary school is 56% as compared to 68% for the host community JUBA, South Sudan, February 28, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- UNHCR and the Ministry of General Education and Instruction of South Sudan today launched a new data collection and
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South Sudan: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ New Data Collection Tool helps improve refugee children access to education
In South Sudan, gross enrolment rate for refugee children in primary school is 56% as compared to 68% for the host community JUBA, South Sudan, February 28, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- UNHCR and the Ministry of General Education and Instruction of South Sudan today launched a new data collection and
Read MoreCommittee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Reviews the Initial Report of the Seychelles
The Government was fully cognizant that the ratification alone was not enough and that the Convention should guide actions at every level to deliver the transformation that it hailed GENEVA, Switzerland, February 28, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration
Read MoreSouth Africa: National Assembly Gives the Constitution Review Committee Mandate to Review Section 25 of the Constitution
The motion was adopted following a vote where 241 MPs voted for the amended motion with 83 MPs voting against it CAPE TOWN, South Africa, February 28, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- During its sitting today the National Assembly (NA) resolved to assign the Constitutional Review Committee to review Section 25
Read MoreSouth Africa: National Assembly Gives the Constitution Review Committee Mandate to Review Section 25 of the Constitution
The motion was adopted following a vote where 241 MPs voted for the amended motion with 83 MPs voting against it CAPE TOWN, South Africa, February 28, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- During its sitting today the National Assembly (NA) resolved to assign the Constitutional Review Committee to review Section 25
Read MoreAuthorities released Daniel Elombah the same day he was arrested; Timothy was released on 500,000 Nigerian naira (US$1,400) bail after spending 25 days in police custody LOME, Togo, February 28, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Nigerian authorities should immediately drop plans to charge Timothy and Daniel Elombah, editor and chief executive
Read MoreNEW YORK, United States of America, February 28, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Nigeria:The Secretary-General is gravely concerned over the situation of the more than 100 school girls abducted by suspected Boko Haram insurgents during an attack on an educational institution in
Read MoreTheir discussions centred on how well Germany is doing in the tourism market in Seychelles VICTORIA, Seychelles, February 28, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The President of the Republic, Mr. Danny Faure, welcomed the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Republic of Seychelles, H.E. Mrs Jutta Frasch, at
Read MoreSouth Africa: Department of International Relations and Cooperation hosts the Inaugural Drought Core Group meeting
South Africa is the only African country that had participated in the High-Level Partnership Mission and subsequently stepped up its humanitarian support PRETORIA, South Africa, February 28, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- South Africa, through the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), has been bestowed with the singular honour of
Read MoreThe outbreak has affected 18 states since the first case was detected on 1 January 2018, resulting in 72 deaths caused by the acute viral haemorrhagic fever ABUJA, Nigeria, February 28, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Nigeria’s Lassa fever outbreak has reached record highs with 317 laboratory confirmed cases, according to
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