Uganda's Minister for Gender, Labour and Social Development, Janat Balunzi Mukwaya has called for enhanced women’s financial empowerment through availing affordable credit, market opportunities and institution of affirmative action measures for women. She made this call on Monday while delivering a statement at the opening of the 62nd session of the
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A top Congolese opposition leader and other figures opposed to longtime President Joseph Kabila met in South Africa on Monday to build a coalition ahead of long-delayed elections in the turbulent, resource-rich country. Ending a three-day forum, delegates at a resort hotel near Johannesburg said they would work together to
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A Ugandan MP has been told to apologise to victims of domestic violence after saying men should "beat" their wives. Onesimus Twinamasiko said on Ugandan television channel NTV "as a man, you need to discipline your wife. "You need to touch her a bit, you tackle her, beat her somehow
Read MoreDiscussions will include economic integration, the Single African Air Transport Market and the Protocol on Free Movement of Persons and the African Passport ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, March 12, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat, today (March 10, 2018), began a three-day
Read MoreThe Secretary’s Meeting with Djiboutian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf WASHINGTON D.C., United States of America, March 12, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The following is attributable to Spokesperson Heather Nauert: Secretary Tillerson met with Djiboutian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf in Djibouti on March 9 to discuss the U.S.-Djiboutian partnership,
Read More* Emmerson Mnangagwa will take part in the AFRICA CEO FORUM on 26 and 27 March in Abidjan. * A government delegation will present the strategy for the southern African country’s economic revival to the investor community gathered for the occasion. * In an unprecedented inter-presidential panel, former Nigerian president
Read MoreADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, March 12, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, welcomes the joint statement issued today (March 9, 2018) by President Uhuru Kenyatta and Mr. Raila Odinga, pledging to put their political differences aside and work together to address the challenges
Read MoreBRUSSELS, Belgium, March 12, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Following the EU Election Observation Mission to the elections in Sierra Leone, on 7 March 2018, Ms Neena Gill CBE, Head of the European Parliament election observation delegation, stated: “As Chair of the European Parliament’s delegation, I have the honour of speaking
Read MoreSouth Africa’s exports to the US on steel amounted to US$950 million in 2017 and accounted for 1.4% of U.S.’s global imports PRETORIA, South Africa, March 12, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The South African Government has noted the announcement of the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump
Read MoreSouth Africa’s exports to the US on steel amounted to US$950 million in 2017 and accounted for 1.4% of U.S.’s global imports PRETORIA, South Africa, March 12, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The South African Government has noted the announcement of the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump
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