Posts Tagged ‘their-home’

Africa: UN Secretary General Launches Unite Campaign at Summit

Monday, February 8th, 2010

At the Africa Union Summit last week, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged all African leaders to show more political leadership by emphasizing an end to male violence against women and girls in their home countries by endorsing the UNiTE campaign.

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Africa: UN Secretary General Launches Unite Campaign at Summit

Nigeria: 36 State Governors Call For Yar’Adua to Go

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Thirty-six governors have unanimously agree to dumping of President Umaru Yar’Adua.

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Nigeria: 36 State Governors Call For Yar’Adua to Go

South Africa: Arms Deals Covered Up as UK Firm Pays Fines

Monday, February 8th, 2010

THE murky details of SA’s multibillion-rand arms deal are unlikely ever to come to light after weapons maker BAE Systems last week cut a deal with UK and US officials to plead guilty and pay fines on some charges in exchange for the dropping of probes on others.

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South Africa: Arms Deals Covered Up as UK Firm Pays Fines

Zambia: Congolese Refugees Return Home

Saturday, November 28th, 2009

THE United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) public information assistant, Kelvin Shimo has said the number of Congolese refugees Zambia is repatriating back to their home country has continued to rise with a total of 33,424 since 2007.

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Zambia: Congolese Refugees Return Home