Category Archives: Lifestyle
Human Rights Concerns Persist in Eritrea, Months After Peace Deals
In signing a historic peace deal with Ethiopia and cooperation agreements with Djibouti and Somalia earlier this year, long-isolated Eritrea gained fresh opportunities to re-emerge on the world stage.
Eritrea, however, now faces renewed pressure …
Melania Trump Forges Ahead as First Lady With Africa Trip
First lady Melania Trump heads for Africa on her first big solo international trip, aiming to make child well-being the focus of a five-day, four-country tour that will take her to every corner of the …
Ethiopia Charges 5 With Terrorism Over Assassination Attempt
Ethiopia’s attorney general on Friday filed terrorism charges against five people accused of trying to “kill the prime minister” at a huge rally in the capital in June, barely two months after the reformist leader …
MOROCCO’S BCP BEGIN TALKS TO ACQUIRE STAKES IN FOUR AFRICAN BANKS
RABAT– BanqueCentralePopulaire (BCP), one of Morocco’s largest lenders, says it has started exclusive talks with France’s co-operative lender, BPCE, to buy major stakes in four of the latter’s African banks.
According to a statementissued by …
UNICEF: DRC Ebola Orphans Stigmatized
The U.N. Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reports a growing number of children in eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo orphaned by the Ebola outbreak in the region are at risk of stigmatization and abandonment.…
