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African Development Bank to Hold Civil Society Consultation Forum in Tunis
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is to hold a Civil Society Consultation Forum on March 1, 2010 in Tunis to step up consultations with Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) which have played a role in the development...
Ugandan Government Pledges Electoral Reforms Ahead of 2011 Polls
The Ugandan government has reaffirmed its commitment to electoral reforms in the run up to the 2011 Presidential and parliamentary elections. The country’s minister for information, Princess Kabakumba Masiko told the press in Kampala that amendment...
Prominent Trade Unionist Appointed As President of Guinea’s National Transitional Council
A prominent figures from the Guinean trade union movement, Hadja Rabiatou Serah Diallo has been appointed President of the National Transitional Council, the 101 advisory body in charge of revising the Constitution and creating legal conditions to hold...
World Bank to Audit Coffee-cocoa Industry in Cote D’Ivoire
The World Bank president Robert Zoelick said that his institution would “soon” audit the coffee-cocoa industry in Cote d’Ivoire, while speaking on Friday at the end of his visit to the Ivorian economic capital. We anticipate an audit of the coffee-cocoa...
United Nations Development Programme to Honor Outstanding Zimbabwe Volunteer
The United Nations will in December honor an outstanding Zimbabwean organization or individual who has excelled in voluntary community work during 2009 with an award. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said the winner of the Zimbabwe National...
Guinea-Bissau Army to be Cut By 66%
The strength of the Guinea-Bissau army will be reduced from 10,000 to 3,400 men, Commander José Zamora Induta has disclosed. He was speaking at the closing of the two-day meeting on the reform project of the security and defense forces jointly organized...
Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe Proposes Self-regulation of Journalists
The Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe (VMCZ) has announced that Zimbabwean journalists are finalizing a code of conduct as efforts intensify to self-regulate the industry. The council said in a statement to mark World Press Freedom Day commemorated...
Guinea’s Ruling Military Authorities Postpone the People’s Forum
The ruling military authorities in Guinea have postponed until further notice the people’s forum, which was meant to collect recommendations for a peaceful transition . The national forum was slated to look into the strategies to be implemented in order...
