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Private Companies Should be Tapped When Disasters Hit Indonesia
Private companies have enormous resources in terms of skilled people and know-how, and this resource, rather than their financial muscle, can and should be tapped into when disasters hit Indonesia, officials say.
Nigeria’s Suspension From CITES Not Punitive
An official of the Geneva-based Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) Mr. John Seller, has clarified that Nigeria’s suspension from the body is to ensure that the country enforced the international treaty to which it is...
KYRGYZSTAN-UZBEKISTAN: Tens of Thousands of Refugees in Need of Assistance
Clashes between ethnic Uzbeks and Kyrgyz groups in southern Kyrgyzstan since June 10th have killed at least 170 people, injured 1,762 and forced 300,000 to flee their homes, according to the Kyrgyz Ministry of Health and UN agencies.
Nigeria to Utilize Africa’s Sanitation Grant
Nigeria is one of the African countries to access the $5 million grant to support sanitation and hygiene activities in their countries, Nigeria’s National Task Group on Sanitation (NTGS) said in Abuja on Sunday. The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative...
US Transfers Guantanamo Bay Detainee to Switzerland
The Department of Justice has announced that a detainee has been transferred from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the Government of Switzerland for resettlement in Switzerland. The Swiss Government, with the support of the Canton of Geneva,...
Police Clash with Protestors in Kenya Over Arrest of Jamaican Cleric
Hundreds of Muslim demonstrators have clashed with anti-riot police in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi with the demonstrators protesting the arrest of controversial Jamaican Muslim cleric Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal. The demonstrators took to the streets in...
European Union And Member States Ratify the WIPO Copyright Treaty
The European Union and Member States have ratified the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, the so-called “Internet” Treaties. These Treaties were concluded to make the world’s copyright laws ‘fit...
Czech Republic And Sub-Saharan Africa Hold Business Round Table
The Czech Republic-Sub-Saharan Africa Mixed Chamber of Commerce organized a one day round table business forum dealing with bilateral economic and cultural cooperation with Sub-Saharan Africa countries in Vienna. The Mixed Chamber of Commerce Czech Republic-Sub-Saharan...
