After five years of €66 million large-scale renovation Belgium Royal Museum of Central Africa opens its door on December 9th, under a new name, and with a new concept: it closes the chapter of the Colonial Palace of the epoch of King Leopold II, and moves on to Africa’s present and future. “…Our new permanent…
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S.Africa ensures minimum wage
South Africa’s new national minimum wage will take effect from January 2019, President Cyril Ramaphosa said, ensuring workers earn $1.42 an hour. “We are here to declare that from the 1st of January in 2019, the national minimum wage shall be introduced. No worker in South Africa may be paid below the national minimum wage,”…
Vietnam poachers killed more than 40 lions
Eight Vietnamese suspects will appear before a South African court to face charges of illegal possession of game products including lion parts and a tiger’s carcass, police said. Police agents found lion bones, lion meat, a tiger skin, gas cylinders, gas burners, containers, a saw, knives and other equipment when they intercepted the suspects’ two…
EU diplomats prepare for Global Compact for Migration
“I believe there are two mistakes we must not make when discussing the global compacts” the EU top diplomat Federica Mogherini said, while addressing the plenary session of the European Parliament on the preparation of the Marrakech Intergovernmental Conference of 10-11 December on the UN Global Compact for Migration. . @FedericaMog #globalcompact powerful tool to serve…
Uganda delivered EU arms to South Sudan
Uganda helped to deliver European arms and ammunition to South Sudan at the height of its civil war, circumventing a European Union arms embargo on the East African country, a weapons monitoring group said. CAR’s latest report, 'Weapon Supplies into South Sudan's Civil War', is “the most comprehensive, on-the-ground survey of the weaponry used in…
EEAS vacancy for Libya
EEAS Vacancy Notice : FG III Administrative assistant – Libya – location Tunis PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT: Libya – location Tunis Deadline : 14/12/2018 18:00 Brussels time (Image above: Tripoli, Libya) CONTACT POINT: Contractagents-delegations@eeas.europa.eu ALLOWANCE for LIVING CONDITIONS (ICV): 15% (Tunis) INSTITUTION: EEAS PROFILE OF THE POST: Administrative assistant FUNCTION GROUP: FG III POST NUMBER: 287798 Link to…
DRC Panzi Hospital receives EU €4 million fund
This week a new support was announced in Brussels by the EU top diplomat Federica Mogherini and Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, Neven Mimica, met with Nadia Murad and Dr Denis Mukwege. The two winners were invited to discuss the eradication of violence against women and its impact on development, together with EU development Ministers at the…
EU ready to engage in dialogue with Sudan
The EU top diplomat Federica Mogherini met with El-Dirdeiry Mohamed Ahmed, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Sudan. They discussed the latest developments in EU-Sudan relations and in the Horn of Africa. https://twitter.com/MajaEUspox/status/1066052598975864832 Federica Mogherini emphasised that the EU is ready to engage in dialogue and cooperation with Sudan in view of further progress…
Girls kidnapped in Niger
A group of armed men kidnapped 15 girls overnight in southeastern Niger, the local mayor said on November 24. (Photo: illustration). Boukar Mani Orthe, the mayor of Toumour in Diffa region near the border with Nigeria, said about 50 unidentified armed men seized the girls in a village about 9 km from the town centre….
EU supports Ethiopia ambitious agenda
On 19 November 2018, the Council adopted conclusions on Ethiopia. The Council notes that Ethiopia has witnessed momentous change and that political and economic reforms have gained a new impetus under the leadership of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. His ambitious agenda towards a more democratic and just Ethiopian society is a positive example for the region and beyond….
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