Friday, February 25, 2011
AU to deploy fact-finding mission to Libya
(PANA)-- The African Union (AU) is to deploy a fact finding mission to Libya to assess the situation in the North African state.
Filed under: Peace and Security
(PANA)-- The African Union (AU) is to deploy a fact finding mission to Libya to assess the situation in the North African state.
Filed under: Peace and Security
CIVICUS (Press Release)— We, civil society organisations from all over Africa, urge our governments to protect the people of Libya against whom crimes against humanity are being committed by a vicious regime.
Filed under: Documents • CSO Documents
(AfricaFiles)-- Global and regional institutions with a responsibility to guard press freedom are largely failing to fulfill their mandate as journalists worldwide continue to face threats, imprisonment, intimidation, and killings, according to Attacks on the Press, a yearly survey released today by the Committee to Protect Journalists.
Filed under: News and Analysis
Mildred Mulenga (PANA)-- A leading nutrition expert from Cornell University in the United States has warned that African governments ceding large parcels of land normally cultivated by small-holder farmers to multi-nationals and middle-income countries risk exacerbating food insecurity in their countries.
Filed under: Human Rights
Filed under: Peace and Security
Filed under: Documents • CSO Documents
Filed under: Peace and Security