Africa

The UNV project in the country is training 800 girls and women leaders in conflict prevention

Johanna Guashomeya, a woman affected by dwarfism, was dismissed from a training institute as' too short to study nursing', and readmitted after a public protest in her support

The Attorney-General, Beatriz Buchili, suggested that a legal limit should be put on the amount of cash that can be used in any transaction

Lomé has hosted the 9th ordinary general assembly of the African and Malagasy Robusta Coffee Agency, an international association gathering private and public actors of this sectort

The Olympic Solidarity Yachting association received windsurfing equipment from Socga, the Seychelles Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association

Children at the Ready Aiders organization in Mathare Therapy Centre received the visit of Dubai’s top model Miss Odina Umirzakova, who wanted to empower persons with neuropsychological health challenges

The "Alliance Française de Monrovia", a French Embassy learning institution, has opened its new campus in Monrovia to help gain fluency in French and be able to make do without an interpreter

The Minister of the Public Service, in occasion of International Workers' Day, received protest platforms presented by trade unions and professional unions

Activities aimed at encouraging more people to donate blood on a regular basis have started in Piton at the presence of the Minister of Gender Equality and Family Welfare, Mrs Kalpana Devi Koonjoo-Shah

Ebenezer Ngea Essoka has become the new President of the Board of Directors of the United Bank for Africa

The School of Medicine, Arts and Sciences of the University of the Gambia took delivery of 25 multi-purpose laboratory microscopes through the Gunjur Project Association

Sao Vicente is preparing to celebrate the 100 years since the first air crossing of the southern Atlantic Ocean

The Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled the death penalty unconstitutional