The African Union has implemented travel and financial sanctions on members of Guinea's ruling junta. The US and EU had already imposed similar sanctions following the massacre of protesters in Conakry in September.
The African Union has implemented sanctions on Guinea's military rulers, AU Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra said Saturday. "Africa has implemented sanctions against several dozen people in Guinea who are opposing a return to constitutional order," he said at a press conference on the sidelines of a summit on the Madagascar crisis. "The list has been sent to AU member...
Former Nigerian Head of State and chairman of the international NGO Global 2000, General Yakubu Gowon, has declared Nigeria free from the scourge of guinea worm disease. Speaking during a courtesy call on the governor of Niger State in northern Nigeria Babangida Aliyu on Wednesday in Minna, Gowon said Nigeria had been rid of the disease [...]
Human Rights Watch: An in-depth investigation into the September 28, 2009 killings and rapes at a peaceful rally in Conakry, Guinea, has uncovered new evidence that the massacre and widespread sexual violence were organized and were committed largely by the elite Presidential Guard
NEW YORK, USA, 30 September 2009 The challenging and critical job of protecting children from recruitment by armed forces or groups took a step forward this week, as a number of United Nations Member States added their names to the Paris Commitments. Adopted in February 2007, the Paris Commitments are an expression of strengthened international resolve to prevent the recruitment of children and highlight...
Voting record of UN members on the General Assembly resolution: In favor: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Comoros, Congo, Cuba, Cyprus, Democratic People’s...
I have spent the day getting ready for the 10th Anniversary Morpeth Farmers Market tomorrow. Everything is priced, labeled and tagged and most of it is in the car ready to go. The trailer is ready for the boys, Hughie and Loki are coming along to show the public where all our knitwear, felting and poo bricks come from! I will soon need a trailer for the trailer, each time I seem to set up somewhere...
Mercenary freed by Equatorial Guinea after pardon over attempted coup tells of meeting his son for the first time The freed British mercenary Simon Mann has thanked people for the "warmth" he has been shown since his release from jail in Equitorial Guinea. Mann, 57, was pardoned on Monday and freed from a sentence of 34 years' jail for his part in an attempted coup in 2004. For the first...