Staff at Cameroon’s branches of Standard Chartered Bank end strike over payment of bonus

Workers at Standard Chartered Bank in Cameroon have ended a several-day strike over the payment of a severance bonus amounting to more than one month’s salary per year of service, with no ceiling, and the payment of a bonus that does not include any discrimination or consideration based on performance and/or quality of service, Journal […]

Socio-economic momentum in Sahara highlighted in Timor-Leste

The sustained socio-economic and cultural momentum underway in the Moroccan Sahara, thanks to the new development model launched by King Mohammed VI in 2015, was highlighted at a regional seminar of the UN Committee of 24 (C24), held in Dili, Timor Leste May 21-23. In an address at the seminar, Member of the Dakhla-Oued Eddahab […]

UNICEF sounds the alarm over rampant child abuse in east DRC amid spiraling conflict

UNICEF has sounded the alarm over escalating child rights violations in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where armed groups are reportedly perpetrating widespread sexual violence and recruiting child soldiers. “In the North and South Kivu provinces, we are receiving horrific reports of grave violations against children by parties to the conflict, including rape […]