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Africa: CIPRES member countries to establish common legislation for social security

The Togolese capital, Lomé, is hosting the extraordinary meeting of the committee of experts on the legal framework of Member States of the Inter-African Conference on Social Welfare (CIPRES). The four-day meeting brings together experts from the 17 members of CIPRES to discuss issues of social security and the free movement of goods and people […]

Sudan Threatens to Bring Territorial Dispute with Egypt before UN

Tension is brewing between Khartoum and Cairo over the Halaib’s triangle disputed territory on the Red Sea after the long serving Sudanese President Omar Bashir renewed claims to the area threatening to bring the issue before the UN if negotiations with Egypt fail. The Sudanese government has recently renewed with the UN Security Council standing […]

Mother of jailed UK-Egyptian vows to maintain hunger strike

Laila Soueif, mother of Egyptian-British blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah, who has been detained in Egypt for more than five years, is continuing her hunger strike. Laila Soueif, 68, who has not eaten for 59 days, has urged British Foreign Minister David Lammy to take action to secure her son’s release. The blogger was arrested in […]