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Egypt Air operates third new African route this year

Egypt’s flag carrier Egypt Air carried out Sunday its first flight to Douala, Cameroon, with the Central African country becoming the third new destination of the airline after new routes to Rwanda and Côte d’Ivoire. The maiden flight to Cameroon’s second city came from N’Djamena, Chad, via Cairo. The airline in a statement said it […]

Namibia’s ruling party selects first female presidential candidate

Namibia’s Deputy Prime Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah is an inch closer to becoming the country’s first female president after the SWAPO ruling party has selected her as the party’s vice president. More than 700 delegates descended upon the capital for the party’s congress that was scheduled for three days but was extended by a rerun for […]

Inclusive democratic participation, a tool for combating & preventing violent extremism

Morocco has underlined the paramount importance of inclusive democratic participation as a tool in the fight and prevention against violent extremism and announced that its first National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security, in application of Security Council resolution 1325, is being finalized. “Inclusive democratic participation today represents not only a tool for the […]