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Tanzania: UN backs 4th SADC Industrialization Week

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has announced that it will support Tanzania in hosting the 4th Southern African Development Community (SADC) industrialization week next month. Tanzania will host the 4th SADC Industrialization Week August 5-9 under the theme: “A Conducive Business Environment for Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development.” According to Stephen Kargbo, UNIDO […]

Mauritania: Journalist Sentenced to Three Years in Jail for Hurling Shoe at Cabinet Spokesperson

Cheikh Baye ould Mohamed, a journalist and member of a youth movement opposed to the Mauritanian regime was handed a three-year prison sentence Thursday for hurling a shoe at the cabinet spokesperson end of last month at a weekly press briefing. The defendant’s lawyers said they would appeal the ruling they deem too harsh. Baye […]

Credibility of Electoral Process Cannot Be Fully Guaranteed if It Excludes Part of Population – FM

The credibility of an electoral process cannot be fully guaranteed if it excludes a part of the population, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita, said on Monday in Rabat. Speaking at the launch ceremony of the 5th Training Cycle for African Election Observers of the African Union (AU), co-chaired with the AU Commissioner for […]