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Guinea: Media unions suspend protests amid talks with media regulator

Guinea’s main media unions suspended Sunday December 10 a set of actions including media blackout scheduled for this Monday December 11 to give chances for success to ongoing talks with media regulator HAC that demanded French cable network Canal+ to suspend sine die three private media over security reasons. URTELGUI, AGUIPEL, REMIGUI, AGEPI and AGPE […]

Global Environment Facility, UNDP launch $10 Million Project for climate adaptation in Somalia

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the UN Development Program (UNDP) have announced Thursday a $10 million program to build capacity for flood and drought forecasting in Somalia. The project is expected to promote water security and access for more than 360,000 farmers and pastoralists during prolonged droughts and flood, the UNDP announced in a […]

Kenya: visiting British monarch expresses “deepest regret” for colonial-era suffering

The five-day state visit of King Charles III to Kenya elicits mixed reactions among the country’s people even as the monarch expressed regrets for colonial violence, saying that “there can be no excuse” for British colonial atrocities against Kenyans. The very presence of King Charles III in Kenya is unearthing memories of atrocities committed during […]