March 10, 2015

Myanmar Cosmetics Exhibition Spa Myanmar Cosmo Beauty Fashion Show Yangon 2015 Aug 7-9 (PR Newswire)

YANGON, Myanmar, March 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Myanmar Cosmo Beauty Myanmar Models Sports Fitness Myanmar Fashion Show @ YANGON, 7–9 AUGUST 2015. Collocated with: Myanmar Cosmetics Exhibition, Myanmar Pharma Exhibition, Myanmar Medical Exhibition, Myanmar Medical Conference, Myanmar Medical Equipment Expo, Myanmar Medical Devices Exhibition, Myanmar Sports Fitness Equipment Show, Myanmar

Public Procurement in Africa Benefitting Family Farmers and Schools [press release]

An innovative partnership spanning five African countries is providing important lessons on how governments can procure food for public institutions, such as schools, directly from small-scale family farmers. Modelled on Brazil’s achievements in fighting hunger and poverty, the Purchase from Africans for Africa programme (PAA Africa) helps promote local agricultural

Falling Short On Climate Finance [analysis]

Editor’s Note Africa, the continent with warming deviating most rapidly from “normal” conditions, could see climate change adaptation costs rise to US$50 billion per year by 2050, even assuming international efforts keep global warming below 2 degrees C this century, according to a new United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report.

African Press Review 10 March 2015

The wife of CĂ´te d’Ivoire’s former president Gbagbo is jailed, although you wouldn’t guess it from the local press. SA comes under pressure from a ratings agency. The ICC accuses Sudan of failing to cooperate. The Western Sahara conflict looks set to flare up again. There’s not a word in

Factsheet – Freedom of Information in Africa

This factsheet was originally published by Africa Check. Africa Check is a non-partisan organisation which promotes accuracy in public debate and the media. Twitter @AfricaCheck and www.africacheck.org. Freedom of information (FOI) is considered a fundamental component of freedom of expression. When citizens are ill-informed and unable to access basic public

Yebei's Burial Next Week, Says His Family

The CID has confirmed the body at Moi Hospital in Voi is that of ICC witness Meshack Yebei. Head of Serious Crimes at the CID headquarters John Kariuki yesterday said 99.9 per cent of the DNA test results by the government confirmed the body is Yebei’s. The witness was abducted

Pringle and Fairbairn [analysis]

Early free press advocates The Secrecy Bill, first surfaced in South Africa in the 1820s in the Cape Colony, under the authoritarian British colonial Governor, Lord Charles Somerset, whose sole purpose was to clamp down on Freedom of the Press. Somerset’s targeted efforts to strictly regulate press and protests were

JHB-New York Non-Stop Service Resumes

Pretoria – South African Airways (SAA) has resumed non-stop service on its daily flight from Johannesburg to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. “While SAA’s daily flight from New York-JFK to Johannesburg has operated on a nonstop basis for several years, the return flight was making a 1-hour enroute

Anglican Leaders From Across Africa Meet in Cape Town [press release]

Anglican Church leaders from across Africa are being hosted at meetings in Cape Town by Archbishop Thabo Makgoba of Cape Town. The leaders include Archbishops, Bishops and other members of the Council of African Provinces of Africa (CAPA), a body which coordinates and articulates issues affecting the Church and communities

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