July 2017

DHL Global Forwarding nomme Amadou Diallo PDG pour le Moyen-Orient et l’Afrique

Amadou mettra au service de la région MEA plus de 20 ans d’expertise en logistique et intégration d’entreprises pour étendre le réseau et les partenaires de la région. DUBAI, le 26 juillet 2017 /PRNewswire/ — DHL Global Forwarding, le principal prestataire international de services de fret aérien, maritime et routier, a nommé Amadou

DHL Global Forwarding names Amadou Diallo as CEO for Middle East and Africa

Diallo will apply over 20 years of expertise in logistics and corporate integration to expanding the region’s freight connections and partnerships DUBAI, July 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — DHL Global Forwarding, the leading international provider of air, sea and road freight services, has appointed Amadou Diallo as CEO for the Middle East

UN: Congo Military ‘Elements’ Dug Dozens of Mass Graves

DAKAR �

Congo military “elements” are responsible for digging at least 42 mass graves in three Kasai provinces after clashes with alleged militia members in recent months, the United Nations said as experts were appointed Wednesday to look into a growing crisis that has killed hundreds and displaced more than

Boko Haram Ambushes Oil Convoy in Nigeria, Killing Soldiers

MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA �

Around 10 military personnel were killed and a similar number of geological surveyors were missing after Boko Haram extremists attacked an oil convoy in northern Nigeria, authorities said Wednesday.

The ambush comes several weeks after the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation’s management announced it was resuming oil exploration around

Peer Educators in Cameroon Promote HIV Testing for Mothers, Babies

GUIDER, CAMEROON �

As the world’s AIDS experts meet at a conference this week in Paris, health workers in Cameroon still struggle to identify and treat HIV-positive mothers and babies.

Myriam Anang lost her husband and three-month-old baby two years ago to HIV. Now, Anang works as a peer educator in

IOM: Drought, Conflict Displace 800,000 in Somalia

WASHINGTON �

Somalia is suffering from a renewed displacement crisis as people flee drought and conflict, particularly in the country’s southern region.

Gerard Waite, chief of mission for the International Organization for Migration Somalia, told VOA that about 800,000 people have fled their homes in response to the drought over the

East African Refugees Make Indefinite Home for Themselves in Indonesia

JAKARTA, INDONESIA �

Ranna, 24, an Oromo Ethiopian woman, is not only a third-generation refugee, but also a two-time refugee. Indonesia, which is home now, is the second place to which she has been displaced in her young life.

She was born in Saudi Arabia because her mother, the daughter of

Wanted Congo Warlord Surrenders to UN Forces

KINSHASA �

One of Democratic Republic of Congo’s most notorious warlords, Ntabo Ntaberi Sheka, wanted for alleged crimes against humanity, surrendered to U.N. peacekeepers on Wednesday, the U.N. mission in Congo (MONUSCO) said.

Sheka’s militia, Mai-Mai Sheka, is one of a patchwork of armed groups in eastern Congo regularly accused by

Families of Victims in Loss of Cameroonian Ship Demand Answers

YAOUNDE, CAMEROON �

Thirty-two people, most of them soldiers with Cameroon’s elite Rapid Intervention Battalion, remain unaccounted for after their ship capsized off the coast of the Bakassi Peninsula over a week ago. Relatives of the missing are demanding answers.

Dozens come every evening to comfort the residents of a house

President Zuma calls for 2018 National Orders Nominations

The Grand Patron of the National Orders, President Jacob Zuma, invites members of the public to nominate persons from all walks of life that they believe deserve to receive the country’s highest honours, the National Orders, in April next year.The next…

PROPOSAL TO GRANT ZUMA AMNESTY FOR ALLEGED CRIMES SHOT DOWN

JOHANNESBURG, A proposed plan to rescue President Jacob Zuma from future prosecution and unify the ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), before the party holds leadership election this December, has been met with scepticism of political co…

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