Development
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Peace, stabilisation programme in Ituri, DR Congo targets women, minorities
Jul 6, 2016News Hour: Over 750 women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)’s volatile north-eastern province of Ituri have set up agricultural cooperatives and small businesses as part of an inclusive programme called ‘Peace is the... -
IOM, African population and health research Center renew cooperation agreement
Jul 6, 2016News Hour: IOM last week renewed its cooperation agreement with the Nairobi-based African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC). Speaking at the signing ceremony at APHRC, IOM Southern Africa Regional Director Josiah Ogina said: “This agreement... -
Effects of social networks on Kuwait labour market
Jul 6, 2016News Hour: IOM Kuwait has launched a study on the effects of social networks on Kuwait’s labour market. The launch also doubled as a consultation for 15 government officials from the country’s Public Authority for Manpower... -
UN special envoy Mary Robinson on trip to Ethiopia with Concern worlwide
Jul 6, 2016News Hour: UN Special Envoy for El Niño and Climate, Mary Robinson, is on a three-day trip to Ethiopia with Concern Worldwide, Trocaire and Goal Global at the moment. Ethiopia is currently facing its worst drought... -
How transparent are the worlds biggest emerging market companies?
Jul 6, 2016News Hour: Transparency International, the global anti-corruption group, will examine transparency levels of emerging market companies in a new study to be released on Monday, 11 July 2016. Now in its second edition, Transparency in Corporate... -
AHM Bazlur Rahman made Jury Member of Hans Verploeg Awards to select Newcomer of the Year in Journalism
Jul 6, 2016CEO of BNNRC Mr. AHM Bazlur Rahman who is also a celebrity community media policy advocate and journalist has been selected for the second time as one of the member in a jury panel in... -
UC Berkeley family mourned at campus vigil for Tarishi Jain
Jul 6, 2016News Hour: Under suitably somber skies, a few hundred students, staff and faculty gathered on Sproul Plaza on Tuesday to mourn the death, and celebrate the life, of Tarishi Jain, the Berkeley student killed in last... -
Call to the heads of governments participating in the Western Balkan Summit
Jul 6, 2016News Hour: At the occasion of the third Western Balkans Summit, today in Paris, AEDH, EuroMed Rights and the FIDH denounce the complete denial by the head of States in relation to the issue of the... -
South Korean court unjustly sentences labour rights leader to five years in prison
Jul 6, 2016News Hour: The Observatory, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) strongly condemn the sentencing today of KCTU President Mr. Sang-gyun Han to an unprecedented five years in prison and... -
Improving efficiency and transparency in land administration services
Jul 6, 2016News Hour: Reform of Vietnam’s land administration services got a boost today with the approval by the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors of a $150 million credit for the Vietnam Improved Land Governance and Database...
