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KENYAN WOMEN MARCH FOR PEACE
25 Oct Kenyan women march for peace - http://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-africa-41513711 Wearing white scarves, women have marched through Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, to call for peace as fear grows that tomorrow’s presidential election …
News Briefs 20 October 2017
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe To Slash Budget Deficit Despite Looming Elections Zimbabwe plans to cut its budget deficit by half next year to 4% of GDP, the national Treasury said, an ambitious goal at a time when the country is expected to hold a …
25th Anniversary of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - 17 Oct 2017
On the 17 of October 2017, the Southern Africa Trust convened an event to mark the 25th Anniversary of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. In the picture, SALO’s Deputy Director Dr Showers Mawowa (standing) hands over …
News Briefs 13 October 2017
Democratic Republic of Congo Congo Elections Won’t Be Held Before April 2019 Elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo that were due last year won’t be held before April 2019, the electoral commission said, a delay that undermines a …
The African Policy Circle Meeting 5-6 Oct 2017
AU Agenda 2063 and Africa Peace and Security SALO is part of the Africa Policy Circle (APC), a network of African Civil Society and Policy Think tanks to contribute collaboratively to Africa’s development, Gender equality and the …
News Briefs 06 October 2017
Swaziland Swaziland seeks new markets as EU sugar quota ends Swaziland is searching for new regional markets for its sugar following the end of a quota system that limited production by European Union countries for the past 50 years, an …
News Briefs 29 September 2017
Sudan Al Bashir extends helping hand to South Sudan Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir has extended a helping hand to South Sudan saying his government will pull out all the stops to ensure that there is a lasting peace and stability in …
The Role of SADC in the Elimination of Poverty -28 September 2017
On the 28th September 2017, the Southern African Liaison Office (SALO) together with the African Union Student Alliance (AUSA) hosted a seminar at the University of Pretoria. The purpose of the event was to allow students to engage with Pan …
Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue “From G20 to BRICS: Civil Society Engagement and Government Perspectives” - 14 Sept 2017
On the 14th of September 2017 SALO co-hosted a Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue with the Economic Justice Network (EJN) of the Fellowship of Christian Councils in Southern Africa and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung South Africa (FES) entitled “From …
News Briefs 22 September 2017
Somalia Over 50 killed, thousands displaced in Somalia clashes Dozens have been killed, and over 55 000 ethnic Oromos have fled from Ethiopia’s Somali region, after a week of clashes between Oromos and Somalis. AP reported on Monday that …
News Briefs 15 September 2017
Democratic Republic of Congo DR Congo: Children’s access to education under threat from ongoing violence in Kasai region A large campaign to get 150,000 primary school-aged children back to the classroom has kicked off in the volatile Kasai …
News Briefs 08 September 2017
Democratic Republic of Congo Democratic Republic of Congo: Government must deliver on pledge to end child mining labour by 2025 In response to the commitment made this week by the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to …
News Briefs 01 September 2017
Democratic Republic of Congo DRC temporarily bans import of key consumer goods Authorities have banned imports of several popular consumer products in the west of the Democratic Republic of Congo for six months to fight smuggling, Trade …
SALO and Pan-African Parliament enter 3 year MoU - 11 August 2017
On the 11th of August 2017, SALO entered into a three year MoU with the Pan-African Parliament to strengthen civic engagement with the Parliament. PAP sees this as an important step to strengthen the representation capacity of the African …
Dialogue Online No2 of 2017- "The Role of the International Community in South Sudan" by Ms Emmaculate Asige, 19 July 2017
As shown by cases such as the Rwandan Genocide, the international community’s reaction to African civil wars has often been too weak, too little and/or too late. However, since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in 2005, …
News Briefs - 14 July 2017
Democratic Republic of Congo UN: Another 38 probable mass graves found in DR Congo Another 38 probable mass graves have been found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where violence between troops and armed fighters has killed thousands of …
South Sudan's million-strong refugee crisis is a test for the World Bank
“Around half a million of the refugees that have crossed the border into Uganda from South Sudan are children. They have been fleeing at the rate of one a minute for the past year, putting additional strain on an already stretched Ugandan …
News Briefs - 7 July 2017
Democratic Republic of Congo The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo is over After a 42-day period without any new cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo …
News Briefs 30 June 2017
Democratic Republic of Congo Congo violence fuels fears of return to 90s bloodbath Thousands of people have been killed and more than a million displaced in the most severe outbreak of violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo in recent …