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DDG Hill discusses WTO accessions at Horn of Africa Initiative ministerial meeting
World Trade Organization
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April 23, 2025
Four Horn of Africa countries - Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan and South Sudan - are currently negotiating their accession to the WTO. This is half of the total number of African countries seeking to join the WTO and some of the most active in the WTO...
ITALY: Opening of Cutro shipwreck trial ― Court orders Italy to pay compensation to people held on coastguard vessel ― Journalists’ union launches legal action against government over spyware hacking ― NGOs condemn ‘illegitimate’ detention centres in A…
European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
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March 13, 2025
A criminal trial related to the Cutro shipwreck has opened in Crotone. Italy has been ordered to pay compensation to a group of people who were prevented from disembarking from an Italian coastguard ship. The Italian National Press Federation...
AIDA Country Report on Belgium – Update on 2024
European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
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June 18, 2025
|Published on: 18th June 2025|Categories: News| The updated AIDA Country Report on Belgium provides a detailed overview on legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum applicants and...
President Jimmy Carter: A Century of Kindness and Humanitarian Leadership
EIN Presswire
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January 9, 2025
Life for Relief and Development (LIFE) Reflects on the Humanitarian Work of the late Former President Jimmy Carter SOUTHFIELD, MI, UNITED STATES, January 9, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, was...
BOSS Money Expands Remittance Service to Venezuela, Brazil, and Eritrea
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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January 15, 2025
Zero-fee App Transfers to Venezuela New Funding Option for Retail Customers Newark, NJ, Jan. 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BOSS Money, the remittance and payments brand of IDT Corporation (NYSE: IDT), today announced three new destination countries...
Deputy Minister David Mahlobo lauds contribution from various countries to South Africa’s democracy and water and sanitation sector
South African Government
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December 10, 2024
Water and Sanitation Deputy Minister, David Mahlobo has acknowledged partnerships with the international communities with regards to their contribution in the South African water sector, which guaranteed a sustainable and equitable supply of water...
Research reveals legal loopholes and victim-blaming enable sexual violence to go unpunished in Africa
EIN Presswire
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November 28, 2024
Equality Now's new report reveals how flawed laws, weak implementation, and victim-blaming are preventing rape survivors from accessing justice in Africa. NAIROBI, KENYA, November 28, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Across Africa, rape is one of the...
VAIOT Launches Legal Torch to Democratize Access to Affordable Legal Support
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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November 22, 2024
Birkirkara, Malta, Nov. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- VAIOT, a company providing AI-driven Legal Tech solutions, announced the launch of its latest product, “Legal Torch," in Malta (EU). Legal Torch is the company's first step into an ambitious...
SocialBoxBiz Tackling UN's Alarming 82M Tonne E-Rubbish Surge with Mac-Book and Old Tech Reuse Drive For UK Companies With Case Studies
EIN Presswire
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June 12, 2025
Plan Now for Regulatory and E-Rubbish Mountain Impact update from SocialBoxBiz. LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM, June 12, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- SocialBox.Biz Announces a Socialbox for Every IT-Manager and CIO As Per UN Report On The...
UK: More Deaths in Channel ― France Calls for EU-UK Migration Treaty ― Prime Minister Praises Italy’s Efforts in Reducing Irregular Migration ― NGOs Denounce Government Proposal to Involve them in Resettling Deportees ― Inquiry Chair Criticises Governm…
European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
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September 20, 2024
Twenty people have died in two separate incidents in the Channel in September. France’s interior minister has called for a for a migration treaty between the UK and the EU, while the UK has announced additional funding for border security. Prime...
US puts seven African nations on blacklist
MENAFN
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June 15, 2025
(MENAFN) President Donald Trump has implemented a travel ban affecting nationals from seven African countries — Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Libya, Somalia, and Sudan — citing terrorism risks and high visa overstay...
AIDA Country Report on Switzerland – Update on 2024
European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
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May 15, 2025
|Published on: 15th May 2025|Categories: News| The updated AIDA Country Report on Switzerland provides a detailed overview on legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum applicants...
Trump enacts entry ban on third world countries
MENAFN
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June 12, 2025
(MENAFN) In a move citing national security threats, former U.S. President Donald Trump signed a proclamation barring citizens from a dozen nations from entering the United States. The measure, announced on a Wednesday, also introduced limited...
Trump prohibits residents of dozen nations from US
MENAFN
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June 11, 2025
(MENAFN) U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a new proclamation barring citizens from 12 countries, including Iran, Afghanistan, and Yemen, from entering the United States. The full travel ban, which will take effect on June 9, cites national...
U.S. Travel Restriction on Sierra Leone – Separating Facts from Fictions
EIN Presswire
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June 7, 2025
Travel Restrictions on Sierra Leone: What Facts are Saying FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE, June 8, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- In keeping with his July 2024 campaign promise to restore the travel ban and refugee admission into the United States upon...
Media reports more African nations face US visa prohibition
MENAFN
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June 19, 2025
(MENAFN) The United States intends to widen its controversial travel restrictions to citizens from 36 additional countries, with 25 of them located in Africa, according to an internal State Department memo reported by The Washington Post over the...
59th session of the Human Rights Council on gender equality and the rights of women and girls
Government of Slovenia
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June 16, 2025
SLOVENIA, June 16 - This year's session of the UN Human Rights Council will focus on gender equality and the prevention of discrimination and violence against women and girls. The Council will also address a number of other key issues, including...
Illegal arrest and detention of Libyan Asset Recovery head reflects worsening Libyan corruption
Middle East Institute
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March 25, 2025
Endemic corruption in Libya continues to deter foreign investment, cripple public services, and erode trust in government. In the past year, Libya fell to its lowest-ever ranking in Transparency International’s 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index,...
Two years on, Sudan’s war seems further than ever from resolution. Can US involvement help peace efforts?
Middle East Institute
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April 14, 2025
Two years on, the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has created the world’s largest humanitarian crisis and wrought terrible destruction: the capital, Khartoum, and other major cities and...
Prolific Alien Smuggler Extradited from Mexico to the United States in Joint Task Force Alpha Investigation
The U.S. Attorney's Office District of Puerto Rico
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February 24, 2025
Extensive coordination and cooperation efforts between U.S. and Mexican law enforcement authorities culminated in the extradition of an alleged alien smuggler who operated in Mexicali on the U.S.-Mexico border for several years as part of an...