Geneva, Kampala, New York, Tuesday 24 December 2013

The World African Diaspora Union (WADU) sends it deep felt condolences to the immediate and extended family members of Baba John Watusi Branch. Baba J. Watusi Branch made his transition to the world of the Ancestors at 7:00 a.m. on December 28, 2013.

November 26, 2013-Greenpeace Africa and the Oakland Institute are alarmed by the decision of the Cameroonian government to award US agribusiness company Herakles Farms a three-year provisional land lease to develop a palm oil plantation in the Southwest region of the country.

GENEVA (3 December 2013) – A group of United Nations Special Rapporteurs today urged the Government of Kenya to reject legislation that would impose severe restrictions on civil society.

The Africa Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) is considering the adoption of a regional legal framework on Plant variety protection that will criminalise farmers' rights and undermine seed systems in the ARIPO region.

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Upinde is a Kiswahili word for rainbow. The change of award name represents diversity, sovereignty and inclusion

The Awards Gala night will be in Nairobi on December 13, 2013 starting 7pm

To: Representatives of African States to the United Nations in New York
Ministries of Foreign Affairs of African States

18th November 2013

Dominican authorities have started to implement the controversial ruling 0168-13 issued on 23 September by the Dominican Constitutional Court (Tribunal Constitucional) backdated to 1929, which in practice deprives people of foreign descent of their Dominican nationality, with the consequence of m