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Blind Ethiopian Activist Battles for the Disabled
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Yetnebersh Nigussie’s first battle for disability rights was in law school, when she successfully pushed university administrators to provide Braille textbooks for blind students such as herself.
Not long after,…
Somalia Opens Counterextremism Center
VOICE OF AMERICA
Somalia’s government has launched a digital counterextremism center that aims to dissuade young Somalis from supporting militant groups such as al-Shabaab and ISIS.
The Somali Ministry of Information said the center…
U.N. Moves to Reform peacekeeping missions
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The United Nations Security Council has backed reforms to reduce inefficiencies, corruption and abuse in far-flung peacekeeping operations.
Although many peacekeeping missions have been hailed as successful —…
French-Led Exercise Seeks Security in Gulf of Guinea
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
The French Navy conducted a series of 10-day regional exercises named African NEMO (Navy’s Exercise for Maritime Operations) from the Dixmude aircraft carrier.
The goal is to prepare more than 20 West African…
Nigerian Lawyer honored for Mediation
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
A Nigerian lawyer who helped secure the release of more than 100 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in Chibok was awarded one of the United Nations’ top prizes.
Zannah Mustapha was given the annual Nansen Refugee…
AU Marks Progress in Establishing Peace Fund
SABC
The African Union announced it has begun collecting funds from member states as part of a larger effort to pay for peacekeeping on the continent.
Dr. Donald Kaberuka, AU high representative for the financing of the Peace Fund,…