On its 70th anniversary, FAO sets its eyes firmly on Zero...
Ensuring better nutrition for all and transforming the world’s food systems to ensure their future sustainability represent the two greatest challenges facing FAO as...
Seeds without borders: Using and sharing plant genetic diversity to adapt...
Media release, Addis Ababa: 23 November 2015
11 African countries gathered last week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to implement seed sharing and use to adapt...
Experts on the Sargassum Recommend Measures to Deal with the Algae
ABIDJAN20 Nov 2015 – Regional seaweed experts ended a three-day meeting in Freetown, Sierra Leone, with an 11-point set of recommendations of dealing with...
Germain Katanga’s sentence reduced
Today, 13 November 2015, a Panel of three Judges of the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC), specifically appointed by the Appeals...
New cases of ebola reported in Guinea
According to the WHO, three new confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) were reported in the week to 25 October, all of which...
ICC Judges decline to reduce Mr Thomas Lubanga Dyilo’s sentence
Today, 22 September 2015, three Judges of the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC), specifically appointed by the Appeals Chamber, reviewed Mr Thomas...
ICC: ‘Justice is key to durable peace’
On 21 September 2015, the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or the
“Court”) joins in commemorating the International Day of Peace, a day
devoted to strengthening the...
Bemba et al. case: Trial to open on 29 September 2015
On 22 May 2015, Trial Chamber VII of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Jean-Pierre Bemba Gomboscheduled the opening of the trial in the case...
Ongwen case: Confirmation of charges hearing postponed till 21 January 2016
Today, 6 March 2015, Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC), upon the Prosecutor’s request, postponed the commencement of the confirmation of...
