Sentences with phrase «african heads of state»

At their latest African Union (AU) Assembly meeting, held in July, African Heads of State were asked to adopt a draft amended protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights (hereafter «African Court») which would have expanded the jurisdiction of the African Court to include the competence to prosecute individuals for international crimes.

It would be difficult to situate the secretariat in Ghana because the trade agreement has not been ratified, though Ghana is a signatory to the agreement signed by some African heads of state in March this year in Kigali, Rwanda.

He will also attend the Summit of African Heads of State on the sidelines of the Climate Change conference.

The Gambia has formally sworn in its new elected President, Adama Barrow, in front of a crowd of thousands including African heads of state.

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, yesterday, said that President Buhari would join other African heads of state and would participate in the working sessions during the summit.

The President will participate in working sessions and meet with a number of African Heads of State and their European Union counterparts.

He was said to have praised Mr Mahama for supervising one of the best transitions in the history of Africa, insisting that his predecessor's conduct should serve as an example worthy of emulation by all sitting African Heads of State when they fail at the polls.

The US president hosted selected African heads of state including Buhari on Wednesday on the sideline of the United Nations General Assembly.

African heads of state have gathered in Kigali, Rwanda, to sign a free trade agreement that would result in the largest free trade area in terms of participating countries since the formation of the World Trade Organization.

Some African heads of states have arrived in Accra for the inauguration of Ghana's president - elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, on Saturday.

During a fairly convoluted and coincidental setup, she overhears a death threat directed toward a brutal African head of state.

Her world is turned upside down however when she overhears a death threat against an African head of state who is coming to the U.S. to deliver an important address.

After I attended the Intergenerational Dialogue with African Heads of states, which was an event organized within the auspices of the 50th Anniversary of the African Union, I discovered that youth marginalization in Africa is a real issue.

I have already been requested by several African Heads of States to serve as goodwill ambassador for the Congo Basin Forest Ecosystem.

Not exact matches

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame speaks during closing session of the 30th African Union Heads of State and Government Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on January 29, 2018.

Few heads of state have practiced it, with the prominent exception of South African president Nelson Mandela.

South African ministers arrived in the Zimbabwean capital on Thursday for talks involving military figures and Mr Mugabe who, at 93 years old, is the world's oldest head of state.

Forbidden by segregation to compete in an official meet with the state's black champ — a guy everybody called Cornelius Mitchell, who years later would become the first African - American signed by the Washington Redskins, a future Hall of Fame flanker known as Bobby Mitchell — the two boys from Hot Springs met on a track that had gone to seed and went head - to - head in a series of informal races.

President John Dramani Mahama has arrived in Kigali, Rwanda, for the 27th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government.

You mentioned Rwanda earlier, recently it was reported that during the AU meeting in Kigali, Rwanda, Heads of State had approved the use of an African passport.

The move to launch the African passport was reached during the Summit in January this year, with the AU deciding that the passport would be launched in Kigali, starting with Heads of State and Government, with Foreign Ministers, the leadership of the Representatives of the AU Executive Councils and Organs.

Comments: President John Dramani Mahama has arrived in Kigali, Rwanda, for the 27th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government.

At the end of his visit to Kenya on Friday, President Buhari would travel to Addis Ababa for the 26th Summit of African Union Heads of State and Government.

The NY Post reports this morning that a group of African - American Democratic leaders, headed by state Party Co-Chair Keith Wright, are mobilizing to try to erode the support among black voters enjoyed by former Gov. Eliot Spitzer as he heads into the final weeks of his NYC comptroller battle with his primary opponent, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer.

Under his tenure as military head of state, he changed the National Anthem, arguing that the new reflected Nigeria's African essence more than the old.

«During the 26th African Union Summit in Jan. 2016, the heads of states adopted school feeding programmes as a continental strategy to enhance retention and performance of children in schools and to boost income generation and entrepreneurship in local communities.

He launched the African Anti-Corruption Year 2018 during the Opening Ceremony of the 30th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union in the Ethiopian capital.

Previous recipients of the award include former head of the National Urban League Hugh B. Price; New York State Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins; civil rights attorney Mayo Bartlett, co-founder of Safe Passage; and Biondi School Assistant Principal Al Grimes, a member of the first African - American college relay team to win the National Invitational Two Mile Event.

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The delegation headed by Liberian leader Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a Nobel Peace laureate and the current chairwoman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), will include Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, Sierra Leone leader Ernest Bai Koroma and former President John Mahama.

Dabiri - Erewa stated this on Thursday when Dr. Senayon Olaoluwa, the Head, Diaspora and Transnational Studies Programme, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, paid her a courtesy call in Abuja.

Eleven other Heads of State from some African and European countries and some top diplomats are expected in the country Friday ahead of the programme.

«The Acting President also extols the readiness of the former Head of State in accepting to serve as United Nations and African Union's envoy promoting peace and good governance in Africa.

The meeting was ahead of the 26th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union billed to commence on Saturday at the Headquarters of the African Union in Addis Ababa with the theme «2016: African Year of Human Rights with a Particular Focus on the Rights of Women».

The commission will have subpoena power and includes, among others, Robert Abrams, the former state attorney general; Cuomo aide Benjamin Lawsky, who heads up the Department of Financial Services; John Dyson, the former NYPA chairman; former New York City Public Advocate Mark Green; Cuomo ally and Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice; and Rev. Floyd Flake, the politically powerful pastor of Greater Allen African Methodist Episcopal Cathedral in Queens.

The 45th Ordinary Session of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Heads of States and Government starts Thursday in Accra with the menace of Ebola virus expected to feature prominently on the agenda.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday met the United States President, Donald Trump, at a Luncheon in honour of selected African heads on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.

Obama also is holding bilateral meetings with some of the visiting heads of state, which started Sunday afternoon with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, followed by President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan, South African President Jacob Zuma, Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani of Pakistan and Acting President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria.

The deal was signed by representatives of 44 of the 55 African Union member states after its formal launch in Kigali, Rwanda, at an Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union.

The United States, after all, elected Barack Obama as its head of state twice and has seen a highly - privileged section of African - Americans — no less reactionary than their white counterparts — in some of the highest offices of the state (Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Eric Holder, etc.).

While movies featuring black superheroes aren't too much of a novice idea (see Blade, Storm, War Machine, etc.), a film specifically centered on a black superhero with a predominantly Black cast is what's caused such a buzz with Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige stating that «90 percent of the cast is either African or African - American.»

In several African countries, former refugees have become heads of state and government, including Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, South Africa to name but few.

The existence of kindergarten funding among all states in a region (relative to none) was associated with a statistically significant 25 - percentage - point - reduction in the likelihood that an African American child attended Head Start at age five.

Given an enrollment rate of 26 percentage points across the observed cohorts, this estimate implies that state funding for kindergartens essentially eliminated enrollment of African American five - year - olds in Head Start (see Figure 4).

Data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics suggest that the introduction of state funding for kindergarten prompted a reduction in Head Start participation among African Americans.

Cascio found that the introduction of state funding for kindergarten prompted a reduction in Head Start participation among African Americans.

South African president, Jacob Zuma, has become latest head of state to join the ongoing World Tourism Organization and World Travel & Tourism Council Leaders for Tourism Campaign.

South African president, Jacob Zuma, has become latest head of state to join the ongoing World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) Leaders for Tourism Campaign.

Hannah O'Leary, Sotheby's Head of Modern and Contemporary African Art, stated that the auction results «reflect the strength and diversity» of the market for modern & contemporary African art.