Job Opening Posting Title: CHIEF OF SECTION, STATISTICS Job Code Title: CHIEF OF SECTION, STATISTICS Department/Office: ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA Duty Station: ADDIS ABABA Posting Period: 26 October 2016 – 24 December 2016 Job Opening Number: 16-Statistics-ECA-67260-R-Addis Ababa (G) Staffing Exercise N/A APPLY HERE Share on: WhatsApp

Job Opening Posting Title: Economic Affairs Officer Job Code Title: ECONOMIC AFFAIRS OFFICER Duty Station: ADDIS ABABA Posting Period: 25 October 2016 – 23 December 2016 Job Opening Number: 16-Economic Affairs–68866-P-Addis Ababa (R) Staffing Exercise N/A APPLY HERE Share on: WhatsApp

Job Opening Posting Title: CHIEF SCIENTIST Job Code Title: Chief of Service, Programme Management Department/Office: UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME Duty Station: NAIROBI Posting Period: 25 October 2016 – 23 December 2016 Job Opening Number: 16-Programme Management-UNEP-68329-R-Nairobi (R) Staffing Exercise N/A APPLY HERE Share on: WhatsApp

Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | President Barack Obama has extended US sanctions on Sudan for another year, saying Khartoum’s policies remained an “extraordinary threat” to the national security of the United States. Sudan has been subject to a US trade embargo since 1997 for its alleged support for Islamist groups. …

Tanzania’s President John Pombe Magufuli has commended Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta’s nomination of Ambassador Amina Mohamed  for the position of African Union Commission Chair and assured her of Tanzania’s endorsement. Amina Mohamed is Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs. She joins the race after the withdrawal of Uganda’s Dr. Wandira …

Local Africa beat is major attraction in music industry Demand for homegrown contemporary music is sweeping Africa and driving a creative boom in an industry otherwise battered by falling CD sales and rampant piracy. A recent study of the entertainment sector by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) accountants showed rapid earnings growth in …

FRANKLY SPEAKING: The Austrian theoretical physicist Albert Einstein is quoted to have said: “In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity”. Stephen Robert Isabalijja was raised by a single mother and was vending milk at an early age, but that did not stop from succeeding in later life to become …

COMMENT: By Martin M. Lwanga Politics in Africa tends to be a zero sum game where the losers need an ICC to protect their rights The recent decision by the President of Burundi, Peirre Nkurunziza, to sign legislation enabling Burundi to withdrawal from International Court Criminal Court (ICC), followed by …

Washington, United States | AFP |  The White House announced plans Monday for the transfer of power, online power that is — in the form of Twitter and other social media accounts with millions of followers. “The handle @POTUS will be made available to the 45th President of the United …

San Francisco, United States | AFP |  The tablet market shrank in the recently-ended quarter, as shipments of bargain-priced computers with detachable screens hit a record high, according to market analysis firm International Data Corporation. Tablet makers shipped 43 million units in the quarter, down 14.7 percent from the number …