Lagos – The United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) and the Movement for African Refugees in Nigeria (MAREN) held an Interactive Forum with journalists, in Lagos today, to discuss sundry issues of crime against humanity, as part of the global solidarity with the people of Rwanda to commemorate the 14th anniversary of the 1994 genocide in that country,

Lagos – The United Nations Information Centre (UNIC), United Nations Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and the Women’s Optimum Development Foundation (WODEF) held an interactive forum on ‘Investing in Women and Girls’ in Lagos today, to commemorate  this year’s International Women’s Day.

Pretoria, South Africa – Sixteen UN information centres (UNICs) in sub-Saharan Africa, marking World Information Society Day, today launched new websites in an effort to bring the work of the United Nations closer to its local constituencies around the continent.