The International Committee of the Red Cross  is hosting its inaugural Global Conference on Military Personnel Identification - in  South Africa's capital Pretoria
The event convenes over 60 representatives from armed forces across more than 40 countries - and aims to leverage battlefield experiences to formulate international guidelines designed to minimize the number of military personnel who are unaccounted for or unidentified.
To provide more insight on this - we are joined on the line by Stephen Fonseca - Head of the African Centre for Medicolegal Systems - at the International Committee of the Red Cross .

The International Committee of the Red Cross  is hosting its inaugural Global Conference on Military Personnel Identification - in  South Africa's capital Pretoria The event convenes over 60 representatives from armed forces across more than 40 countries - and aims to leverage battlefield experiences to formulate international guidelines designed to minimize the number of military personnel who are unaccounted for or unidentified. To provide more insight on this - we are joined on the line by Stephen Fonseca - Head of the African Centre for Medicolegal Systems - at the International Committee of the Red Cross .

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The International Committee of the Red Cross  hosts inaugural Global Conference on Military Personnel Identification

Now to look at some of the stories making headlines in the East Africa region, we speak to Journalist and Team Leader at Grassroot Journalism Kenya, Dennis Beru

Now to look at some of the stories making headlines in the East Africa region, we speak to Journalist and Team Leader at Grassroot Journalism Kenya, Dennis Beru

Team Leader at Grassroot Journalism Kenya, Dennis Beru zooms in some of east Africa's top stories 

Channel Africa hosted the first ever Africa Matters Summit on 25 March in Johannesburg, South Africa. The aim of the summit was to engage and find solutions on critical issues of development in the African continent. This year's focus was on climate change "financing Africa's recovery". Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to Khabonina Masango who is a member of the climate team at WWF South Africa…

Channel Africa hosted the first ever Africa Matters Summit on 25 March in Johannesburg, South Africa. The aim of the summit was to engage and find solutions on critical issues of development in the African continent. This year's focus was on climate change "financing Africa's recovery".&nbsp;Tsepiso Makwetla spoke to Khabonina Masango who is a member of the climate team at WWF South Africa&hellip;

Green washing highlighted as part of challenges facing Africa's climate financing landscape 

On The Discourse this morning, we turn our attention to the future of Africa, a new generation of thinkers, artists, researchers, and storytellers is asking an urgent question: What does it mean to imagine African futures through African lenses? The  Africa Foresight Network is hosting the ongoing Origins & Horizons: Weaving from African Futures conference, currently underway in Johannesburg, South Africa. At the centre of the gathering is a powerful question: If we anchor futures thinking in African worldviews, can we transform foresight from a borrowed theoretical exercise into a deeply rooted culture of anticipation? To help us answer that question, Peter Ndoro spoke to Professor Suyi Davies Okungbowa, Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Ottawa, in Canada

On The Discourse this morning, we turn our attention to the future of Africa, a new generation of thinkers, artists, researchers, and storytellers is asking an urgent question: What does it mean to imagine African futures through African lenses? The &nbsp;Africa Foresight Network is hosting the ongoing Origins &amp; Horizons: Weaving from African Futures conference, currently underway in Johannesburg, South Africa. At the centre of the gathering is a powerful question: If we anchor futures thinking in African worldviews, can we transform foresight from a borrowed theoretical exercise into a deeply rooted culture of anticipation? To help us answer that question, Peter Ndoro spoke to Professor Suyi Davies Okungbowa, Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Ottawa, in Canada

As Africans, we should not willfully give the speculation about our future to non-Africans:  Professor Suyi Davies Okungbowa prepares for Origins & Horizons: Weaving from African Futures conference 

The International Committee of the Red Cross hosts inaugural Global Conference on Military Personnel Identification

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