Senegal is on the front lines of the global climate challenge and will play a critical role in leading Africa’s response, Patrick Verkooijen – CEO of the Global Center on Adaptation (https://GCA.org) said in closing…
Download logoThe Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, concluded a two-day visit to Kenya on 13 May where he saw first-hand the devastating impact of a fourth consecutive failed rainy season…
Download logoArmed Islamist groups and government security forces and militia in Burkina Faso are committing increased abuses against civilians as the conflict there intensifies and widens, Human Rights Watch said today. The Burkina Faso government, which took…
Business Wire IndiaMembers of the steering group for Envoy Gateway (EG), including Envoy creator Matt Klein and representatives from Ambassador Labs, Fidelity Investments, Tetrate, and VMware, Inc., today announced their joint commitment to the project,…
Download logoThe ECA Sub-Regional Office for Southern (SRO-SA) in collaboration with the Angolan Government and the United Nations Resident Coordinator’s Office in Angola held a side event at the margins of the 54th session of the…
Download logoThe Sokoto State Government has declared 24-hour curfew to help stem the ongoing protests embarked upon by Muslim youth in the state capital on Saturday. During the protest, groups of youths led by some…
Download logoPresident Wavel Ramkalawan this morning met the new President of UAE, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, where he presented condolences on behalf of the people of Seychelles, the government and in his personal…
Download logo President Cyril Ramaphosa is leading government’s engagement with the Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry in eThekwini this on morning, Sunday, 15 May 2022. The meeting takes place in response to the Chamber’s…
Download logo The disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic pushed an estimated 55 million Africans into extreme poverty in 2020 and reversed more than two decades of progress in poverty reduction on the continent. This…
Download logo Botshabelo residents are hopeful that the Housing Consumer Protection Bill will assist in preventing the building of RDP houses in the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality on unsuitable land prone to waterlogging. Residents were addressing…
Download logo President Isaias Afwerki sent a message of congratulation to Sheik Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan today, 14 May, for his election as President of the United Arab Emirates. In his message, President Isaias…
Download logo The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos (www.LagosArchdiocese.org), Most Rev. Alfred Adewale Martins has condemned in very strong terms the stoning and killing of Deborah Yakubu in Sokoto State by a mob of overzealous students…
Download logo Following the passing of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates yesterday, the President of the Republic of Seychelles, Mr Wavel Ramkalawan formally conveyed his sympathy…
Download logo The South African Minister of Social Development, Ms Lindiwe Zulu, accompanied by the MECs of Social Development will on Sunday, 15 May 2022 visit a Durban based Child and Youth Care Centre ahead of the…
Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has backed calls for more resources for the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) to accelerate its transformative role across the continent. President Akufo-Addo received the African Development Bank Group president, Dr….
Ghanaian Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta on Thursday emphasized the nation’s partnership with the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) in its development as he addressed journalists at a press conference to publicize the institution’s upcoming annual meetings….
Download logo The head of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today called on G7 nations to help anticipate future food shortages, as the war in Ukraine squeezes supplies, pushes prices to…
Download logo Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a natural phenomenon in which microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites adapt to antimicrobial agents and cause medications to be ineffective for its curing purpose. For the…
The global economy could increase by more than $140 trillion a year [1], or 1.5 times the annual global GDP, if the objectives of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) are achieved, participants…
Download logo A UN human rights expert today welcomed progress in strengthening Mauritania’s legal framework and building the political will to combat slavery, but cautioned that much work still lay ahead. At the end of…