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Download logoLaetitia Bader Senior Researcher, Africa Division Security Council Blocks Measure Jeopardizing Aid Six United Nations Security Council members have blocked a bid by Kenya to impose additional counterterrorism sanctions on the Islamist armed group Al-Shabab in…

Download logoThe Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Maldives, His Excellency Abdulla Shahid has met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade of Mauritius, His Excellency Nandcoomar Bodha. At…

Download logoOn 28 August 2019 H.E. Mr. Habib El Malki, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Kingdom of Morocco met with H.E. Mr. Don Pramudwinai, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of…

Download logoThe Committee to Protect Journalists and 14 other human rights and freedom of expression organizations sent an open letter to Pope Francis yesterday, on the eve of his three-day visit to Mozambique, urging the pontiff to…

The burgeoning African gaming market has been spearheaded by a number of countries in recent years with South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania widely deemed as the leading markets on the continent. Thanks to…

Download logoTwo education projects serving Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Liberia have been recognized as WISE Awards winners for their work in education. The World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) (www.WISE-Qatar.org), a Qatar Foundation (QF)…

Lesotho Rugby Union played host to Mozambique and Eswatini Rugby Unions for the second edition of Rugby Africa (http://www.RugbyAfrique.com/) Sevens, Southern Region. The tournament was held in the Tabaseka District of the Kingdom of Lesotho….

Download logoH.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, has received Liberia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gbehzohngar Milton. During the meeting, held at the ministry in Abu Dhabi, they…

Download logo Shri Jaideep Sarkar (IFS:1987), presently High Commissioner of India to the Republic of South Africa, has been concurrently accredited as the next High Commissioner of India to the Kingdom of Lesotho, with residence…

Health services must integrate a stronger focus on ensuring optimum nutrition at each stage of a person’s life, according to a new report released by the World Health Organization (WHO). It is  estimated that the right investment…

Africa’s growth remains uneven, with East Africa out-pacing the rest of the continent; The continent grew 3.8% in 2018, with Sub-Saharan Africa rising somewhat slower, at 2.6%; FDI into Africa remains small by global standards,…

African business leaders are less optimistic about the strength of the global economy and their organisations’ ability to grow revenues in both the short and medium term than they were a year ago. A quarter…

The Ghana Rugby (https://GhanaRugby.org/) Board yesterday approved a revised version of its logo during a Board meeting that was conducted via Skype with members situated in four different cities. According to the President of Ghana…

Download logoThe Fifth Senior Officials’ Meeting between Bangladesh and South Africa was held in Dhaka today, 03 September 2019. During the meeting, both sides expressed satisfaction over the positive evolution and intensification of the bilateral…

Download logoIn coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, U.S. Africa Command conducted an airstrike targeting an al-Shabaab terrorist in the vicinity of Jilib, Somalia, on Sept. 3. “We continue to place pressure on terrorist…

Download logoFIFA invests in TV production to give fans all over the world a chance to watch the first round of qualifiers; First round of CAF qualifiers for Qatar 2022 start this week; Live stream…