Download logoSocial media platforms are increasingly continuing to shape political and social interactions in societies, and people’s perceptions of reality. This increasing prominence of social media indicates the strides towards digital innovation, and advancement of…
Download logoThe Staff-Monitored Program (SMP) will help to build a strong track record of policy and reform implementation, possibly paving the way for an IMF-supported program; the six-month SMP will support the government’s program of…
Download logoOver the past several decades, climate change has led to major disasters in Eastern Africa countries including Tanzania. From floods, chronic droughts, landslides, strong winds and earthquakes to their secondary impacts of diseases and…
Download logoThe Government of Rwanda, the African Union and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency on 14 October 2021 signed the First Addendum and extension to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated 10 September 2019 between…
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Sub-Regional Office for Southern Africa in collaboration with the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Secretariat and the Zimbabwe Ministry of Industry and Commerce organized sensitization workshops…
Download logoOver two hundred young Cameroonian girls between the ages of 12 and 25 participated in a one-day Connected Girls Innovation Fair organised on 29 October in Yaounde by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)…
Senior military and police officers of the Africa Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on Thursday visited AMISOM troops in Barawe, South West State, to assess troop morale, welfare and preparedness in securing the upcoming parliamentary…
“I have been dismayed and heartbroken seeing the catastrophic level of damage to our people and properties due to senseless conflict among communities who were once like family,” said Mawan Dhur Riak, a community leader…
Download logoThe Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation, and Moroccans Abroad, Mr. Nasser Bourita, welcomed, on October 29, 2021, the resolution 2602 of the United Nations Security Council, saying it reinforces the achievements of the…
Download logoMr. Mahamat Saleh ANNADIF, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) and Mr. François Louncény FALL, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and…
Download logoBen Zaid Hospital welcomed on Monday, October 11, an emergency medical team from the UK MED, through the Secretariat Emergency Medical Team (EMT) of the World Health Organization (WHO). The deployment of this team…
Download logo“We are sure that our battalion will face many challenges as we go about our duties in South Sudan, but we vow to uphold the values of the United Nations,” said Brigadier-General Robert Yaw…
Continuing her travels across Ethiopia, U.S. Ambassador Geeta Pasi visited Hawassa. During her daylong visit, the Ambassador met with business leaders, workers, academics, and journalists to talk about U.S. government programs and as well as to hear from…
Download logoThe appointment of the next Director-General of the World Health Organization will take place at the Seventy-fifth World Health Assembly in May 2022 (WHA75). The Director-General is WHO’s chief technical and administrative officer. The election process…
The Benjamin Mkapa African Wildlife Photography Awards exhibition launched with the announcement of the Grand Prize Winner and 16 category awardees. The global competition received close to 9,000 entries from 50 countries worldwide, including 10…
Download logoSudanese authorities must stop security forces from using unnecessary, including lethal, force against protesters opposed to the military takeover, withdraw the military from law-enforcement operations, and respect the right to freedom of peaceful assembly,…
Download logoThe Chadian government has failed to take any responsibility for its security forces’ abusive use of force against peaceful protesters in the capital N’Djamena on October 2, 2021, Human Rights Watch said today. The right to…
Download logoThe Government has channeled strategic financial investments to the health sector geared towards health systems strengthening, both at national and County levels to accelerate attainment of Universal Health Coverage. Speaking at Gatundu Level Four…
Download logoInternational Organization for Migration (IOM) Deputy Director General Ugochi Daniels today lauded Niger’s leadership assisting vulnerable migrants, thousands of whom find themselves stranded in the West African country ever year. “Niger is a champion country…
The African Energy Chamber (AEC) (EnergyChamber.org) is proud to announce that Equatorial Guinea’s Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons (MMH) has been confirmed as a diamond sponsor at African Energy Week (AEW) 2021, taking place in…