Download logoThe Botswana authorities have announced several measures to address the crisis: • Travellers from “high-risk” countries (China, Japan, South Korea, Iran, the United States, the United Kingdom, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, Germany, the…
Download logoSabri Bachtobji, the new Permanent Representative of Tunisia to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. Prior to his appointment…
Download logoLittle has been done to provide people with disabilities with the guidance and support needed to protect them during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, even though many of them are part of the high-risk group,…
Download logoThe African Development Bank Group (https://www.AfDB.org/) on 17 March 2020, announces the debarment of Beulah Universal Link Resources Limited for 36 months and Bluestream Systems and Device Limited for 12 months. Both companies are…
While the African Energy Chamber (www.EnergyChamber.org) has a fundamental belief that we have to let the market work for itself, it encourages African countries that have engaged petroleum operators and local service companies to find…
Download logoEcobank Transnational Incorporated, ETI (https://www.Ecobank.com), the Lomé-based parent company of the Ecobank Group, announces two new appointments and changes on its Board of Directors. Dr. Georges Agyekum Nana Donkor has been appointed as a…
Download logoShri A. Ajay Kumar (IFS:2001), presently Joint Secretary in the Ministry, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Uganda. He is expected to take up the assignment…
Download logoUNSMIL welcomes and joins the call by international partners on all parties to the Libyan conflict to declare an immediate humanitarian cessation of hostilities as well as a halt to the continuing transfer of…
Download logoThe African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has handed over the security responsibilities of a community near the Halane basecamp back to the Federal Government of Somalia. The handover is part of the Somalia…
Download logoLast week the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) started assisting the voluntary return and relocation of displaced populations in Tanganyika province. The Provincial Minister of Humanitarian…
Download logoUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, together with its 36 humanitarian and development partners, today launched a funding appeal of US$290 million to assist more than 300,000 refugees from Burundi in the neighbouring countries. As…
Download logoLocation: Niger, countrywide Event: There is an ongoing outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) first identified in Wuhan, China. The global public health threat posed by COVID-19 is high, with more than 100,000 reported cases worldwide. As of…
Download logoThe Making Finance Work for Africa Partnership (MFW4A) invites researchers and students enrolled in an academic institution to submit an essay on the African financial sector. The call for essays aims to foster a…
Download logoOut of an abundance of caution, and in keeping with the Government of Ghana’s efforts to prevent and contain the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), the U.S. Embassy Accra in Ghana is temporarily suspending routine…
Download logoThe High Commission of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the Republic of South Africa wishes to advise that in light of the Declaration of the National State of Disaster in response to the…
Download logoAfter careful consideration and coordination with exercise participants and African host nation partners, U.S. Africa Command’s Exercise African Lion 2020 has been cancelled. Out of an abundance of caution, the decision to cancel the…
A wooden boat carrying 49 migrants was returned to Libya after becoming stranded in Maltese waters when its engine stopped working. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is alarmed by this apparent breach of international…
Download logoThe members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attack on 15 March 2020 by anti-Balaka elements against the Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) in Grimari…
The Uganda Rugby Union today announced the selection of new head coaches for the women's national rugby teams today. Both coaches bring significant level 2 experience, a passionate commitment towards the development of the sport…
Download logoThe First Vice-President of the Sovereign Council Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Daglo returned home Sunday after a short visit to Egypt which lasted for two days. He was received at Khartoum airport by the…