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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) races to support new Congolese arrivals in Burundi as…
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has rapidly mobilized additional assistance in Burundi to support the large influx of families…
Minister of State for International Cooperation Meets Foreign Minister of Burkina Faso
HE Minister of State for International Cooperation Maryam bint Ali bin Nasser Al Misnad met Monday with HE Minister of Foreign…
Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita Holds Talks in Rabat with United Nations…
Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, MFA Nasser Bourita met, on Monday in Rabat, with the UN…
11th Regional Forum on Sustainable Development to focus on driving jobs and economic growth
The Eleventh Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD-11) is set to take place in Kampala, Uganda,…
Eritrea: Youth Organizations Week in the Southern Region
The Youth Organizations Week, organized by the National Union of Eritrean Youth and Students branch in the Southern Region and…
Eritrea: President Isaias Met and Held Talks with Omani Foreign Minister
President Isaias Afwerki received, at the Denden Guest House in the mid-afternoon hours today, the Foreign Minister of Oman, Mr.…
South Africa: Water and Sanitation on opening six valves at Vaal Dam
Vaal River system update: 6 valves opened at Vaal Dam to increase outflows and manage levels, Bloemhof releases at 400 mᵌ/s
The…
Ghana: Vice President (VP) Opoku-Agyemang chairs Armed Forces Council
Vice President Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang is chair of the newly appointed Armed Forces Council. Established under Article 211 of…
United Nations (UN) experts on people of African descent to visit Suriname
The UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent will conduct a country visit to Suriname from 24 March to 2 April…
Mainstreaming Progressive Control Pathways for Animal Trypanosomiasis in Africa
Today, the Inter African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) begins a three-day pivotal workshop in Mombasa, Kenya. This event…
Africa: We must do more to break barriers for rural women farmers and address the deeply rooted in…
Every planting season, women in our villages wake up before dawn, their hands rough from years of tilling the land. They labour…
South Africa: Johannesburg shows how people and planet gain from greener cities
The sun has set in Johannesburg, South Africa and Nntuthuzelo Ndwandwa, 39, is returning home from her job as a customer care…
Mali: United Nations (UN) experts call for immediate and unconditional release of three political…
UN experts* today called for the immediate and unconditional release of political activists Moulaye Baba Haïdara, Mahamoud Mohamed…
Uganda: Members of Parliament (MPs) call for stringent enforcement of laws on drug dispensation
Members of Parliament on the Parliamentary Forum on Antimicrobial Resistance have called on the Government to double their efforts…
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), European Union (EU) and British Council join…
The 4th Steering Committee Meeting of the EU-ECOWAS Scholarship Programme on Sustainable Energy took place on March 20,2025,…
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Concludes Regional Tourism Training in Banjul…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has successfully concluded a five-day high-level regional training workshop…
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and Japan support Angola to strengthen food and water…
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a contribution of US$ 2 million from the Government of Japan to support…
Ghana Committed to International Monetary Fund (IMF) Programme, Advancing Debt Restructuring –…
Ghana’s Finance Minister, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to fulfilling the conditions of the…
Cameroon: African Development Bank Group approves €330 million loan to upgrade Ngaoundéré-Garoua…
The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has given the green light to a loan of €330.48 million to Cameroon to redevelop…
Ghana and United Kingdom (UK) Strengthen Economic Ties: Finance Minister Hosts United Kingdom (UK)…
The Minister for Finance, Hon. Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has reaffirmed Ghana’s commitment to deepening economic cooperation with…
All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) Partners BridgeAfric, the United Nations Educational, Scientific,…
Lagos is set to welcome top music business leaders, celebrities, business executives, and creative industry professionals from…
South Africa: Ministry confirms meeting with Ambassador Rasool
The Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation confirms that Minister Ronald Lamola has met with Ambassador Ebrahim…
Deputy Speaker Warns Against Sectarianism
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has cautioned against sectarianism based on religion.
Speaking at the…
Médecins sans frontières (MSF) delivering lifesaving care in Upper Nile State amid ongoing violence…
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is alarmed by the escalating armed clashes in South Sudan’s Upper Nile…
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Meets Minister of Foreign Affairs of Burkina Faso
HE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi met on Monday with HE Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional…
United Against Tuberculosis: Ghana’s Private and Public Health Sectors Join Forces
For weeks, Mansah, a resident of a suburb of Kumasi, Ghana’s second-largest city, had been battling a persistent cough, fever, and…
Africa: Unpacking the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) tax conundrum
The issue of how much, or how little to tax the ICT sector to optimise performance of the economy, improve digital access and…
World Health Organization (WHO) calls for renewed commitment to eradicate tuberculosis
On World Tuberculosis Day, March 24, the World Health Organization (WHO) encourages Member States to step up their commitment and…
Egypt: President El-Sisi Receives Credential Letters of 23 New Ambassadors
Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi received the credential letters of 23 new ambassadors to the Arab Republic of Egypt.…
Togo makes progress in the fight against tuberculosis
In January 2024, Yao*, a 67-year-old farmer living in Agou, about 100 kilometres north-west of Lomé, experienced unusual…