Egypt: President El-Sisi Meets Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director William Burns
Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met with Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the CIA, Mr. William Burns. The meeting was also attended by Director of the General Intelligence Service, Major General Abbas Kamel. Spokesman for the Presidency, Counselor Ahmed Fahmy, said during the meeting the two sides underscored the robust strategic partnership between Egypt […]
Statement from Global Affairs Canada on the explosion at the High Commission of Canada in Abuja
An explosion took place in a generator room at the High Commission of Canada to Nigeria in Abuja today, killing two people, including a locally engaged employee, and injuring two others. Global Affairs Canada extends its sympathies to the families of those killed and wishes a speedy recovery to those injured. We can confirm all […]
Malawi Takes Bold Steps to Combat Cholera Through Multisectoral Strategy
Malawi is the first country in Africa to utilize the recently updated Global Task Force for Cholera Control tool to identify priority areas for multi-sectoral interventions (PAMIs, also called hotspots) for cholera control. A timely approach as the country embarks on a roadmap to develop a multi-sectoral cholera control strategy. Dr Fred Kapaya, a cholera […]
South Africa: Home Affairs Committee Grant Members Time to Consult on Electoral Commission Amendment Bill [B15-2023]
The Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs has received a briefing and noted the Electoral Commission Amendment Bill, a Private Members Bill introduced by Dr Annelie Lotriet MP, and has resolved to allow members time to consult further on the Bill. The objective of the Bill is to amend the Electoral Commission Act, 1996, to clarify […]
Switzerland Supports World Food Programme’s (WFP) Sudan Crisis Response in Egypt
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Egypt received a first-of-its-kind contribution from the Swiss Development and Cooperation Agency at a total of US$1.4 million to support people who fled the violence in Sudan. The Swiss contribution will enable WFP to sustain its ongoing cash assistance for nearly 6,000 Sudanese living in Aswan, Cairo, […]
Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA’s) 100th Anniversary Türkiye Tanzania Msimbazi Football Pitch Project in Tanzania
Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) started the Dar es Salaam Ilala Municipality’s “100th Anniversary Türkiye-Tanzania Msimbazi Football Pitch” project. As a part of the activities for the 100th anniversary of the Republic of Türkiye, the 100th Anniversary Türkiye-Tanzania Msimbazi Football Pitch Project was carried out. The goal of the project was to turn the clay pitch of Msimbazi […]
Seychelles: President Ramkalawan visits students at the Anse Royale primary school
President Wavel Ramkalawan visited the Anse Royale Primary School this morning. His visit comes after the President received letters from 5 students in P3 class; Raisa Afif, Sienna Oyugi, Kaylenn Quatre, Lexie Nanon and Ellie Nicole requesting that he visits the school and for some educational items. Upon arrival at school, the President was greeted […]
Government is Implementing Policies to Control the Degradation of Ghana’s Coastal Landscape – Vice President Bawumia
The Vice President and newly elected flagbearer of the NPP, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has highlighted a number of interventions the government has undertaken to control the degradation of Ghana’s coastal landscape. Speaking at the third Biennial Conference on Fisheries and Coastal Environment in Accra, on Monday September 6, 2023, Dr. Bawumia said, inspite of the […]
South Africa: Agreement bolsters Western Cape Climate Change Resilience
In a ground-breaking development, and as part of the ongoing commitment of the Western Cape Government to bolster and ensure a strong climate-resilient future for the province, the Western Cape Departments of Agriculture and of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning, yesterday, 7 November 2023, signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the School for Climate […]
Latvia: Ambassador-at-Large Andrejs Pildegovičs takes part in the Ministerial Conference of La Francophonie
On 4 and 5 November 2023 in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, Andrejs Pildegovičs, Ambassador-at-Large, Director of Task Force for Latvia’s candidacy for the United Nations Security Council, represented Latvia at the Ministerial Conference of La Francophonie. The theme of this year’s conference was “Good Governance: A Guarantee of Political, Economic and Cultural Stability for […]
