Month: November 2023

Members of Parliament have urged government through the Ministry of Works and Transport to ensure that ongoing works to improve road infrastructure cover all areas of the country. This follows a call by Speaker, Anita Among, who commended Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) for patching up roads in the city but advised that this be pushed across all city roads. “KCCA is doing a good job but they are only […]

Liquid Intelligent Technologies (https://www.Liquid.Tech), a business of Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, will receive R450 million in funding from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) each for its South African operations. The total investment of R900 million will support universal and affordable broadband access in the Eastern Cape Fibre Project.  “The support and investment we have received from IFC and RMB underscores our collective commitment […]

HE President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Dennis Francis met with HE the Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations Sheikha Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al-Thani, HE the Permanent Representative of Libya as Chairman of the Arab League Group, and HE the Permanent Representative of Mauritania as Chairman of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Group.  The three delegates formally submitted, on behalf of […]

President Isaias returned back home at mid-day, today, 15 November, concluding fruitful visit to Riyadh where he attended the Saudi Arabia-Africa Summit which was convened on 10 November in Riyadh under the theme “Productive Partnership”. During his stay in Saudi Arabia, President Isaias met and held talks with Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of the Republic of Egypt, […]

“Let me reiterate that the call for reparations is not a plea for alms, but a valid demand for justice. If reparations can rightfully be paid to victims and descendants of the victims of the Holocaust, so can reparations also be paid to the descendants of the victims of the Slave Trade. It has been four hundred (400) years, and we want closure to this tragedy.” These were the words […]

“Empowering youth for sustainable peace” was the grand theme and objective when the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) invited some of these young women and men in Terekeka to a three-day conference on how to increase their participation in decision-making processes both locally and at the state and national levels. Some, like Assunta Paul, Chairlady of the town’s Women’s Association, were more optimistic than others. “Seeing them all […]

Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met with Prime Minister, Dr. Moustafa Madbouly, and Minister of International Cooperation, Rania Al-Mashat. Spokesman for the Presidency, Counselor Ahmed Fahmy, said the meeting followed-up on the latest developments in cooperation at the regional and international levels to address the development challenges emanating from the successive global crises. These crises reflected the need to review the rules of operation of multilateral financing institutions, in order […]

Following the outbreak of conflict in Sudan in April 2023, plunging nearly half the population into a humanitarian crisis, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) distributed nearly 10 000 tonnes of seeds to 1 million farming households – or 5 million people – in time for the critical planting season from June to September 2023. This was made possible thanks to the generous support of its […]