Month: November 2023

The office of the African Union Envoy on Women Peace and Security is convening the 4th High Level African Forum on Women, Peace, and Security in Addis Ababa on 13-14 December 2023. The 2-day forum will bring together African women peacebuilders, leaders, and national&regional focal points on Women, Peace, and Security, to advocate for a significant transformation in the current strategies and efforts employed to promote women's involvement and leadership […]

Official Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr. Majed bin Mohammed Al Ansari announced that the talks held by the State of Qatar and the sisterly Arab Republic of Egypt on the details of the implementation plan for the humanitarian pause deal in Gaza between Israel and the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) are continuing and progressing positively. Dr. Al Ansari affirmed that the start of the pause agreed upon […]

The President of the Republic, Mr. Wavel Ramkalawan received the outgoing Ambassador for the Republic of Korea to Seychelles, H.E Ambassador Kang Seokhee for a farewell call at State House this morning. Ambassador Kang Seokhee was accredited to Seychelles on 29th November 2022 and up to now, he has served for 1 year. The President thanked Ambassador Kang Seokhee and expressed his appreciation for his efforts to revitalize and strengthen the […]

African countries still face significant capacity gaps in macroeconomic modeling, despite the huge strides they have made in terms of forecasting, analysis, and effective policy management, a new African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) study has found. The report, Benchmark Macroeconomic Models for Effective Policy Management in Africa, was launched in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa by the Bank Group’s African Development Institute on 18 November on the sidelines of the […]

The carrier-neutral, colocation Tier IV Onix Data Centre in Accra, Ghana, is joining the Angola Cables Global Data Centre Interconnect. This integration will enhance international connectivity in Ghana and Senegal, offering access to 66 additional data centres, 8 OTTs/CDNs, and 21 IXPs. Clients will benefit from a variety of secure digital solutions and managed services through these state-of-the-art facilities. This is part of Onix’ commitment to build a dense eco-system […]

Under sunny skies in Juba, the capital city of the world’s newest nation, Nicholas Haysom, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) briefed members of the press. High on his agenda: Urging this country’s leaders and people to galvanize momentum towards their first post-independence elections. “Looking ahead, it would be impossible to envision free, fair, and credible elections in December 2024, unless […]