Month: January 2024

Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya will travel to Abuja and Lagos, Nigeria, and Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire from January 27 to February 3, 2024. In Abuja, Under Secretary Zeya will deepen cooperation on democracy, civilian security, and humanitarian efforts with senior government officials.  Additionally, she will meet with religious leaders, civil society representatives, and labor leaders on freedom of expression and religion, and the protection […]

The Seychelles Defence Forces (SDF) Special Forces and Seychelles Coast Guards on board Coast Guards vessel Topaz led a successful operation to regain control of a Sri Lankan vessel hijacked by armed Somali pirates. Seychellois special military forces boarded the boat with utmost courage to take complete control of the vessel and rescue our Sri Lankan brothers. The Commander in Chief of the Seychelles, President Wavel Ramkalawan has spoken to […]

Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi received a phone call from Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz. Spokesman for the Presidency, Counselor Ahmed Fahmy, said the call focused on the regional situation and the expansion of the cycle of tension in the region. President El-Sisi reviewed Egypt’s unyielding efforts to reach an immediate and urgent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the initiative on the exchange of detainees and hostages. Those aim […]

Two Qatar Armed Forces aircraft arrived Monday in the city of El Arish in the sisterly Arab Republic of Egypt, carrying 41 tons of aid consisting of medical supplies, provided by the State of Qatar, bringing the total number of aircraft sent to 72, carrying a total of 2,144 tons of aid. The aid is part of the State of Qatar's full support to the brotherly Palestinian people currently subjected […]

The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) (www.ITFC-idb.org), a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, signed a US$90 Million Master Murabaha Agreement in favor of the Republic of Djibouti, with the International Hydrocarbons Company of Djibouti (SIHD) as the executing agency. The signing took place between HE. Ilyas Moussa Dawaleh, Minister of Economy&Finance, in charge of Industry, and Eng. Hani Salem Sonbol, CEO of ITFC. The facility aims […]

The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) is concerned by continuing intercommunal clashes that resulted in the death of another United Nations peacekeeper from Pakistan on 28 January. This follows the death of a Ghanaian peacekeeper on 27 January. As part of its mandate to protect civilians, UNISFA has allowed all persons, in imminent threat of danger to seek refuge in some of its camps. Yesterday, while transporting […]

“More than 500,000 people have now fled from the war in Sudan to South Sudan. This means that over 30 per cent of all the refugees, asylum seekers, and ethnic South Sudanese were forced to flee Sudan since the war exploded in April 2023 for protection in one of the poorest places on earth. “We are appalled by the global inaction as countless defenceless civilians are killed and displaced within […]

On the sidelines of this week’s Italy-Africa Summit, the European Commission (EC) and the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) have formalised a new Financial Framework Partnership Agreement to boost investments in infrastructure projects in Africa. The European Union’s contribution to co-finance operations with the African Development Bank has significantly increased over the last two years, now amounting to €972 million in blending operations and guarantees. This figure will further increase after […]