Month: January 2024

More than fifty days since Dr Daouda Diallo, Secretary-General of the Collective Against Impunity and Community Stigmatization (CISC), was forcibly disappeared, Amnesty International today calls on the Burkina Faso authorities for his safe return to civilian life and to end the use of conscription as a tool to silence dissent. Dr Diallo was abducted by security agents on 1 December 2023 as he left the passport office in Ouagadougou, Burkina […]

Chinese President Xi Jinping's special representative Liu Guozhong attended the 19th Non-Aligned Movement Summit on Friday and Saturday in the Ugandan capital Kampala and delivered a speech, highlighting the movement's important role in promoting the cause of world peace and human progress. The NAM, born at the climax of the national liberation movements in Asia, Africa and Latin America, has effectively advanced the cause of world peace and human progress, […]

On January 21, 2024, China, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the Government of Uganda jointly held a high-level seminar in Kampala, Uganda, with the theme of "Enhancing Economic Resilience Through Broader South-South Economic Cooperation". This seminar is a side event of the Third South Summit and a concrete action taken by all parties to implement the Global Development Initiative (GDI). Assistant Foreign Minister Miao Deyu […]

Moussa Kharfi Vice Speaker of the Algerian Parliament and head of the Parliamentary Friendship Group between Algeria and Iran who is in Tehran at the head of a parliamentary delegation met with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian on Sunday noon. The two sides discussed bilateral and regional issues and ways to expand mutual cooperation. In this meeting, Amirabdollahian considered the relations between Tehran and Algiers to be at their best […]

The North West Premier Kaobitsa Bushy Maape will be out of the country from 21 January until 31 January 2024 following advice and referral by his doctor to seek further medical treatment in Thailand. During his absence, the MEC for Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs Patrick Dumile Nono Maloyi will act as Premier. MEC Maloyi has since been sworn in by the Judge President of the North West […]