Month: February 2024

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio and First Lady Fatima Bio have attended the burial service of the late former President of Namibia, Hage Geingob. During the burial service, the Chief Mourner and President of Namibia, His Excellency Dr Nango Mbumba, delivered an emotional tribute to the late President for his exceptional leadership. The Prayer and Scripture Reading was conducted by Rt. Rev. Pastor Sageus Keib of the Evangelical […]

Targeting a production upward of 220,000 barrels per day (bpd), Gabon is reinventing its oil and gas industry as operators launch new drilling and appraisal activities, apply the latest enhanced oil recovery techniques and invest in the establishment of a domestic gas network. At Invest in African Energy 2024 in Paris – a two-day forum connecting global investors with Africa’s key energy developments – investors will explore Gabon’s transformation into […]

The Egyptian authorities and affiliated groups have responded to recent reporting by the Sinai Foundation for Human Rights, an Egyptian human rights group with a focus on Egypt’s militarized North Sinai, with a smear campaign and threats against the group and its director, Ahmed Salem, 18 civil society organizations denounced today. Since mid-February 2024, several government and progovernment figures and entities have engaged in an aggressive smear campaign against the Sinai Foundation and Salem […]

“Even if perpetrators are penalized in court, we expect our partner in peace, UNMISS, to continue raising awareness among our communities on the need to uphold human rights, especially women’s rights,” said Flora Wilson Kenyi, a teacher from Mundri west, a county in South Sudan’s Western Equatoria state. Flora was speaking on the margins of a two-day workshop facilitated by the UN Peacekeeping mission. The aim of the forum: To […]

The world’s top decision-making body on the environment is expected to explore a host of pressing environmental issues, from water shortages to the transition to clean energy. There are six prominent discussions that are predicted to take centre stage and greatly influence UNEA's long-term success. These sessions aim to accelerate the global effort to address the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste. […]

On behalf of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, His Excellency Sheikh Shakhboot bin Nahyan Al Nahyan, Minister of State, attended the memorial ceremony for the former President of Namibia His Excellency Hage Geingob. His Excellency Sheikh Shakhboot bin Nahyan offered his sincere condolences and sympathy to His Excellency Dr. Nangolo Mbumba, President of the Republic of Namibia and to the family of the […]

Foreign Ministry Undersecretary for Bilateral Relations Ambassador Muhammad Hussein Muhammad Bahr Al-Ulum, received the Director-General of the Department of West Asian and North African Affairs in the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mr. Wang Di, with his accompanying delegation, at the Ministry’s headquarters. The meeting was attended by the Chinese Ambassador to Iraq Mr. Cui Wei, and the head of Asia and Australia Department Dr. Hamid Al-Jubouri. During the meeting, […]

His Excellency Deputy President Shipokosa Paulus Mashatile will on Tuesday, 27 February 2024, deliver a keynote address on the launch of principles and guidelines for the use of digital and social media in African elections at the Protea Hotel, Wanderers in Illovo, Johannesburg. These guidelines seek to create awareness among Election Management Bodies and other stakeholders on the benefits and threats of digital and social media to the electoral process […]