Month: May 2024

[[{"value":"Thousands of people, including refugees, continue to be caught up in the ongoing El Niño-triggered heavy rains and severe flooding sweeping across East Africa. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is particularly concerned about thousands of refugees and other displaced people being forced to escape once again for their lives after their homes were washed away. In Kenya, nearly 20,000 people in the Dadaab refugee camps – which host over 380,000 […]

[[{"value":"The second meeting of the Supervisory Board of the Regional Fund for Agriculture and Food (RFAF), held on 25 April 2024, enabled Members of the Board to validate and adopt the operationalisation and management instruments of the Fund and the selection of financial intermediaries within the framework of the operationalisation of the West African Initiative for Climate-Smart Agriculture (WAICSA). The RFAF is managed by EBID in accordance with the Management […]

[[{"value":"International energy company Azule Energy has officially farmed-in to Namibia’s offshore Block 2914A with the signing of an agreement with exploration company Rhino Resources Namibia. The transaction marks Azule’s entry into the country as well as its first international deal. Representing the voice of the African energy sector, the African Energy Chamber (AEC) (http://www.EnergyChamber.org) stands in support of Azule Energy’s venture into the Orange Basin, recognizing the value of the […]

[[{"value":"The Vice President and Flagbearer of the NPP, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has commissioned a one hundred and twenty four (124)  housing units in Appiatse, the community which was destroyed by a fatal gas explosion in 2022. In the unprecedented, deadly explosion, almost the entire Appiatse community, in the Western Region, was left uninhabitable, leaving  many dead, injured and community members displaced as their homes were burnt. A Government delegation, led […]

[[{"value":"The Deputy Minister for International Cooperation and Economic Integration,  Dr. Ibrahim Nyei participated in the Nordic-Africa Foreign Ministers Meeting held in Copenhagen, Denmark. The meeting, which took place on May 2, 2024, served as a platform for engaging discussions on fostering stronger ties between Nordic countries and African nations. During the event, Minister Nyei had the privilege of holding a bilateral meeting with Lotte Machon, the State Secretary for Development […]

[[{"value":"The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of Zimbabwe through the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture Water, Fisheries and Rural Development (MLAFWRD) have set up the El Nino Drought Action Committee (DAC) to develop drought mitigation strategies to combat the impacts of El Nino induced drought. The DAC was set up this week through a multi-stakeholder meeting attended by more than 60 key stakeholders representing […]

[[{"value":"This follows a heartedly embrace of the program by the locals of the area. The revelation was made yesterday at Pokwero sub-county during a meeting between the Special Presidential Assistant on Political Affairs, Mr. Owiny Alfred Thopacu and the PDM beneficiaries in the area. Mr. Owiny is also in charge of PDM program monitoring in Northern Uganda. Pokwero sub-county has six parishes that include Pokwero East, Janam- Orwenyo, Owiny, Oceke, […]

[[{"value":"The United Nations (H6) joint mission has concluded its visit to Liberia, highlighting the urgent need for action to combat the high burden of increasing maternal and new-born deaths in the country. The delegation revealed that 1,100 women and 8,510 new-borns die annually during childbirth in Liberia. Dr. Anshu Banerjee, H6 Mission Team Lead - WHO's Director of the Department of Maternal, New-born, Child, and Adolescent Health and Ageing in […]