Month: July 2024

 After graduating from medical school in 2012, Fadário had a dream: to help get as many Angolan children vaccinated as possible, to reduce vaccine-preventable deaths. Thanks to the joint efforts of government authorities at all levels, national and international partners, civil society and the population in general, Fadário has witnessed significant achievements in immunization in recent years, with the certification of Angola as a wild polio-free country in 2015 and […]

 "Today, I feel like the happiest person in the world," said a student at Agok Primary School in Kuac East County, expressing the collective joy of more than 2,000 fellow pupils. Their euphoria was prompted by the recent renovation of their now glorious-looking home of learning, funded by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) through its Quick Impact Projects Programme. Among other significant improvements of the building, refurbished […]

 The new Force Commander for the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), Lt. Gen. Sam Kavuma from Uganda, arrived in Mogadishu yesterday to assume his duties. Lt. Gen. Kavuma takes over from Lt. Gen. Sam Okiding, who left the mission in April following his appointment as Deputy Chief of Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF). On arrival on Sunday, Lt. Gen. Kavuma was officially welcomed with a guard of honour […]

 Following the extreme rainfall between 28 June – 1 July 2024 and the resulting flooding in Montserrado, Bong, and Grand Cape Mount counties, the European Union has allocated emergency humanitarian funding of EUR 130,000 [141.028,55 United States dollars], to help alleviate the plight of those affected by the floods. With the rains expected to continue until September, immediate action is needed to support the affected population and prepare for future […]

 WHO is appalled by the increasing attacks on health care in Sudan, with 22 such attacks verified in the last 8 weeks alone. Attacks on health care are deplorable and a violation of international humanitarian law. Access to health care is already severely constrained in Sudan due to the war that has been raging for over a year. Since the war erupted in April 2023, WHO has verified 88 attacks […]

 Angola – a major oil and gas producer for several decades – has a strong oil and gas infrastructure foundation comprising logistics bases, fabrication yards, maritime terminals, refining facilities, pipelines and more. This foundation has not only positioned the country as one of Africa’s biggest producers – with output measuring 1.1 million barrels per day (bpd) – but will in turn support the development of new concessions as Angola promotes […]

 With large-scale projects aimed at producing 12.5 million tons of green hydrogen (https://apo-opa.co/3WHhjte) annually by 2035, Mauritania is positioning itself to capture up to 1.5% of the global green hydrogen market by 2050. Last year, business management consultant Conjuncta, in partnership with renewable energy producer Infinity Power, signed an agreement (https://apo-opa.co/3YmDvdh) with Mauritania’s Ministry of Petroleum, Mines and Energy to produce up to eight million tons of green hydrogen per […]