Month: July 2024

 The Central African Republic (CAR) continues to implement public finance management and governance reforms, despite the particularly difficult socio-economic context and significant financing needs; In the very short term, the main challenges concern the country's fuel supply and the control of budgetary risks; The implementation of the reforms planned under the CAR program supported by the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) remains the best path to macroeconomic stabilization in the medium […]

 The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)’s state-owned mining firm, Gecamines, and Canadian company Ivanhoe Mines have resumed operations at the high-grade Kipushi zinc-copper mine (https://apo-opa.co/4bZo9ij). The mine is expected to produce up to 140,000 tons of zinc concentrate this year and up to 278,000 tons annually over the next five years, with upgrades to the mine’s new concentrator currently underway. This resumption of production, following more than 30 years of maintenance, […]

 On July 23, 2024, Vice Foreign Minister Chen Xiaodong paid a courtesy call on Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye in Dakar. Chen Xiaodong said, China and Senegal are comprehensive strategic cooperative partners. The two sides firmly support each other on issues concerning each other's core interests and major concerns, and have achieved fruitful results in various fields such as trade, investment, agriculture, and infrastructure construction. Under the strategic guidance of head-of-state diplomacy, China […]

 Zimbabwe, a landlocked country in drought-stricken Southern Africa, has joined the UN Water Convention in a clear demonstration of political will for water cooperation across borders. Home to some 17 million people, Zimbabwe faces pressing water challenges linked to climate change and competing socio-economic, environmental and political demands and interdependencies for the water its shares with its neighbours.  It is the 54th Party to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use […]

 The Eritrean community festival was held with patriotic zeal on 20 and 21 July in London under the theme “Peace Anchored on Resilience.” The festival was officially opened by Mr. Saleh Abdella, Charge d’Affaires at the Eritrean Embassy in the UK and Northern Ireland. The event was attended by numerous nationals from UK cities including London, Newcastle, Leeds, Sheffield, Nottingham, Leicester, Coventry, Birmingham, Wakefield, and Huddersfield. Highlighting the significance of […]

 In response to a flood alert for the Upper Nile region, including the five counties of Jonglei State, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the Jonglei Government met with the Duk County community to raise public awareness and to discuss how to minimize the risk of flash floods this year. “We urge the government and humanitarian partners to provide aid in addressing the social challenges arising from […]

 1. Following the announcement of the final results of the presidential election on 22 July 2024(local time), Japan congratulates incumbent President Paul Kagame on his re-election in the presidential election, which was held for the first time since August 2017. 2. Japan expresses its respect for the Republic of Rwanda's efforts for national reconciliation, reconstruction and development since the 1994 genocide. The stability and prosperity of the Republic of Rwanda […]

 The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a generous contribution of US$ 1.65 million from the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF). The funding, part of a US$ 3 million allocation from CERF, will allow WFP to scale-up its humanitarian response to communities affected by the El Niño-fuelled drought in southern Angola. The contribution will support WFP in providing life-saving food assistance and nutrition support to children with […]