Month: August 2024

 From 26-27 August 2024, Lesotho played host to a consultative meeting of important players brought together by AU-IBAR to discuss critical challenges and build efficient systems for national blue governance. A vital stage in developing Lesotho's National Blue Economy Strategy—which seeks to utilise aquatic resources for sustainable development, economic success, and environmental stewardship—has been this workshop, which has received support from the Kingdom of Norway. Despite Lesotho's landlocked condition, the […]

 The Portfolio Committee on Women Youth and Persons With Disabilities received a briefing today from the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) on its annual performance plan (APP) and budget for the 2024/25 financial year. The committee heard that for the 2024/25 financial year, the budget allocation for the Department for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities is R791.3 million. The budget includes a significant portion earmarked for youth development programmes, […]

 Today Principal Secretary for the State Department of Public Health and Professional Standards, Ms. Mary Muthoni, led the launch of Long-lasting Insecticidal Treated mosquito nets in Narok County. She was accompanied by Deputy Governor Hon. Kiprono Koech Tamalinye.  Since November 2023, 12,477,909 nets have been distributed across 18 counties, benefiting 3,941,247 people.  In Narok, 212,575 households have been registered to receive 739,956 LLINs as part of this year's campaign, with the goal […]

 Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi received a delegation from a number of US Congressional committees, headed by Senator Joni Ernst, in the presence of Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emmigration and Egyptian Expatriates Dr. Badr Abdelatty. Spokesman for the Presidency, Ambassador Ahmed Fahmy, said the US delegation was keen during the meeting to emphasize the importance that various US institutions and departments accord to the relations and strategic partnership between Egypt […]

 The Portfolio Committee on Health met to discuss the findings of the Competition Commission’s Health Market Inquiry (HMI) Report, which investigates the state of competition in the South African healthcare sector. The HMI was initiated in 2013 to assess features that may impede affordable healthcare access and its final report was published in September 2019. Responding to the commission’s presentation, the committee focused on various concerns with the National Health […]

 Ambassador Sharon Cromer, on August 20, 2024, accompanied Fatou Baldeh, a 2024 International Women of Courage Award recipient from The Gambia to the State House to officially inform President Adama Barrow about her honor. Fatou was recognized at the White House earlier this year, receiving the Department of State’s International Women of Courage Award from First Lady Dr. Jill Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken for her exceptional courage […]

 On behalf of the President of the Commission, H.E. Omar Alieu TOURAY, The Vice-President of the ECOWAS Commission attended the 2024 Ministerial Meeting of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) held in Tokyo on 24th-25th August 2024.The meeting which is a preparatory meeting of the TICAD IX to hold on August 2025 in Yokohama, Japan, commits to accelerate efforts to ensure food security while highlighting the importance of […]