Month: August 2024

 Yesterday, the U.S. Ambassador to South Sudan Michael Adler and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director Kate Crawford launched a new USAID-funded health project, Hayatna, which in Arabic means “our lives.” The five-year project will offer medical services to orphans and vulnerable children living with HIV in addition to delivering income-generating and life skills to economically vulnerable young women. The Ambassador said that the provision of assistance has […]

 UNSMIL continues to closely monitor the controversy surrounding the outcome of the August 6 session to elect the President of the High Council of State (HCS). The Mission has taken note of the positions of the presidential contenders. While the Mission maintains that this is an internal matter for the HSC to resolve, it urges all parties to act responsibly to reach a solution and end this crisis as soon as possible. […]

 The President of the Republic of Liberia, H.E. Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has sent a congratulatory message to the Government and People of the Republic of Chad on the occasion marking the 64th Independence Anniversary of that country on August 11, 2024. According to a Foreign Ministry release, President Boakai extended warmest congratulations and best wishes to His Excellency Mahamat Idriss Deby and through him to the Government and People of the […]

 This morning, Hon. Gen. Jeje Odongo, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uganda, had the pleasure of receiving H.E. Zhang Lizhong, the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Uganda, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The meeting was characterized by warm and cordial discussions that underscored the long-standing friendship and mutual cooperation between Uganda and China. During the meeting, H.E. Zhang Lizhong took the opportunity to […]

 Today, the U.S. Peace Corps hosted an official swearing-in and commissioning ceremony for six new volunteers at the Peace Corps Training Center in Kambia. U.S. Ambassador Bryan Hunt welcomed representatives from the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Basic, Senior&Secondary Education, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs in addition to local dignitaries as he administered the oath of service for the volunteers. These new volunteers completed ten weeks of Krio language, technical, […]

 African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) plans to double its financing of intra-African trade from US$20 billion in 2021 to US$40 billion by 2026, Mr. Haytham ElMaayergi, Afreximbank’s Executive Vice President, Global Trade Bank, has said. Mr. ElMaayergi was addressing participants and guests in Abuja at the African Caucus Meeting of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), from August 1 – 3, 2024 where he represented Prof. Benedict […]

 The U.S. Government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), provided over eight hundred thousand Ghana Cedis ($52,287) and technical assistance to support the revision of Ghana’s National Healthcare Quality Strategy and the second National Quality Forum. The two-day forum, organized by Ghana’s Ministry of Health, ran from July 17 to 18, 2024 at the Alisa Hotel conference center in Accra. “The United States is committed to supporting […]

 As heavy seasonal rains kick in across Sudan, refugees and internally displaced people continue to bear the brunt of an incredibly dire humanitarian situation after more than a year of deadly war that has now led to the tragedy of famine conditions, all compounded by the growing impacts of climate change. Heavy rains and flooding have already impacted tens of thousands of people across Sudan, causing further displacement, injuries and […]