Month: August 2024

 On Thursday, August 1, for about 35 minutes from 2:00 p.m., Minister for Foreign Affairs Ms. KAMIKAWA Yoko received a courtesy call from the Diplomatic Missions of East African countries to Japan. At the outset, Minister Kamikawa paid tribute to East African diplomatic missions for its efforts to enhancing relations with Japan. Minister Kamikawa expressed her wishes to make the TICAD Ministerial Meeting, scheduled for 24 and 25 this month, […]

 On 1 August 2024, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Republic of Kenya, Pavel Vziatkin, met with the Prime Cabinet Secretary – Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs of Kenya, Musalia Mudavadi. The current state and plans for the development of Belarusian-Kenyan relations in bilateral and multilateral formats was discussed during the meeting. Both sides outlined activities for the immediate future.Distributed by APO […]

 At the Ghana Report Summit held today on August 1st, 2024, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo revealed that a comprehensive National Action Plan, aimed at combating misinformation and disinformation in the lead-up to the 2024 General Elections, is currently before Cabinet for its consideration and action. In his address, President Akufo-Addo praised Ghana’s impressive democratic journey, marked by eight successful general elections since the return to constitutional rule in 1993. […]

 The Alliance of African Multilateral Financial Institutions (AAMFI) held the third meeting of its Governing Council on the margins of the African Union Mid-Year Coordination Meeting, held in Accra, Ghana, during which it welcomed the endorsement of the Alliance by the African Union (AU) Ministers of Finance and Central Bank Governors at their 7th Ordinary Session of the African Union Specialized Technical Committee (STC) on Finance, Monetary Affairs, Economic Planning, […]

 The African Energy Chamber (AEC) (https://EnergyChamber.org/) has carried out a working visit to Senegal, meeting with Senegal's Minister of Energy, Petroleum&Mines, Birame Souleye Diop, and key stakeholders in the oil and gas industry ­– aiming to promote further collaboration and investment in the sector. During the visit, the AEC engaged in productive discussions with Minister Diop, focusing on critical issues that will drive the growth and sustainability of Senegal's oil […]

 African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) Executive Director Rufus N. Darkortey has concluded a five-day working visit to Liberia, where he held high-level discussions with major stakeholders, including President Joseph Nyuma Boakai. Darkortey, who represents Liberia, The Gambia, Ghana, Sudan, and Sierra Leone at the Bank, also met with Liberian Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung, Speaker of Parliament Jonathan Fonati Koffa, and several ministers and agency heads. The July 8-12 mission, Darkortey’s […]