Month: August 2024

 On August 23, 2024, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a briefing for Chinese and foreign media on President Xi Jinping's attendance at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) and related events. Vice Foreign Minister Chen Xiaodong briefed on that and answered questions from the journalists. Chen Xiaodong said, the 2024 Summit of the FOCAC will be held in Beijing from September […]

 To ensure that all children are vaccinated and protected from vaccine-preventable diseases, the Ministry of Health, with the support of the WHO, is holding a methodological meeting in Luanda on 20, 21 and 22 August with the participation of partners and health technicians from all the country’s provinces. According to the Acting WHO Representative in Angola, Dr Zabulon Yoti, the methodological meeting on the Expanded Programme on Vaccination (EPV) is […]

 African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) has successfully arranged a senior US$500-million and a junior US$150-million reserve-based lending facility for Oando Petroleum and Natural Gas Company Limited. The facility was used to finance Oando’s acquisition of the 20 per cent participating interest held by Nigerian Agip Oil Company Limited (NAOC) in the NEPL/NAOC/Oando Joint Venture in Nigeria. The joint venture, with significant oil and gas assets, including oil mining licenses 60, […]

 The Government of the Republic of Rwanda, the African Union Commission, and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on 22nd August 2024 signed the Second Addendum to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated 10 September 2019, extending the Emergency Transit Mechanism (ETM) from the State of Libya to the Republic of Rwanda. This addendum will ensure the continuation of the established ETM in Rwanda until 31st December 2025. The agreement reaffirms the commitment […]

 Protecting war-weary people in Sudan from a second deadly cholera outbreak is proving a huge challenge for aid teams after more than 16 months of heavy fighting, combined with flooding and ongoing access obstacles, they reported on Friday. “The needs are huge in Sudan; we are talking about people dying of hunger, we have conflict, we have protection issues, we have displacements on a daily basis; the needs are just […]

 From Nigeria’s Niger Delta to Algeria’s Hassi Messaoud and Hassi R’Mel areas, Africa’s mature oil provinces are seeking to revitalize their mature assets in a low-carbon future. Targeting new strategies, technologies and best practices, African Energy Week: Invest in African Energy 2024 in Cape Town will feature a dedicated panel on Africa’s legacy fields, bringing together the E&P companies leading near-field exploration and redevelopment activities across the continent.  Under the […]

 Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying announces: On September 5, President Xi Jinping will attend the Opening Ceremony of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) and deliver a keynote speech. During the Summit, President Xi Jinping will host a welcoming banquet and relevant bilateral events for the leaders of FOCAC’s African members and representatives of relevant African regional organizations and international organizations invited to the Summit.Distributed by APO Group on behalf […]