Month: August 2024

 President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Ms Angie Motshekga to serve as Acting President today, Saturday, 17 August 2024. The appointment has been made in view of the President’s Working Visit today to Harare, Zimbabwe, to participate in the 44th Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community.Distributed by APO Group on behalf of The Presidency of the Republic of […]

 President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a message of congratulations to President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema of the Republic of Gabon, on the occasion of his country's Independence Day. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai; and His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman […]

 At the 5th anniversary celebration of the Council on Foreign Relations Ghana, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo delivered a powerful speech emphasizing the need for Africa to prioritize economic self-sufficiency and reduce dependency on external aid. Speaking on the theme “The Limits of the Current Development Co-operation Framework for Africa’s Transformation,” the President outlined the limitations of the existing development cooperation framework and proposed strategies for achieving sustainable development across […]

 On August 13, Eswatini’s Supreme Court overturned a 2016 High Court decision that declared several repressive provisions of the 1938 Suppression of Terrorism Act (STA) and 2008 Sedition and Subversive Activities Act (SSA) invalid. The 2016 High Court decision had declared that several sections of SSA and STA violated the rights to freedom of association, expression, and assembly, guaranteed in Eswatini’s Constitution and the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, to which Eswatini […]

 The Ngwenyama (king) of Eswatini, His Majesty Mswati III who is on a state visit to Uganda, spent his second day (Thursday 15th August 2024) in Busoga Kingdom, visiting and appreciating cultures and several key development initiatives. His Majesty Mswati III flanked by his wife, Queen Inkhosikati Make Lamashwama and a high-level delegation from the Kingdom of Eswatini visited the Kingdom of Busoga and was welcomed by the Kyabazinga, His […]

 Children are particularly vulnerable to the new strain of the deadly mpox virus that is spreading globally after being declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization.  The most recent data shows that about two-thirds of infections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – which currently has about 90% of reported cases - are in people under the age of 15 with more than 321 […]

 The UN Refugee Agency’s (UNHCR) top operations and protection officials are calling attention to the plight of 3.7 million forcibly displaced people in Nigeria and the need to accelerate sustainable solutions for them. Commending the government for respecting its international legal obligations and welcoming over 100,000 asylum-seekers and refugees from almost 50 countries, Raouf Mazou, UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for Operations, and Ruven Menikdiwela, Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, pledged […]

 The President of the Republic of Seychelles, Mr. Wavel Ramkalawan, sent a congratulatory message to Prime Minister of the Republic of India, H.E. Shri Narendra Modi on the occasion of India’s 78th Independence Day. In his message, President Ramkalawan, stated: “On behalf of the Government and people of the Republic of Seychelles, as well as on my own behalf, I wish to extend to you and the people of the republic […]

 The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has at the 5th anniversary of the Council on Foreign Relations Ghana urged African leaders and international development partners to critically reassess the current development cooperation framework. Speaking on the theme “The Limits of the Current Development Co-operation Framework for Africa’s Transformation,” the President highlighted the successes and challenges of Africa’s development journey since the end of colonialism. President Akufo-Addo acknowledged […]