Month: September 2024

 Angolan authorities must immediately release four activists wrongfully detained for one year whose health has drastically deteriorated behind bars, Amnesty International said.  Police arrested the four activists on 16 September 2023 in Luanda ahead of a planned protest in solidarity with motorcycle taxi drivers. Since then, Amnesty International has documented significant declines in their health amid a pattern of authorities deliberately denying them medical care at multiple different prisons, including urgent surgery, […]

 HE Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani met at the Amiri Diwan on Sunday with HE Prime Minister of the Republic of Djibouti Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed, who is visiting the country. During the meeting, they discussed cooperation relations between the two countries and ways to support and develop them, in addition to a number of regional and international issues of common concern. […]

 With an investment pipeline of more than $60 billion expected in the upcoming five years, Angola’s upstream industry is seeing robust activity across its mergers and acquisition landscape. Through its six-year licensing round and other investment promotion initiatives, the country is attracting sustained foreign investment in offshore exploration, while new commercial opportunities continue to entice deals across Angola’s blocks.   Returning for its fifth edition from October 2-3 in Luanda, the […]

 The Limpopo’s permanent delegates to the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) will, together with their provincial counterparts, conduct inspection in loco to incomplete, delayed, or abandoned infrastructure projects under Lephalale, Thabazimbi and Mogalakwena local municipalities from Tuesday to Thursday. These oversight visits form part of the NCOP’s flagship National Provincial Week programme marked under the theme: Confronting the challenges facing the timely delivery of viable public infrastructure to communities. On […]

 In a landmark event underscoring its commitment to bolstering public health infrastructure and technical capacities, Zanzibar with support from the World Health Organization (WHO) has launched its National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS). This comprehensive five-year strategy aims to fortify the island's capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to public health emergencies, drawing on insights from the Joint External Evaluation (JEE) of International Health Regulations (IHR) core capacities. The […]

 Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), the evidence-based approach to protecting patients and health care workers from avoidable infections, is universally recognized as one of the cornerstones of a safe and effective health care delivery. The thorough and sound implementation of IPC practices not only reduces the risks of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), they also prevent the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which is emerging as a global health threat. Following the […]

 The UAE has strongly condemned the stabbing incident targeting His Excellency Azali Assoumani, President of the Union of the Comoros, which resulted in his injury. The UAE expressed its sincere sympathy over this tragic incident. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, expressed the UAE's solidarity with his family, as well as with the government and people of the Union of the Comoros, and offered its heartfelt wishes for […]

 Recent floods in northeast Nigeria have displaced at least 50,000 people from their homes since the weekend. Across the Sahel and Lake Chad region, heavy floods have exacerbated existing humanitarian crises in countries such as Cameroon, Mali, and Niger. The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is urgently calling for increased international support to provide relief to the most vulnerable. “The situation in the Sahel and Lake Chad region is increasingly dire, […]

 Stakeholders from across Kenya gathered in Nairobi for a landmark event that brought together Generation Equality commitment makers based in Kenya. The event aimed to raise awareness of Generation Equality's efforts being advanced by commitment makers and partners at national, regional, and global levels. It also fostered the creation and strengthening of partnerships, facilitated the sharing of information about upcoming major events, and encouraged the development of synergies and coalitions […]