Month: September 2024

 IDEMIA Smart Identity (www.IDEMIA.com) today launches a multi-channel marketing campaign to join other industry leaders in raising awareness for International Identity Day. The purpose of establishing September 16 as International Identity Day is to underline the fundamental importance of identity. This day is highly symbolic, as it aligns with the UN Sustainable Development Goal 16.9, which aims to provide a legal identity for everyone by 2030.   International Identity Day’s 2024 […]

 PalmPay (www.PalmPay.com), a leading financial platform with over 30 million users on its smartphone app in Nigeria, today announces the launch of its USSD code. This service offers Nigerians an additional way to manage their finances without the need for internet connectivity. With the PalmPay USSD code, customers can now perform a wide range of banking transactions by dialing *861# from their mobile phones. PalmPay has been operating in Nigeria since […]

 President Isaias Afwerki met, in the early afternoon hours today at Denden Guest House, Egyptian delegation led by Foreign Minister, Dr. Badr Abdelatty. In the extensive meeting – which is part and parcel of the periodic Consultative Forums that both countries hold in Asmara and Cairo respectively – the two sides discussed in greater depth, bilateral matters and regional issues of mutual importance; especially current developments in the Sudan, the […]

 Thirty-eight Burundi military officers serving with the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) have completed a comprehensive training on civilian protection and complying with human rights and International Humanitarian Law. The five-day training conducted in Jowhar, north of Mogadishu, was jointly organised by the ATMIS Protection, Human Rights and Gender (PHRG) Cluster and the Civilian Sector Coordination Unit. The objective was to enhance the capacity of officers in protecting […]

 The ALPS Group held another weekly virtual meeting on September 12 to coordinate efforts to expand emergency humanitarian access and protections for Sudanese civilians, of whom over 25 million are facing famine and acute hunger. With increased options for humanitarian access, international donors and aid organizations are mobilizing hundreds of thousands of tons of additional humanitarian assistance for the people of Sudan, including food, medicine, and aid helping the most […]

 As part of his continued regional engagement, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Leonardo Santos Simão, concluded today a two-day visit to Liberia. During his visit, the Special Representative was received in audience by H.E. Joseph Nyuma Boakai, President of the Republic of Liberia in the presence of H.E. Sara Beysolow Nyanti, Minister of Foreign Affairs […]

 Following the devastating severe flash flooding that displaced thousands of people and caused significant damage across several communities in Maiduguri, Borno State Capital, the World Health Organisation Respentative in Nigeria, Dr Walter Kazadi Mulombo, has pledged the organisation's support unwavering support to the affected people. During the visit to Maiduguri, Dr Mulombo visited the Governor of the state, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, the Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Garbai Elkenemi, the […]

 More than 300 World Health Organization (WHO) disease surveillance and outbreak response experts supporting the polio eradication efforts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been integrated into mpox outbreak control efforts as WHO scales up support to the country to effectively address the ongoing public health emergency.  “The Polio Eradication Programme has been at the forefront of disease surveillance in communities. The lessons we’ve learnt from this programme […]