Month: September 2024

 Richard Crowder has been appointed as Head of British Office Sudan and UK Special Representative to Sudan in succession to Mr Giles Lever. Curriculum vitae Full name: Richard Crowder Year Role 2022 to 2024   Full Time Arabic Language Training, London and Amman 2020 to 2022  Deputy Director, FCDO London 2017 to 2020  Islamabad, Deputy High Commissioner 2014 to 2016  FCO, Deputy Director, Europe Directorate 2011 to 2014  FCO, Head, Economics […]

 The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved the use of an mpox vaccine for the first time, which it says should facilitate “timely and increased access” for millions at risk in Africa where the latest outbreak has infected more than 20,000 so far this year. The MVA-BN vaccine from the Danish pharmaceutical company Bavarian Nordic was prequalified by the WHO on Friday and has already been approved in Europe and the United […]

 ITC works with coffee growers and processors in West Africa, helping them reach new markets and grow their operations. In Ghana, coffee producer Asili Coffee is spearheading collective action to boost national coffee production and consumption. In the rolling hills of the Akuapem Ridge in Ghana, a quiet revolution is taking place, and coffee is at the heart of it. John Nana Addo Francois, the visionary behind Asili Coffee, is […]

 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrii Sybiha: “I spoke with Yusuf Tuggar and thanked Nigeria for supporting Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. Ukraine remains committed to its important role in maintaining and strengthening Nigeria’s food security. We discussed the path to a comprehensive, just, and lasting peace in Ukraine based on President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Peace Formula. We count on Nigeria’s participation in these peace efforts. We also exchanged our […]

 UN humanitarians are rushing to assist scores of newly displaced people in northeast Nigeria, after torrential rains caused a dam to collapse and flood the area, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday. Alau Dam, located just over 10 miles to the south of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, collapsed in the middle of the night on Tuesday, forcing hundreds of thousands from their homes. Emmanuel Bigenimana, […]

 The World Bank, Qatar, and the global foundation Education Above All have announced a partnership focused on expanding quality access to education worldwide. Successive global challenges in recent years have led to an increase in out-of-school children and youth and a massive global learning deficit. Countries are urgently seeking solutions and the needed finance to reverse current education trends. The agreements mark a key step in driving forward new partnerships […]

 The Biden administration’s decision to waive all human rights conditions on military assistance to Egypt disregards the country’s long-running human rights crisis and the ongoing repression that undermines Egyptians’ political and economic rights, Human Rights Watch said today.  The Biden administration has partially withheld military assistance from Egypt for the past three years based on human rights concerns, which US appropriations legislation requires them to consider. This is the first year the entire conditioned […]

 The President of the Republic appointed Ambassador Anne Vasara, Head of Mission at Finland's Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, to serve as non-resident Ambassador to Brunei, Ambassador Janne Heiskanen, Head of Mission at Finland's Embassy in Astana, to serve as non-resident Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, Ambassador Titta Maja-Luoto, Head of Mission at Finland's Embassy in Lisbon, to serve as non-resident Ambassador to Cape Verde, and Ambassador Pekka Metso, Head of Mission at Finland's Embassy in Pretoria, […]