Month: October 2024

 The Portfolio Committee on Mineral and Petroleum Resources has applauded a temporarily arranged joint operation that dispelled approximately 6 500 people who participate in illegal mining and illicit business activities at Van Ryan illegal mining site in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. The joint operation between the South African Police Service (SAPS), the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) and MI7 National Group private security was set up for the committee’s visit today. […]

 The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture has concluded its week-long oversight visit to Onderstepoort Biological Products (OBP) and Agricultural Research Council (ARC) with success in Tshwane. Both visits were aimed at assessing progress in the modernisation of a vaccine manufacturing plant by OBP and the construction of the foot and mouth disease facility by the ARC. The committee had fruitful and productive engagements with board chairpersons and executive managers of both […]

 The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has initiated a 4-day regional workshop to review and validate the Host Government Agreement (HGA) concerning the African Atlantic Gas Pipeline Project (AAGP). The event, held at Radisson Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, began on 8 October and is scheduled to conclude on 11 October 2024. It may be recalled that the Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) governing the relationship between the states parties involved in […]

 The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is alarmed by reports of a series of violent clashes between armed actors in the greater Juba area of Central Equatoria state, resulting in the deaths of 24 people, including 19 civilians. These interconnected incidents allegedly involved attacks and counter attacks between former members of the National Salvation Front (NAS) and took place in two locations—Wonduruba and Ganji. “I am deeply concerned […]

  The African Energy Chamber (AEC) (www.EnergyChamber.org) – the voice of the African energy sector – is proud to announce that the African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energy conference remains committed to hosting the African continent’s most successful energy event in Cape Town. AEW was established in 2021 under the premise to make energy poverty history by 2030 and, now in its fourth immensely successfully edition, we remain devoted […]

 Opposition political parties have rejected proposals in the  Administration of Parliament (Amendment) Bill, 2024 that was moved by Mityana South County Member of Parliament, Hon. Richard Lumu Kizito. The bill seeks to among others, provide for the election of the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) and other positions reserved for the Opposition in Parliament. The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), Uganda Peoples’ Congress (UPC) and the Alliance of National Transformation […]

 At a recent three-day political forum in Bor, participants pledged to take actions to make sure that citizens feel free to express and share their views on developments in their state and country. The gathering, organized by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) in collaboration with the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), adopted a series of resolutions to bolster political activities and engagement. Among them are calls to […]

 On October 11, the United Nations Human Rights Council extended the mandate of its team of international experts on the Democratic Republic of Congo for another year. This was crucial, given the country’s deepening human rights and humanitarian crises, and an intensifying government crackdown on opposition party members, journalists, activists, and other critics of the government. The resolution, adopted by consensus, also requests that the UN Human Rights Office conduct human rights monitoring and […]

 Media discussions in Cameroon about the health of its president, Paul Biya, 91, are now outlawed.  On October 9, the territorial administration minister, Paul Atanga Nji, issued a communique saying that the health of President Biya is a “security issue,” that any media debate on the state of the president is “formally forbidden,” and that “offenders” will face the law. The minister also asked every governor across the country to establish “monitoring cells” to […]