Month: October 2024

 “Adaptability is, how do you react in case one bullet from the enemy goes, how do you adapt to the situation? It’s very important for our VVIP operatives to adjust and adapt to such situations,” he said. Brig. Gen. Nyakikuru made the remarks on 18th October 2024 at the Very Very Important Persons Training School Sera Kasenyi (VVIPTS-SK) while presiding over the pass out of trainee officers who underwent the […]

 African Export-Import Bank (“Afreximbank”) (www.Afreximbank.com) is pleased to announce that it has successfully acted as Joint Lead Manager and Bookrunner on a USD 400 million 10.125% Rule 144a/RegS senior unsecured note issuance by Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (“ETI”) due in October 2029. The proceeds of the note will fund general corporate purposes of the issuer, including refinancing of a USD350 million senior bridge-to-bond loan facility that was jointly coordinated by Afreximbank […]

 South Africa participates in UNCBD COP16 to advance global biodiversity agenda South Africa will participate in the 16th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD COP 16), taking place in Cali, Colombia, from 21 October - 1 November 2024.  Led by the Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment, Mr Narend Singh, the South African delegation will actively engage in […]

 The first Partnership Dialogue as provided for under the Samoa Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Seychelles, took place on 17 October 2024 in Victoria, Seychelles. The dialogue was co-chaired by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Tourism of the Republic of Seychelles and the Ambassador of the European Union. It was attended on Seychelles’ side by eight Ministers, and their representatives, and on the EU side […]

 On October 17, Ambassador Han Jing attended a public lecture in commemoration of Zambia’s 60th Independence hosed by Zambia's Foreign Ministry, and delivered a speech in a panel discussion titled “Dynamics of International Relations, Diplomacy and Global Governance Trends”. Zambian Vice President Ms. Mutale Nalumango delivered a keynote speech. Hundreds of students from University of Lusaka, Mulungushi University and National Institute of Public Administration attended the lecture. Ambassador Han said that since the establishment […]

 UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today announced its first-ever golf partnership in a three-year agreement with LIV Golf to deliver innovative sport-for-protection programmes for refugees and internally displaced people and their host communities. Through this partnership, LIV Golf has committed $10 million to increase access to sport and education for up to 1 million forcibly displaced people in Africa, Asia, Europe and South America, as well as introduce golf and […]