Month: November 2024

 His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio has received a comprehensive report outlining a roadmap for sustainable peace in the long-standing conflict between the landowners of Sahn Malen Chiefdom and Socfin Agricultural Company. The dispute, which has persisted for over thirteen years, dates back to the company’s 2010 acquisition of the Sierra Leone Produce Marketing Board (SLPMB) plantation. President Bio thanked committee members for their dedication and commitment to achieving […]

 The kitchen of the Women’s Shelter, operated by the S.O.S. Association for Women Victims of Violence in Algeria, has been renovated by Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) and outfitted with modern kitchenware. The S.O.S. Women’s Shelter for Victims of Violence holds significant importance for women who have experienced violence and lack a safe place to stay. With a capacity to accommodate 50 individuals, the shelter is currently home to […]

 Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has set up a 20-bed cholera treatment unit (CTU) at the Renk Civil Hospital in South Sudan, in response to a cholera outbreak declared by the Ministry of Health (MoH) on 28 October. We call on all organisations in Upper Nile state to help prevent the spread of the disease within Upper Nile State and beyond. The MSF-supported CTU has so far received and treated 45 […]

 Sport Nigeria LTD/GTE (www.SportNigeria.ng) is proud to announce the participation of the National Sports Commission (NSC) as a Partner and Co-Host for this year’s groundbreaking and highly anticipated The Sports Africa Investment Summit (SAIS) 2024 event. Under the leadership of its newly appointed Chairman, Mallam Shehu Dikko, the NSC will play a pivotal role in SAIS 2024, which will take place from November 19th to 20th, 2024, at the Lagos […]

 A group of top African investors made a stop in Casablanca, Morocco, on Tuesday, November 12 to mobilise Moroccan investors and business leaders a few weeks ahead of the Africa Investment Forum’s Market Days event. The Africa Investment Forum, an initiative of the African Development Bank Group and eight other founding partners, is a platform that advances projects to bankability, raises capital, and accelerates transactions to financial close. Organised by […]

 The Climate Investment Funds Capital Markets Mechanism (CCMM) has announced its bond listing programme (https://apo-opa.co/3CsQ7qw) on the London Stock Exchange, a move that will help to raise new climate finance at-scale from the international capital markets, for Africa and the developing world. The announcement was made on Tuesday 12 November, at a session during the COP29 conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, entitled Transforming Climate Finance Through Capital Markets. The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) […]

 Eritrean delegation led by Mr. Tesfay Gebreselasie, Minister of Land, Water and Environment, is participating at the 29th UN Climate Change conference which is being held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 11 to 22 November. In his opening speech, the Chairman of the 28th Climate Change Conference urged all member countries to use the two-week conference to develop viable and practical resolutions. The Chairman of the 29th Conference, the Minister of […]

 During a November 6 press conference in Tripoli, the Government of National Unity’s acting interior minister, Emad Trabelsi, vowed to impose wide-ranging “morality” measures targeting women and girls in western Libya. The restrictions on clothing, social interactions, and travel would flagrantly violate the rights of Libyan women and girls, yet the prime minister and other government officials have remained conspicuously silent on the proposals. Trabelsi declared that there is “no space for […]