Month: November 2024

 On November 8, 2024, Minister Counsellor Shen Jian attended the opening ceremony of the Hoachanas library in Hardap Region and read Ambassador Zhao Weiping’s congratulatory messages. Hon. Yvonne Dausab, Minister of Justice attended the event and delivered remarks. The ceremony was attended by about 150 people including the officials of Hardap Regional Council, local teachers, students, and residents. The Namibian Broadcasting Corporation covered the event. In his messages, Ambassador Zhao expressed his congratulations […]

 President Wavel Ramkalawan, who also serves as the Minister of Legal Affairs, visited the Attorney General's office at the Link Building yesterday afternoon, where he was warmly received by Attorney General Vinsent Perera. The President toured various departments within the office, gaining firsthand insight into their day-to-day operations. His visit included stops at key sections such as Public Prosecution, State Counsel, Human Resources and Administration, the Notarial Section, IT Department, […]

 In accordance with the provisions of the Supplementary Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance relating to the observation of elections and ECOWAS Electoral Assistance, the West African regional organisation has deployed a 90-member election observation mission (EOM) drawn from the Community Court of Justice, the foreign affairs ministries and electoral management bodies of Member States, civil society organisations, and a technical team from the ECOWAS Commission. Ambassador Francis Alex Tsegah, […]

 ECOWAS has launched a three-day “In-Country Capacity Building Workshop for School Teachers and Educators” aimed at mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) into Guinea-Bissau’s school curriculum. Held at Dunia Hotel in Bissau from November 13 to 15, 2024, the workshop seeks to empower educators with the knowledge and skills needed to mitigate the impacts of natural disasters on communities and schools, ensuring a safer and more resilient future for young learners. […]

 The Humanitarian and Social Affairs Directorate of the ECOWAS Commission, which is committed to improving its standards of implementation of humanitarian programmes in the West African region, recognises the indispensable role of robust Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) and financial mechanisms to assess the impact of its programmes and interventions. Accordingly, it has developed models and tools to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the implementation of ECOWAS humanitarian programmes by […]

 The Commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) of Sierra Leone has presented the Commission’s 2023 Annual Report to His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio at State House. This presentation fulfilled the statutory requirement outlined in Section 19(1) of the Anti-Corruption Act 2008 mandating the ACC to submit an annual report of its activities to the President. The Commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Francis Ben Kaifala, Esq., led the […]

 The United States, through USAID, is providing more than $22 million in additional assistance to build resilience and improve food security for Madagascar’s most vulnerable people. The funding, representing the first year of two new five-year resilience and food security projects, will help our partners reach up to 88,000 extremely poor and marginalized households in the Androy, Anosy, and Atsimo Atsinanana regions of Madagascar. This assistance, which will be implemented […]

 Weeks of violent protests have marked the outcome of the disputed 9 October presidential elections, which saw ruling party Frelimo candidate Daniel Chapo emerge the winner amid widespread allegations of fraud. Frelimo has been in power since 1975. Multiple news reports indicate that violent and repressive measures were used by security forces against protesters who were taking part in peaceful demonstrations which continued until 7 November, causing at least 30 […]

 The International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) have joined forces to warn that internal displacement, driven by conflict and climate shocks, is reversing decades of poverty reduction in Ethiopia, and to say humanitarian aid is not enough. From 11 - 13 November, leaders from the three UN agencies met in the capital, Addis Ababa, to launch the new […]