Month: November 2024

 On November 8th, the Chinese Embassy in Liberia and the Liberia-China Friendship Organization jointly held the Seminar on the theme of “Deepen Cooperation, Work Together for Development”. Yin Chengwu, Chinese Ambassador to Liberia, attended and delivered a speech. More than 80 guests attended the seminar, including Hon. Rev. Luther J. Tarpeh, National Chairman of Unity Party, Hon. Nehker E. Gaye, Co-Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, House of Representatives of Liberia, Hon. Siafa […]

 Enabling independent accessibility and mobility are key to ensuring persons with disabilities are actively involved in society, said a group of twenty-seven young men and women from across Libya in an online workshop on Thursday.  The workshop on disability rights, led by UNSMIL’s Human Rights Section and supported by the UN Youth Office in New York, provided a comprehensive overview of Libya’s obligations towards persons with disabilities as rights-holders, particularly […]

 The Seventh General Assembly of the African Platform for Regional Institutions in Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Systems (APRIFAAS), held in Casablanca, Morocco, from 28-29 October 2024 marked a key moment for the platform. A key focus of the assembly was the election of new Bureau members, a process critical to ensuring continued progress in the platform’s mission of strengthening regional cooperation in fisheries, aquaculture, and biodiversity conservation across Africa. Leadership Transition: […]

 The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Small Business Development, Ms Masefako Dikgale, has welcomed the closure of six wholesales that did not comply with the Department of Health’s regulations on general hygiene requirement for food premises, the transportation of food and related matters in Free State’s Fezile Dabi District. As part of her constituency work, Ms Matsholo Mmolotsane, a member of the committee formed part of a joint operation […]

 The Royal African Society (www.RoyalAfricanSociety.org), a leading organisation in the UK promoting Africa’s global influence, today announces the appointment of APO Group Founder and Chairman Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard as Strategic Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer, Janet Rogan. Founded in 1901, the Royal African Society is governed by a Royal Charter and Bye-laws, with His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales as its Royal Patron. The Society is the UK’s longest-standing […]

 The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Communications and Digital Technologies, Ms Khusela Sangoni Diko, has noted with grave concern the decision of the Minister of Communication and Digital Technologies, Mr Solly Malatsi, to withdraw the South African Broadcasting (SABC) Bill from Parliament, as reported in the Sunday Times today, 10 November 2024. The Portfolio Committee has not yet been formally notified of the withdrawal of the proposed legislation in […]

 A nationwide campaign aimed at vaccinating 3.3 million children from 0 to 59 months of age against polio launched in South Sudan using the novel Oral Polio Vaccine type 2.  The campaign led by the Ministry of Health, with the support of the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, and other partners, is in response to the confirmation of 12 cases of Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Virus Type 2 (cVDPV2) across […]

 Ethiopia conducted a polio vaccination campaign in five regions (Afar, Amhara, Gambella, Addis Ababa, and Sheger City of Oromia Region) with type 2 novel oral polio vaccine (nOPV2) targeting over 5.6 million aged below five years aiming to prevent transmission&circulation of variant poliovirus outbreaks. The campaign was officially launched by the Ministry of Health (MoH), Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI), World Health Organization (WHO) and other GPEI polio partners in […]

 The Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI), with technical and financial support of partners including WHO and UNICEF, conducted a measles outbreak response vaccination campaign in four outbreaks affected regions of Amhara, Gambella, Oromia and South Ethiopia. The national cumulative administrative coverage showed that a total of 1,707,039 children under ten years (from 6 months - 10 years) were vaccinated during this measles reactive campaign. This reactive measles vaccination campaign was […]