Month: November 2024

 International peace partners are urging the Government of South Sudan to produce a clear and realistic workplan, timeline and budget to implement remaining critical tasks in the peace agreement ahead of the country’s first democratic elections. Their call for urgent action came at the first substantial meeting of the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission since the Government announced a further two-year extension of the transitional period and delayed elections. […]

 Yesterday, the President of the Republic of Seychelles, Mr. Wavel Ramkalawan, welcomed young Seychellois karateka Samuel Fanny to State House in honour of his recent achievement as the world junior kata champion at the 1st World Junior Karate Championship. The championship, held from October 3-5 in Tianjin, China, marked Samuel's debut in competitive karate. He was accompanied to State House by Kyokushin Karate leaders Shihan Phillip Moustache, Shihan Phillip Verghese, […]

 President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed the Tribunal President and Judges of the Special Tribunal which has a statutory mandate to recover public funds syphoned from the fiscus through corruption, fraud and illicit money flows. President Ramaphosa has made these appointments in terms of the Special Investigating Units and Special Tribunal Act of 1996 and following consultation with Chief Justice Mandisa Maya. The President has appointed Judge Margaret Victor as Tribunal […]

 PREAMBLE 1. The 3rd Edition of the International Energy, Oil&Gas Summit, organized by the African Peace Organization, was held at the Hilton Hotel in Windhoek, Namibia, from October 22nd to 30th, 2024. The summit brought together policymakers, regulators, industry representatives from energy, oil, and gas companies, and academics. Keynote addresses and presentations were delivered by industry regulators, operators, experts, and scholars, who addressed the summit's central themes. Prominent speakers included […]

 United States government through its public health agency, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. CDC), today handed 5,000 more laboratory test kits and needed consumables worth an estimated $265,000 (approximately UGX1bn) to the Uganda Ministry of Health (MOH) to support mpox diagnosis amidst increasing cases. Uganda has so far reported over 200 confirmed cases and one death. The United States’ donation is in addition to over $4 […]

 The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is urgently appealing to donors to provide early funding for next year’s operations in South Sudan so the food agency can preposition food to prevent spiralling operational costs and hunger through 2025. This appeal follows the release of the WFP-FAO Hunger Hotspots report which warns that South Sudan is a country of highest concern where humanitarian action is essential to prevent starvation and […]

 The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPC) – the country’s state-owned energy firm – has joined the African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energy conference as a Diamond Sponsor. NNPC Ltd.’s return to the conference – which convenes from November 4-8 in Cape Town – affirms its commitment to attracting newfound investment into Nigeria’s hydrocarbon market, as the country targets $10 billion in oil and gas expenditure within the […]