Month: January 2025

 On January 21, as the Chinese New Year of the Snake approached, Ambassador Yin Chengwu visited and extended his greetings to the Chinese enterprises, the China medical team and China-Aid project groups, the Confucius Institute, and individual Chinese merchants in Liberia, distributing Chinese New Year gift packages on-site. Ambassador Yin conveyed the care of the Party and the government to the Chinese community in Liberia, extending New Year’s blessings, while also learning about the production and […]

 On 22 January, Ambassador Guo Haiyan attended the “Henan (China) Spring Festival Overseas Gala: Africa Tour”, which was co-organized by relevant departments of the People’s Government of Henan Province and Henan Chamber of Commerce in Kenya. Mme. Rebecca Miano, Cabinet Secretary for Tourism and Wildlife, among more than 700 people both from Chinese community and local Chinese culture lovers attended this function.  Ambassador Guo highly appreciated this event, as in her view, the performances from Henan art delegation which included world renowned Chinese intangible cultural heritage such as […]

 On January 22, 2025, Chinese Ambassador to Rwanda Mr. Wang Xuekun and Minister of Finance and Economic Planning of Rwanda Hon. Yusuf Murangwa signed Agreement on China-Rwanda Economic and Technical Cooperation and Framework Agreement on the Giseke Irrigation Project on behalf of their respective governments in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. The signing ceremony was attended by James Kimonyo, Rwandan Ambassador to China; officials from Rwanda's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, […]

 Following the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE President, and as part of the UAE’s commitment to address global humanitarian needs, the country provided comprehensive aid to the Republic of Chad from December 25, 2024, to January 15, 2025. The initiative was carried out to support impacted families, enhance food security in severely affected areas, and mitigate the repercussions of the most recent floods in […]

 President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law the Expropriation Bill which repeals the pre-democratic Expropriation Act of 1975 and sets out how organs of State may expropriate land in the public interest for varied reasons. The Bill, which has undergone a five-year process of public consultation and parliamentary deliberation, aligns legislation on expropriation with the Constitution. Section 25 of the Constitution recognises expropriation as an essential mechanism for the state […]

 More than 1 million children and their families will be targeted in a major Mpox prevention campaign in Sierra Leone launched by Save the Children after the West African country recorded its first cases of the potentially deadly virus. Sierra Leone declared a public health emergency on 13 January as it became the 21st African country tackling mpox and currently has 12 recorded cases [1], with the first case confirmed on 10 January.  Save the Children is […]

 The human rights record of Egypt will be examined by the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the fourth time on Tuesday, 28 January 2025, in a meeting in Geneva that will be webcast live.  Egypt is one of 14 States to be reviewed by the UPR Working Group during its upcoming session from 20 to 31 January 2025. The first, second and third UPR reviews of […]

 Parliament has approved government’s additional request to  borrow and also receive a grant of all totaling to over US$600 million to finance the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area Urban Development Programme. The approval follows a motion moved by the State Minister for Finance, Hon. Henry Musasizi during the sitting of the Housechaired by Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa on Wednesday, 22 January 2025. Musasizi said  that the programme aims to strengthen the […]