Month: January 2025

 Tanzania today confirmed an outbreak of Marburg virus disease in the northwestern Kagera region after one case tested positive for the virus following investigations and laboratory analysis of suspected cases of the disease.  President of the Republic of Tanzania, Her Excellency Samia Suluhu Hassan, made the announcement during a press briefing alongside World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in the country’s administrative capital Dodoma.  “Laboratory tests conducted at […]

 The human rights record of Angola will be examined by the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the fourth time on Thursday, 23 January 2025, in a meeting in Geneva that will be webcast live. Angola 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 […]

 China Chengxin International Credit Rating Co., Ltd (CCXI) has assigned an ‘AAA/Stable’ rating to African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com), recognising the Bank as a leading Multilateral Financial Institution (MFI) on the continent.  Afreximbank is the first African Multilateral Financial Institution to receive AAA rating from CCXI. In its 2024 Credit Rating Report for African Export-Import Bank, released in Beijing on 15 January, CCXI noted that the rating considered, as key […]

 Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met with Advisor to the President for Urban Planning, Major General Amir Sayed Ahmed; Head of the Armed Forces Financial Affairs Authority, Lieutenant General Ahmed El-Shazly; Head of the Armed Forces Engineering Authority, Major General Ahmed Al-Azzazi; and Executive Director of the "Future of Egypt" Authority for Sustainable Development, Colonel Bahaa El-Ghannam. Spokesman for the Presidency, Ambassador Mohamed El-Shenawy, stated that President El-Sisi followed-up on […]

 President Cyril Ramaphosa will lead the South African delegation to the 55th World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting that will take place from 20 to 24 January 2025 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. The meeting, convened under the theme “Collaboration in the Intelligent Age”, will foster new partnerships and insights to shape a more sustainable, inclusive future in an era of rapidly advancing technology. WEF convenes global leaders to address key global […]