Month: February 2025

 The Ministry of Education and Sports maintains that the recruitment of head teachers and deputy head teachers of the contested 76 seed secondary schools will go on.   Head teachers and their deputies of the schools under the Uganda Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers Programme (UGIFT)Phase two, petitioned Parliament seeking to halt of the recruitment process stating  that the advertisement is internal and disqualifies them. The Committee on Education and sports is […]

 An estimated 135 000 women could lose their lives to breast cancer by 2040 in sub-Saharan Africa if urgent actions are not taken to reverse the trends, a new World Health Organization (WHO) report finds. The WHO study assessed breast cancer control capacities in 42 of the 47 countries within the African region, focusing on six critical areas: leadership, governance and financing, health workforce, health information systems, and service delivery. […]

 Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) established an audiovisual production studio within the National Center for Children and Youth Informatics, operating under the Tunisian Ministry of Family, Women, Children and the Elderly. Founded in 1996, the National Center for Children and Youth Informatics has branches in 24 provinces and serves 1,500 students annually. As part of the project, the center completed the installation of a state-of-the-art studio and provided training for […]

 Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi spoke over the phone with King of the Kingdom of Bahrain, His Majesty King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa. Spokesman for the Presidency, Ambassador Mohamed El-Shennawy, said President El-Sisi and His Majesty King Hamad Bin Isa underscored the depth and robustness of relations between the two countries and their peoples, stressing the need to further strengthen ties across all areas, including the economic and investment […]

 The Briefing on Humanitarian Health Facility Electrification, led by the Global Platform for Action (GPA) on Sustainable Energy in Displacement Settings with the support of NORCAP, defines the humanitarian healthcare electrification gap and explores its root causes.  Key challenges include: Short-term humanitarian budget cycles Limited financial and management capacity among government partners Difficulty in operationalising available energy capacity Read the full report here: Briefing on healthcare electrification in humanitarian settings […]

 His Excellency Mlondi Solomon Dlamini, High Commissioner-designate of the Kingdom of Eswatini to the Republic of Seychelles, officially presented his credentials to President Wavel Ramkalawan during a ceremony at State House this morning. President Ramkalawan extended a warm welcome to H.E. Dlamini and congratulated him on his new diplomatic role. He reaffirmed the strong bilateral ties between Seychelles and Eswatini, which have flourished since their establishment in March 2002. The […]

 The National Tripartite Committee has begun negotiations to determine the 2025 minimum wage and the base pay for the 2025. The Committee, which includes employers, organised labour and government representatives, is expected to conclude discussions by the end of April, in line with the Public Financial Management (PFM) Act. A statement signed by the Acting Presidential Spokesperson, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, urged members to work expeditiously to meet the deadline to […]

 "Today, I truly feel like a South Sudanese citizen—I have received a plot of land where my family and I can finally resettle" said Collet Albino Alajahu. Overflowing with joy, she added, "Jur River County is now my new home.” Collet was among over 30,000 people displaced in 2016 when fighting erupted in Wau, the capital of Western Bahr El Ghazal, between government and opposition forces. Seeking safety, they took refuge in […]

 Transforming the basic education sector by improving the quality of learning from an early age can drive inclusive growth in South Africa, according to a World Bank report released today. The report also provides an analysis of the country’s recent economic performance and prospects for the medium term.  The fifteenth edition of the World Bank’s South Africa Economic Update, entitled Learning: Overdue Reforms and Emerging Priorities for the Basic Education, asserts that […]