Month: February 2025

 Speaker Anita Among has asked legislators to allow the Ministry of Education and Sports to consider the Education Policy Review Commission Report before it is presented to Parliament. The report was presented to the Minister for Education, Hon. Janet Kataaha Museveni by former minister Hon. Amanya Mushega who the review commission.  The Education Policy Review Commission was tasked with looking into the state of Uganda’s education sector with the aim […]

 The Turkish Ambassador to Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Hidayet Bayraktar, paid a farewell visit to the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Omar Alieu Touray, on Monday February 10, 2025, in Abuja, Nigeria. The visit marks the end of his mission to Nigeria and was an opportunity for Hidayet Bayraktar to invite him to participate in an event to be held this year in […]

 Ambassador Amadou DIONGUE, ECOWAS Resident Representative in Benin, paid a courtesy visit to Her Excellency Madame Mariam Chabi Talata, Vice-President of the Republic of Benin, on Wednesday February 5, 2025.  During this audience, the two personalities exchanged their wishes for the new year and discussed the challenges and issues of integration in West Africa. Ambassador DIONGUE also took this opportunity to inform Her Excellency Madame Mariam Chabi Talata of the […]

 Ambassador Ngozi Ukaeje, ECOWAS Resident Representative in Guinea-Bissau, on January 17, 2025, paid a courtesy visit to the Director General of Guinea-Bissau National Television (TGB), Mr Ahmadou Djamanca. The visit is part of the development of strategies to enhance the visibility of ECOWAS programmes and activities in Guinea-Bissau. The main objective is to strengthen the capacities of the TGB in order to improve the production of content and the dissemination […]

 The Leader of the Opposition, Hon. Joel Ssenyonyi has asked government to stop any further allocation of funds to Inspire Africa Coffee, a private entity financed by government to establish a coffee factory as a tertiary hub for last mile coffee value addition in Ntungamo District. Ssenyonyi said the financing should be halted until government comes out clearly on the terms of the partnership, which he said could not be […]

 The first round of Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) was held on February 10, 2025, in Malabo, Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Co-Chaired by Shri Sevala Naik Mude, Additional Secretary (Central and West Africa), Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India and Mr. Matias Nguema Mba Medja, Secretary General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Diaspora, Republic of Equatorial Guinea. 2. During the FOC, both sides undertook a comprehensive review of […]

 Thousands of people affected by the fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are leaving displacement sites in and around Goma for safer areas, the UN humanitarian affairs office OCHA reported on Tuesday.  Last month, M23 rebels captured the city - the largest in the region and capital of North Kivu province. Nearly 3,000 people have reportedly been killed and 2,880 injured. OCHA Spokesperson Jens Laerke said more than […]

 President John Dramani Mahama’s 120 Days Social Contract Task Force has held its inaugural meeting following the swearing-in of the full complement of ministers of state. Chaired by Dr Valerie Sawyerr, Senior Presidential Advisor on Governmental Affairs, the 19-member task force is to ensure that the policies outlined in the NDC Manifesto to be achieved within the first 120 days of President Mahama’s assumption of office are fulfilled. The president […]

 Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi continued his consultations with the foreign ministers of Islamic countries regarding the situation in Gaza by holding a telephone conversation with his Algerian counterpart Ahmed Attaf. Araghchi praised Algeria’s principled stance in supporting the Palestinian people's resistance for self-determination and liberation from Zionist occupation. He described the forced displacement of Palestinians from Gaza as part of a colonial scheme to erase Palestine and strongly […]