Month: March 2025

 African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energies, the premier platform for Africa’s energy sector, marks its fifth anniversary in 2025, celebrating a legacy of driving investment, fostering partnerships and advancing the continent’s energy future. Since its inception, AEW has established itself as the continent’s leading energy event, bringing together industry leaders, policymakers, investors and global stakeholders to catalyze development across Africa’s oil, gas and renewable sectors. Over the past […]

 The implementation of phase III of the national CCTV project by the Uganda Police Force (UPF) will require an additional US$62 million. This revelation was made by the Undersecretary of the Police Aggrey Wunyi while appearing before the Committee on Defence and Internal Affairs on Tuesday, 11 March 2025. Wunyi said that the project is still at the design and budget solicitation stage.  AUDIO Wunyi  The State Minister for Internal […]

 The Minister of Basic Education, Ms Siviwe Gwarube, today informed Parliament that the Sanitation Appropriate for Education (SAFE) initiative has now successfully eradicated over 93% of identified pit toilets in public schools across the country.  This significant milestone marks a critical step toward ensuring that all learners have access to safe and dignified sanitation facilities. Despite the severe fiscal constraints facing the basic education sector, the Department has remained resolute […]

 Recent cuts in foreign aid have forced Save the Children to suspend lifesaving programmes for malnourished children as a reported 131 million children live in areas experiencing acute food crises globally. In a remote corner of northern Afghanistan, where winter has set in, health workers are battling the clock to care for malnourished children as foreign aid cuts threaten to halt their efforts in the next 30 days, Save the […]

 The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), in collaboration with the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education and with support from the Government of Iceland, has expanded the Home-Grown School Meals (HGSM) programme to Nkhotakota district, Malawi. The Government of Iceland has recently contributed US$ 1.5 million to facilitate the expansion of the HGSM programme over the next three years, improve food security for learners, create opportunities for farmers, and promote […]

 The European Union reiterates its commitment to the unity and territorial integrity of Sudan and the sovereignty of the Sudanese people.  Plans for parallel ‘government’ by the Rapid Support Forces risk the partition of the country and jeopardise the democratic aspirations of the Sudanese people for an inclusive Sudanese-owned process that leads to the restoration of civilian rule.  The European Union calls upon the parties to the conflict to end […]

 Upon the invitation of the Chief Justice of Liberia, Her Honor Sie-A-Nyene Gyapay Yuoh, President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., on yesterday delivered remarks at the formal opening of the March 2025 Term of the Honorable Supreme Court of Liberia.   The event, held at the Temple of Justice, was attended by the Chief Justice, Associate Justices, members of the National Legislature, judges, magistrates, and other distinguished guests.   In his […]