Month: April 2025

  The IMF and Tanzanian authorities have reached staff-level agreement on the fifth review under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) and the second review under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF). Once approved by the IMF Executive Board, Tanzania will gain access to US$441 million in financing. Tanzania’s economic outlook is favorable, with robust growth, low inflation, an improved current account, and increased foreign exchange liquidity. In FY25/26, well-balanced public […]

 Her Excellency Lana Nusseibeh, Assistant Minister for Political Affairs, met with His Excellency Dr. Musalia Mudavadi, Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs of Kenya, to discuss bilateral relations between the UAE and Kenya, as well as opportunities to enhance people-to-people ties and joint cooperation across several sectors.  During the meeting, which took place on the sidelines of the London Sudan Conference, the two sides also […]

 Civilians in South Sudan continue to bear the brunt of violence, with a concerning 51 percent increase in victims harmed by conventional parties to the conflict and other armed groups, as well as a similar rise in incidents of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) documented in the 2024 annual brief by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). Between January and December 2024, UNMISS documented 1,019 violent incidents affecting 3,657 […]

 The finding comes in its latest brief on violence against civilians, which also reveals a similar rise in incidents of conflict-related sexual violence (CSRV). Sources include victims and eyewitness accounts, as well as reports from secondary sources identified during field missions, service providers and protection partners.  Killings, abductions and other horrors Last year, UNMISS documented 1,019 violent incidents affecting 3,657 civilians.   Of this number 1,561 were killed and 1,299 injured. Another 551 people were […]

 Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi spoke over the phone with President of the Republic of Rwanda, Paul Kagame. Spokesman for the Presidency, Ambassador Mohamed El-Shennawy, said the two Presidents reviewed ways to boost bilateral cooperation, particularly in the economic and developmental fields, as well as joint projects across various sectors. This cooperation reflects the depth of the historical relations between the two countries, with a view to realizing their peoples’ […]

 Nearly 15 years after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi and the emergence of rival administrations in 2014, the country remains divided, with the internationally recognised Government of National Unity (GNU) based in Tripoli in the northwest and the Government of National Stability (GNS) in Benghazi in the east. “Every day, ordinary Libyans face recurring crises, whether economic, security or political,” Hanna Tetteh, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Libya, told […]

 The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (Regional Affairs), Hon. John Mulimba has revealed that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will reduce the number of diplomatic missions abroad from the current 38 to about 15 according to a president directive citing cost concerns and questions around their effectiveness. Mulimba made the disclosure during the plenary sitting on Wednesday, 16 April 2025 while responding to concerns raised by Members of Parliament […]

 HE Minister of State for International Cooperation Maryam bint Ali bin Nasser Al Misnad met Thursday in Doha with HE Special Envoy of the President of the Republic of Zambia Caleb Fundanga. The two sides discussed ways to foster bilateral cooperation relations, primarily in the field of development and several topics of common interest.Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The State of Qatar.    

 The Minister of State for Water and Environment (Environment), Hon. Beatrice Anywar has said that the degazettement of Gulu central forest reserve to allow for the expansion of Gulu University will be done in accordance with the National Forestry and Tree Planting Act, 2003.   “We follow procedures and it is not because we are frustrating efforts of Gulu University, we are following the law. We are not going to […]