Month: June 2025

 The Chairperson of the AU Commission H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf received H.E. Alejandro Ives Estivil Castro, Ambassador of Mexico to Ethiopia and Representative to the AU. They discussed deepening Africa–Mexico ties, with shared priorities in agriculture, manufacturing, peacebuilding,&diaspora engagement, drawing on Mexico’s rich experience in the Latin America region and her cooperation with some of the AU member states. Distributed by APO Group on behalf of African Union (AU).    

 Miles of nothingness. Searing heat. Rationed food provisions, dependent on weekly deliveries from colleagues at the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) base in Bentiu. UNMISS peacekeepers from Mongolia are committed to enduring the most difficult of conditions to help safeguard the communities surrounding their temporary base in Abiemnhom, Northern Unity State, and beyond. After a devastating attack by an armed group on Abiemnhom in April, that left 52 people […]

 UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is raising the alarm over the deepening humanitarian emergency in eastern Chad, where the number of Sudanese refugees has more than tripled in just over two years of deadly conflict.  Since April 2023, more than 844,000 Sudanese refugees have crossed into Chad. Prior to this latest crisis, Chad was hosting approximately 409,000 Sudanese refugees who had fled earlier waves of conflict in Darfur between 2003 […]

 Niger’s authorities should immediately release civil society activist and human rights defender Moussa Tiangari and stop using terrorism-related charges to silence dissent, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), in the framework of the Observatory for the protection of human rights defenders, said today. On December 3, 2024, men claiming to be policemen arrested Tiangari at his home in Niamey, Niger’s capital. On January […]

 President Wavel Ramkalawan this morning welcomed Mr. Jacquelin Morel, a gifted young autistic artist from Praslin, for a courtesy call at State House. He was accompanied by his mother, Mrs. Dolores Morel. In a warm and gracious reception, the President commended Mr. Morel for his outstanding artistic talent and perseverance, highlighting his remarkable dedication to developing his craft. President Ramkalawan reiterated his firm support for local creativity and acknowledged the […]

 From 3rd to 5th June 2025, stakeholders from across the South-West Indian Ocean (SWIO) region have convened for a regional consultative workshop to validate a study on strengthening gender dimensions, climate change, and environmental considerations in regional value chains for small-scale octopus fisheries. The workshop is organized by the African Union-InterAfrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR), with the support of the Government of Sweden through the Swedish International Development Cooperation […]

 The Government of the Republic of South Africa confirms with deep sadness the tragic passing of a South African citizen in West Virginia, United States of America. The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Mr Ronald Lamola, has extended condolences to the bereaved family during this profoundly difficult time. Our Embassy in Washington D.C. is providing full consular assistance the family. The circumstances surrounding this tragic death remain under active […]