Month: June 2025

 Minister Ronald Lamola has undertaken an Official Visit to Changsha, Hunan Province, to attend the Ministerial Coordination Meeting of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). The purpose of the meeting is to discuss implementation of the outcomes of the 2024 FOCAC Summit which was held in Beijing on 5 and 6 September 2024. The FOCAC 2025–2027 Action Plan it includes cooperation in ten partnership areas including trade prosperity, industrial chain […]

 In Zimbabwe’s Kariba District, a quiet transformation is taking place; driven by knowledge, inclusion, and resilience. Under the ZRBF 2 bridging fund project, “Resilience Building in the Sebungwe Landscape”, supported by the Embassy of Ireland through UNDP and implemented by FAO in collaboration with the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development, extension officers are being equipped with new tools to support climate-smart agriculture and local empowerment. Thirteen […]

 On June 4th, Ambassador Zhao Weiping, on behalf of the Chinese Embassy in Namibia, donated a batch of books to the National Library of Namibia, including The Governance of China, Up and Out of Poverty and The Road to Ecological Civilization Construction in China. The Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture of Namibia held a handover ceremony for the donation. Mr. Erastus Haitengela, Executive Director of the Ministry, thanked the […]

 The Chairperson of the AU Commission, H.E. @ymahmoudali, received H.E. Dr. Gedion Timothewos, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, this afternoon. Their discussions focused on the ongoing preparations for the forthcoming Africa Climate Summit&the Africa-CARICOM Summit, which Ethiopia will co-host in collaboration with the AU Commission. The Chairperson&the Minister reaffirmed their commitment to deepening collaboration&underscored the importance of inclusive planning, collective ownership, and strategic coherence […]

 At the Third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3), the African Union (AU), through its various institutions including the Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR), will showcase a united and strategic front in catalyzing ocean action to realize Africa’s Sustainable Blue Economy aspirations. The AU side event titled “Accelerating Action to Meet Africa's Sustainable Blue Economy Aspirations”, scheduled for June 12, 2025, at the UNOC3 Blue Zone, will bring together high-level […]

 Lieutenant Colonel Getrude Ndenga’s path to service began long before she joined the Tanzania People’s Defence Force, growing up in the barracks of northern Tanzania. “I grew up saluting before I could spell,” she says, reflecting on her childhood as the daughter of a woman in the military. “She was my role model,” Ndenga says, as she fondly remembers watching her mother lace up her boots each morning, an image […]

 When Yusuf Sesay first noticed a strange itch around his genital area, mpox wasn’t the first thing that came to mind. He figured it might just be a mild infection, something a quick pharmacy run could fix. But within a few days, the discomfort spiralled into something harder to ignore: fever, pounding headaches, and the kind of fatigue that made getting out of bed quite difficult.  Yet, he kept self-medicating, […]

 Kenya is working towards fast-tracking implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to unlock opportunities for businesses in the country across the continent. Speaking during the Kenya IATF2025 Business Roadshow event, Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Investments, Trade and Industry, Hon. Lee Kinyanjui said the government is positioning and consolidating Kenya as a Trade, industrial and innovation hub to strategically tap into trade and investment opportunities presented by […]

 The organisers of DRC Mining Week expo and conference in Lubumbashi are pleased to announce that the Prime Minister of the DRC, Her Excellency, Mrs Judith Suminwa Tuluka, will be in attendance during the longstanding event’s 20th anniversary edition this month in Lubumbashi on 14 June during a special ministerial session. 20 years of shaping mining in the DRC From its inception, DRC Mining Week has evolved into the largest […]