Month: August 2025

 Zimbabwe must urgently invest in girls’ rights, education, and safety to ensure gender equality becomes a lived reality for future generations, a UN Working Group said today. Concluding an official visit to the country, the UN Working Group on discrimination against women and girls, issued a statement commending Zimbabwe’s constitutional commitment to gender equality and welcoming legislative and programmatic initiatives to advance the rights of women and girls. “Despite the Government’s efforts, […]

 The Minister of Foreign Affairs Hon. Gen.Jeje Odongo Abubakhar held a meeting with H.E Lisa Chesney, High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Uganda at the Ministry Headquarters in Kampala. The meeting focused at bilateral issues of mutual interest between the two governments, including peace and security developments in the Great Lakes region. They also discussed Uganda's level of preparedness for the upcoming 2026 general electionsDistributed by APO Group on […]

 On August 8, Mr. MATSUMOTO, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, received a courtesy call by Mr. Toufik Milat, Ambassador-Designate of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria to Japan. The overview is as follows. At the outset, Parliamentary Vice-Minister Matsumoto welcomed the arrival of Ambassador-Designate Milat who has extensive experiences. He then expressed his will to continue discussion to further strengthen bilateral relations to develop bilateral economic cooperation in various areas, based […]

 The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has approved a grant of $5.3 million to implement the Project to Strengthen the Public-Private Partnership Environment for the Promotion of Private Investment in The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar and Togo. The project, approved in Abidjan on 27 June 2025, will be financed by the Bank's Transition Support Facility (under Pillar III: support for critical capacity building and technical assistance […]

 An official reception was organized for Olympian athlete Biniam Girmay upon his return home after participating in the 2025 Tour de France. The ceremony was held yesterday, 7 August, at the National Confederation of Eritrean Workers Hall. Speaking at the event, Ambassador Zemede Tekle, Commissioner of Culture and Sports, congratulated Biniam for his outstanding performance at the Tour de France and said that he is following in the footsteps of […]

 Intra-African Trade Fair 2025 (IATF2025), Africa’s premier trade and investment forum, is delighted to announce Arise Integrated Industrial Platforms (Arise IIP), a pan-African infrastructure and industrial development enterprise that designs and operates large-scale industrial ecosystems across Africa, as an official Premier Partner. The Fair is scheduled to take place from 4-10 September 2025 in Algiers, Algeria. IATF2025, organised by Afreximbank in collaboration with the African Union Commission and the African […]

 The African Development Bank (https://www.AfDB.org/) reaffirmed its strong support for Zambia’s private sector-led transformation by hosting a strategic side event during the inaugural Invest in Zambia International Conference (IZIC). The high-profile session, themed “Catalyzing Private Sector Growth: Unlocking AfDB’s Financing Toolkit in Zambia,” successfully engaged private companies, financial institutions, development partners, and government representatives. In his opening remarks, the Country Manager for Zambia, Raubil Olaniyi Durowoju, emphasized the Bank’s growing […]