Month: September 2025

  The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, met with Ahmed Attaf, Minister of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad of the sisterly People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria. The meeting took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, on the margins of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly.   The two sides discussed the close fraternal relations between the Kingdom of […]

  The official celebrations were nowhere near kicking off. The sun, mid-yawning, had barely finished its imaginary morning coffee ahead of a day’s worth of full-strength, shining work. That’s when the first revellers showed up. Arriving from the Greater Pibor Administrative Area and neighbouring Jonglei State, a multiethnic crowd quickly turned what is usually a volleyball court into a bustling scene of dancing, banter and laughter. They were all here, […]

  “I was working in my garden when I heard loud gun shots. I rushed to pick up my three-month old baby who was sleeping under the tree and we ran for our lives.” Twenty-four-year-old Betty explains how she fled her home in panic along with thousands of others during an incident involving the Ugandan People’s Defense Forces along the border with Kajo-Keji in South Sudan. “I had no choice […]

  “My people, cultivate healthy habits and mindsets. Engage in activities that bring joy and create a peaceful environment. Nurture yourselves with compassion and let go of what you cannot control.” This was the powerful message from the State Minister of Information, Peter Ngojo, as communities in Malakal came together to commemorate the International Day of Peace. His commitment to work “day and night” to restore peace resonated with the […]

  The United States’ recent expulsions of third-country nationals to Eswatini, Ghana, Rwanda, and South Sudan have exposed several hundred people to a risk of arbitrary detention, ill-treatment, and refoulement, Human Rights Watch said today. The opaque deals that facilitate these transfers, at least some of which include US financial assistance, are part of a US policy approach that violates international human rights law and is designed to instrumentalize human suffering as a deterrent to migration.  “These […]

  The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) (www.AfDB.org) has concluded a four-day workshop in Kinshasa to strengthen project management and improve the performance of Bank-financed operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Organised from 8 to 11 September 2025 by the African Development Institute and the Bank's fiduciary departments, in collaboration with the Country Office, the workshop brought together representatives of ministries, the Court of Auditors, and project implementation […]

  Principal Secretary for Medical Services, Dr. Ouma Oluga, joined a high-level panel hosted by the Community Health Impact Coalition on “Primary Healthcare: The Case for Professional Community Health Workers” at Hearst Towers, New York, during the United Nations General Assembly. Representing Health Cabinet Secretary Hon. Aden Duale, Dr. Oluga affirmed that community health is the backbone of Kenya’s Universal Health Coverage (UHC) reforms. He highlighted the professionalisation of 107,000 […]

  The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) has renewed its memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the African Association of Automotive Manufacturers, harmonising efforts to promote Intra-African trade and investment in the continent’s automotive sector. The MoU was signed on the sidelines of the recently concluded Intra-African Trade Fair 2025 (IATF2025) in Algiers, Algeria by Dr. Gainmore Zanamwe, the Director of Trade Facilitation and Investment Promotion at Afreximbank, and Ms. Martina […]