Month: October 2025

  The Select Committee on Education, Sciences and the Creative Industries has told the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality not to commit funds on Red Location Museum without a detailed empirical information that will inform a workable business plan. The Chairperson of the committee, Mr Makhi Feni, lamented the extent of decay in community infrastructure within the municipality. He said that it was shocking and unacceptable. “There seems to be […]

  On October 23, 2025 as part of a working visit to the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, Maxim Ryzhenkov, met with the Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries of Algeria, Co-chairman of the Algerian side of the Belarusian-Algerian Intergovernmental Joint Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation, Yacine El Mahdi Oualid. The parties stated the need to […]

  Morocco and Belgium reaffirmed, on Thursday in Brussels, their shared willingness to deepen a strategic and structuring partnership based on trust, mutual respect and converging views on major regional and international challenges. This reiteration was expressed on the occasion of a meeting held in Brussels between Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates Mr. Nasser Bourita and the Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, […]

  I extend my heartfelt thanks to His Majesty King Philippe of Belgium for the gracious reception today in Brussels, and for the strong and distinguished bilateral relations that bind our two nations. I also express my sincere appreciation to Mr. António Costa, President of the European Council, and Ms. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, for hosting the inaugural summit between Egypt and the European Union […]

  In South Sudan, the cascading effects of climate change have become increasingly visible and devastating with torrential rainfall displacing communities all across the country. In regions like the Greater Pibor Administrative Area, one of the most affected, high-water levels have surged across six counties, threatening to tip the region into a full-scale humanitarian crisis.  Considered by many in the community to be among the worst floods in recent memory, […]

  Sudan stands at the epicentre of one of the world’s “most severe” humanitarian crises, according to the UN. Over 30 million people now need urgent humanitarian assistance, among them 9.6 million displaced from their homes and nearly 15 million children caught in a struggle for daily survival. “This is one of the worst protection crises we’ve seen in decades,” said Kelly Clements, Deputy High Commissioner at the UN refugee agency […]

  Members of the four sub-branches of the National Union of Eritrean Women (NUEW) London branch conducted their congress on 19 October in London, with about 100 members in attendance. Mr. Tewolde Yohannes, Head of Public and Community Affairs at the Eritrean Embassy in the UK and Ireland, said that the National Union of Eritrean Women has played a leading role in raising awareness among Eritrean women, ensuring equality and […]

  A panel discussion in connection with United Nations Day 2025 was organized at the National Confederation of Eritrean Workers Hall in Asmara on 22 October under the theme “Self-Reliance: The Eritrean Experience and Its Global Relevance.” The event was attended by representatives of ministries, national associations, heads and representatives of UN offices, as well as members of the diplomatic community. The objective of the panel discussion was to enhance […]

  Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation, and Moroccan Expatriates Mr. Nasser Bourita called, Thursday in Brussels, on Belgian economic operators to seize the opportunities offered by the Southern provinces of the Kingdom, in line with His Majesty King Mohammed VI's vision of making the Sahara region a hub for development and cooperation. The call was made during the joint press conference in which Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister […]