Month: October 2025

  Uganda is for the first time, participating in the Annual Swiss International Holiday Expo (SIHE) in Lugano, Switzerland. The 2025 exhibition which runs from Friday, 31st October to Sunday, 2nd November at the Centro Esposizioni Centre in Lugano, Switzerland is arguably Switzerland’s premier tourism fair, focusing on Luxury Tourism, MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, Exhibitions/Events), and leisure, attracting on average over 400 international buyers, 400 exhibitors from 80 countries, and […]

  The Swiss branch of the National Union of Eritrean Women (NUEW) held its 6th Congress on 25 October in the city of Bern. Speaking at the event, Mr. Habtom Zeray, Chargé d’Affaires at the Eritrean Embassy in Switzerland and Permanent Representative of Eritrea to the Human Rights Council of the United Nations and other International Institutions, said that as a result of strong organization and awareness, Eritrean women made […]

  President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana and French President Emmanuel Macron held extensive bilateral talks at the Élysée Palace on Thursday, discussing security cooperation, economic development, and regional stability on the sidelines of the 2025 Paris Peace Forum. The meeting opened on a solemn note, with President Macron offering condolences for the recent passing of Ghana’s former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings. Both leaders praised the Paris Peace Initiative […]

  Briefing ambassadors in the Security Council, the UN’s top relief official Tom Fletcher said “women and girls are being raped, people being mutilated and killed – with utter impunity,” adding: “We cannot hear the screams, but – as we sit here today – the horror is continuing.” After overrunning the Sudanese Armed Forces’ (SAF) last major stronghold in Darfur which had held out for over 500 days, RSF fighters moved […]

  His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio has visited the Government’s Harmful Drug Rehabilitation Facility in Hastings, where he assured recovering victims of his administration’s unwavering commitment to ending the harmful drug pandemic affecting the nation’s youth. President Bio expressed deep concern over the growing abuse of kush and other synthetic substances, describing the trend as a national crisis that threatens the country’s future. “If you destroy your future […]

  Parliament has approved a new loan worth US$ 121,961,000 from the African Development Fund to finance Uganda’s electricity export project to South Sudan, despite sharp divisions among Members. While some legislators welcomed the project as a strategic regional investment that could generate foreign income, others warned that it would worsen Uganda’s debt burden and disadvantage local consumers still paying some of the highest electricity tariffs in East Africa. Presenting […]

  The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services, Ms Kgomotso Anthea Ramolobeng, noted with grave concern what seems to be an increase of attacks in correctional centres, especially of offenders on officials. Ms Ramolobeng said: “This seems to be a trend now, a very worrying one as our facilities are already overcrowded with inmates, so the ratio of offender to official is high. It seems inmates at taking […]

  The Ad Hoc Committee to Investigate Allegations made by the South African Police Service’s (SAPS) KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi engaged with Deputy Minister of Police Hon Cassel Mathale. Tuesday saw evidence leader Adv Norman Arendse leading evidence as to what Hon Mathale would have said in his sworn statement to the committee. The afternoon and evening were spent with committee members engaging on the evidence before […]

  As part of Angola's presidency of the African Union (https://AU.int/), Luanda will host the 3rd Summit on Infrastructure Financing for Infrastructure Development in Africa from 28 to 31 October 2025, a high-level event that will bring together political leaders, investors, financial institutions, business associations, academics and multilateral organizations from Africa and Europe.  The Summit is a strategic platform for dialogue and cooperation, aimed at mobilizing sustainable and inclusive funding […]