Month: October 2025

  The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development yesterday adopted its report recommending to the National Assembly (NA) that the process to appoint a Commissioner to the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) be re-started, after a procedural issue halted the process. In a letter to the Speaker, dated 22 January 2024, the Chairperson of the SAHRC informed the NA of a vacancy created within the SAHRC following the […]

  Nigeria is accelerating its efforts to eradicate AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. Until recently, HIV prevention primarily depended on daily oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). The introduction of long-acting injectable PrEP is expected to broaden access, provide more options, and help bridge prevention gaps — supporting both national and global HIV objectives. With technical support from the World Health Organization (WHO) and funding from the Global Fund, […]

  At 14, Eugène learned he was HIV-positive. The diagnosis turned his adolescence upside down, marked by doubt, fear, and stigma. “At that age, you don’t understand everything, but you feel different. I was afraid of how others would see me, afraid of the future,” he confides. Now 20, he is a student at the Faculty of Education and advocates for self-acceptance and equitable access to reproductive health services for […]

  On October 15, 2025, President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message to Patrick Herminie on his election as President of the Republic of Seychelles. Xi Jinping noted that China and Seychelles have a traditional friendship. The two sides have supported each other on issues related to each other's core interests and major concerns, and bilateral cooperation in areas such as infrastructure and green development has been fruitful. Next year […]

  For years, the 20 000 residents of Bulape have lived with a harsh reality: to fetch water, they had to walk several kilometres through the forest, often at dawn or dusk, to reach stagnant and unsafe pools. “The water was often dirty, but we had no choice,” recalls Henriette Byongo, a mother of seven. The long trek stole hours from women’s days, delayed children on their way to school, and […]

  Mr. Romodan Ahmedin, Head of Public and Community Affairs at the Eritrean Embassy in South Sudan, conducted a meeting on 12 October in Juba focusing on enhancing nationalism and strengthening organizational capacity. The objective of the meeting, which was attended by heads of Eritrean community, the National Union of Eritrean Women, and the YPFDJ, was to discuss the basic strategic objectives of the Fourth Front as well as initiatives […]

  World Food Day and the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty were observed at the national level today at Hotel Mai-Nefhi under the respective themes “Hand in Hand for Better Food and a Better Future” and “Empowering Communities through Climate Change Action and Food Security Initiatives to Eradicate Poverty and Foster Prosperity.” The conference was attended by Ministers, senior Government and PFDJ officials, members of the diplomatic community, […]

  The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) is scheduled to visit Mozambique for the second time from 20 to 30 October 2025 to assess the country’s implementation of its previous recommendations. “We are looking forward to evaluate how the Government of Mozambique has acted on the recommendations we made nearly a decade ago, following our 2016 visit,” said Chris Nissen, head of the SPT delegation. “We also look forward to […]