[[{"value":"The Office of the President has announced the re-appointment of Mr Gamini Herath as the Auditor General, following the recommendation of the Constitutional Appointments Authority (CAA), in accordance with Article 158 of the Constitution. Mr Herath has been re-appointed for a 7-year period effective from 31st March, 2024.Distributed by APO Group on behalf of State House Seychelles."}]]    

[[{"value":"Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Rachid Talbi Alami, represented HM King Mohammed VI, on May 23, 2024 in N'Djamena, at the official inauguration ceremony of the President-elect of the Republic of Chad, Mr. Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno. The official inauguration ceremony took place in the capital N'Djamena, in the presence of heads of state, heads of government, speakers of parliament, ministers and heads of delegation, members of the […]

[[{"value":"Media update from the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) on the latest situation in Gaza, Thursday 23 May 2024. An update from Suze van Meegen, NRC’s head of operations in Gaza: “The city of Rafah is now comprised of three entirely different worlds: the east is an archetypal war zone, the middle is a ghost town, and the west is a congested mass of people living in deplorable conditions.  “People have […]

[[{"value":"Top Eight Teams to Compete at BAL Playoffs (www.BAL.NBA.com) and Finals in Kigali, Rwanda from May 24 - June 1; Bank of Kigali Joins BAL’s Roster of Marketing Partners for Playoffs and Finals. The 2024 Basketball Africa League (BAL) Playoffs will tip off on Friday, May 24 at BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda featuring the top eight teams (https://apo-opa.co/3wP67QQ) from the league’s Kalahari (https://apo-opa.co/3wCKu6N), Nile (https://apo-opa.co/4awYBbE) and Sahara (https://apo-opa.co/3yxDXuA) conference group phases that were held in […]

[[{"value":"Desert-to-Power involves 11 countries across Sahelian belt; 250 million people set to benefit with 10 gigawatts of solar by 2030. The African Development Bank is the driving force behind one of the world's most ambitious energy projects: the Desert to Power initiative aims to bring energy to one of the least developed and most marginal parts of the continent. This transformative and bold effort aims to turn Africa’s vast, sun-drenched Sahel […]

[[{"value":"Following heavy rains associated with the El Niño phenomenon, which resulted in massive flooding and landslides in Tanzania, the European Union is providing TZS 276,974,500 (€100,000) in emergency humanitarian funding to assist the most affected households. The flooding and landslides have claimed many lives and destroyed thousands of homes. This funding is in addition to an earlier allocation of TZS 276,974,500 (€100,000) to the Tanzania Red Cross Society, in December […]

[[{"value":"As the world continues to grapple with the aftermath of the most severe pandemic in a century, the Seventy-seventh session of the World Health Assembly will convene under the banner of "All for Health, Health for All." Scheduled to run from 27 May to 1 June, with the participation of ministers of health and other high-level country representatives, the Health Assembly serves as a critical platform for addressing existing global health challenges […]

[[{"value":"The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) recently held a pivotal two-day workshop to prepare Tonj South for an upcoming circuit court. This initiative, which falls under the Kong Koc Project funded by the South Sudan Multi-Partner Trust Fund for Reconciliation, Stabilization, and Resilience (RSRTF), aims to enhance the justice system’s efficiency by addressing long-pending cases involving intercommunal violence. Delayed justice has […]

[[{"value":"The three-day workshop, held from 15 to 17 May 2024 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, was organised by the ECOWAS Centre for Gender and Development (ECGD). It brought together experts from ECOWAS, COMESA (Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa), EAC (East African Community), women users of the 50MAWSP platform and partners such as the Spanish Cooperation, the African Development Bank (AfDB), USAID West Africa and the UN Women Office for […]