Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and his spouse received at Cairo International Airport Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his spouse. The two presidents later headed to Ittihadia Palace, where an official reception ceremony was held, the national anthems were played, and the guard of honor was inspected. The Spokesman for the Presidency said the two presidents held a closed session of discussions, followed by another expanded session in the […]

On February 13 th 2024 the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Gen. Jeje Odongo Abubakhar held two meetings with the Director of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Khalid Muhammed and the other, with the Abu Dhabi Department of EconomicDevelopment's Under-Secretary Rasheed AbdulKarim Al Blooshi at the Hilton Habtoor in Dubai. The meeting with Mr. Khalid Muhammed centered on the planned/upcoming visit by a business delegation to Uganda organized by the Dubai Chamber […]

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, left Ghana on Tuesday, 14th February 2024, to lead the Ghanaian Delegation to attend the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Federal Republic of Germany. The Munich Security Conference (MSC) is a prominent platform for global discussions on security policy. MSC 2024 aims to reinforce the rules-based international order and counter revisionist tendencies. The event will include debates, side events, and commemorate […]

On February 13, 2024 the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to South Africa and the Republic of Botswana, Igor Bely, presented Credentials to the President of Botswana, Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi. The Head of State of Botswana and the Ambassador of Belarus discussed the creation of institutional mechanisms for the development of relations between the countries, as well as the intensification of bilateral contacts at the […]

On February 14, 2024  a meeting of the Belarusian part of the Joint Standing Commission on Cooperation between the Republic of Belarus and the Republic of Zimbabwe was held under the chair of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, Sergei Aleinik, in preparation for its inaugural meeting.  The participants discussed the progress of implementation of the agreements reached during the state visit of the President of […]

East African Community (EAC) Partner States have reaffirmed their commitment to enhance energy efficiency and exploit wind, solar and geothermal energy as sustainable energy sources for the region. Partner States have subsequently embarked on various initiatives in an effort to tap into the potential of renewable energy and energy conservation, such as review of national renewable energy laws, implementation of energy management regulations, national strategies and standards for energy efficiency […]

Nearly 700,000 people have now fled from extreme violence in Sudan to eastern Chad. One in three people in this deeply afflicted area is a refugee. Survivors have escaped atrocities, but now face extreme neglect and a daily struggle for survival. The extreme brutality of Sudan’s war has displaced 9 million people within their own country. This is now the largest war-related displacement crisis in the world, surpassing even Ukraine […]

Consultative Competition Committee of ERCA met in Abuja to review the draft Cooperation Agreement between ECOWAS and bodies in charge of competition in the Member States and to review and validate the Terms of Reference of the Market Study on Digital Markets. The ECOWAS Consultative Committee on Competition (CCC) held its 8th meeting to review the draft Cooperation Agreement between ECOWAS bodies in charge of competition in the Member States […]

A three-day workshop on regional training on data analysis, Early Warning Products with infographics for elections in West Africa commenced in Abuja, Nigeria. The workshop scheduled from 12th to 14th February 2024 brought together analysts from ECOWAS and WANEP, representative of Political Affairs, Peace and Security (PAPS) and National Early Warning and Systems (NEWS) Managers/ ECOWARN monitors from WANEP from thirteen (13) countries. The workshop aimed at enhancing the knowledge […]