On 8 February, 2023, in northwestern Burkina Faso, gunmen fired on a clearly identified Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) vehicle a few kilometres from the town of Tougan. The team in the vehicle -- three MSF staff members from Burkina Faso and one from Congo -- was travelling from Dedougou to Tougan to give support and supplies to their colleagues, who were providing medical care to people in Tougan and the surrounding area. Sadly, […]

The EU announced today new funding of €1.5 million for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where more than 2.2 million people were affected and at least 300 lost their lives as a result of devastating floods. Around 100,000 homes have been destroyed and more than 500,000 people have been displaced due to the floods, although these figures are expected to increase as more information from the affected areas becomes available. […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa will today, Friday, 09 February 2024, tee up at the annual Presidential Golf Challenge at the Atlantic Beach Golf Estate, Melkbosstrand. The Presidential Golf Challenge (PGC) was inaugurated in 1999 to give an opportunity for the sitting President of the Republic to raise funds for the charity of his/her own choice.   The initiative, coordinated by the Minister for the Public Service and Administration, is a joint effort with […]

Quality English education is essential for opening educational and economic opportunities for Ethiopian students and it is crucial for Ethiopia to achieve its long-term development goals.  Well-trained English educators versed in modern, research-backed, student-centered teaching methodologies at the university and secondary levels are the key to improving the quality of English education in Ethiopia. The U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia, in collaboration with the British Council and Addis Ababa University’s School […]

Diamonds tell stories of love, inspiration, and development.  Botswana’s incredible diamonds-for-development story already inspires consumers in Canada, the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States when they ask about the provenance of their diamonds. With its legacy of good governance and democracy, Botswana diamonds can give consumers confidence their special purchases fund development, and not destruction. From the outset of Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, […]

Launched in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2019, the Support Project for the Alternative Welfare of Children and Young People Involved in the Cobalt Supply Chain (https://apo-opa.co/3SvpVA4)(PABEA-Cobalt) is nearing the end, in December 2024, of its planned implementation. Funded to the tune of US$78 million by the African Development Fund – the concessional financing window of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) – and the Transition Support Facility, the project has […]

During a joint visit to South Sudan, the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, committed to deepening their collaboration for displaced people and host communities in the country. Since the start of the war in Sudan 300 days ago, more than half a million people have arrived in South Sudan, most of them South Sudanese who had been in Sudan for decades. Many are heading back […]

At least 75 people, including three children, have been killed and 2,200 displaced in two weeks of brutal violence in the Abyei Special Administrative Area between communities, but the actual number of those killed could be much higher, said Save the Children. Save the Children teams are seeing a dangerous spike in violence, which is leading to widespread displacement and compromising the safety and well-being of innocent children and women. The violence […]

The successful implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) 2024-2028, through the establishment of a UNSDCF Joint Steering Committee and UNSDCF Results Groups, were amongst the points discussed during the meeting between the United Nations Resident Coordinator for Seychelles and Mauritius, Ms. Lisa Singh, and the Principal Secretary for the Foreign Affairs Department, Ms. Vivianne Fock Tave, on Thursday 8th February 2024 at Maison Quéau de Quinssy.  The two […]