The UN can confirm that there has been an aviation incident involving a UN-contracted helicopter in Galmudug, Somalia. The helicopter was conducting an air medical evacuation. The UN is in the process of gathering all relevant information. Response efforts are underway.  More information will be shared when it becomes available.Distributed by APO Group on behalf of United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM).    

The National Agricultural Research Institute conducted its annual activity assessment meeting in Halhale on January 9. The meeting saw the attendance of Mr. Arefaine Berhe, Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Habteab Tesfatsion, Governor of the Southern Region, along with heads of the Ministry of Agriculture and Southern Region, and a number of agricultural experts and researchers. During the meeting, Mr. Tsegay Berhane, head of the research institute, highlighted several key achievements […]

The Parliamentary Commission, established under Article 87A of the Constitution, has been fully constituted with the endorsement of the Leader of the Opposition and four back bench Commissioners. Hon. Joel Ssenyonyi takes up the mantle of the Leader of the Opposition, replacing Hon. Mathias Mpuuga. Mpuuga will now serve as a backbench Commissioner of the House representing the Opposition, alongside Hon. Solomon Silwany, Hon. Prossy Akampurira and Hon. Esther Afoyochan, […]

The Lesotho Volleyball Team bided to host the Zone 6 Volleyball Championship and was granted an opportunity to host the prestigious games. Events such as sporting activities can attract a multitude of visitors and enhance the brand image and promotion of the destination. Events do not only provide stellar performance to spectators but economic spin-offs on host economies. The event brought benefits like job creation, visitor spending and selling of […]

The Human Rights Council today elected Ambassador Omar Zniber, Permanent Representative of Morocco to the United Nations Office at Geneva, to serve as its President for 2024. Ambassador Zniber was elected in a secret ballot process in which all 47 members of the Geneva-based human rights body cast their vote to appoint its president for 2024 – the Council’s 18th annual cycle. “It is an honour for both the Kingdom of Morocco and […]

The kingdom of Morocco has been remarkably elected to the Presidency of the United Nations Human Rights Council for 2024, during a vote held on Wednesday, Januray, 10, 2023 in Geneva. Of the 47 members of the United Nations Human Rights Council, 30 supported Morocco's candidacy compared to that of South Africa, which only received 17 votes. Morocco's election, for the first time in its history, to the presidency of […]

The Vice President and Flagbearer of the NPP, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has highlighted the enormous impact of digitisation on the country's development, after seven years of investment in the sector by the NPP Government. Speaking at the opening of the 75th Annual New Year School by the University of Ghana, Dr. Bawumia said, focusing on modernising the Ghanaian economy through digitisation, upon assumption of office in 2017, was essential, and […]

Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi heads to Al-ʿAqabah, Jordan, to participate in an Egyptian-Jordanian-Palestinian summit, with King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, H.M. King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein, and Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas. The three leaders are gathering for consultations on the Israeli military escalation in the Gaza Strip and endeavors to push and exert robust efforts toward stopping the escalation and salvaging the people of Gaza from […]

HE President of the Republic of The Gambia President Adama Barrow has received the credentials of HE Mohammed bin Ali Al Kuwari as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Qatar to the Republic of The Gambia. HE the Ambassador conveyed the greetings of HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani to HE the President of the Republic of The Gambia, and His Highness' wishes of good health […]