Staff Writer

  The upcoming African Mining Week (AMW) will showcase the critical role played by African Mining Chambers in driving policy reform, promoting governance transparency and enabling partnerships between governments, industry and investors. AMW will feature representatives from African Chamber of Mines, showcasing lucrative investment opportunities across the continent’s mining value chain. African Mining Week serves as a premier platform for exploring the full spectrum of mining opportunities across Africa. The […]

  Following the declaration of the Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Kasai Province, World Health Organization (WHO) is intensifying efforts to support the government to scale up measures to halt the spread of the virus as swiftly as possible. Soon after the alert about the outbreak was received, WHO mobilized experts who joined an advance team of first responders from the Ministry of Health […]

  Côte d'Ivoire's economic growth is solid and remarkably resilient in the face of global shocks, according to the World Bank's latest economic update. However, to accelerate its economic transformation and sustainably reduce poverty, it will need to strengthen its domestic resource mobilization. The 15th edition of the report, entitled “Tax Revenue Mobilization: A Catalyst for Productivity and Economic Transformation”, highlights the country's recent economic progress, while providing an in-depth […]

  On September 9, Amb. GAO Wenqi called on Hon. Mark Cyubahiro Bagabe, Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources of Rwanda. They exchanged views on the agriculture cooperation between China and Rwanda, and expressed commitment to further expanding trade in agriculture, enhancing cooperation in technology, promoting business exchanges,and building China-Rwanda community with a shared future. Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the […]

  Convening the Egypt–Azerbaijan Business Forum to create close ties Between the Private Sectors of Both Countries H.E. Dr. Rania Al-Mashat, Minister of Planning, Economic Development, and International Cooperation, received Mr. Yalchin Rafiyev, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, to discuss enhancing avenues of economic and investment cooperation between the two countries. During the meeting, H.E. Dr. Rania Al-Mashat affirmed the depth of the historical relations […]

  The Select Committee on Social Services welcomes progress achieved by the Eastern Cape Department of Health in implementing the Public Protector’s remedial action. The remedial action follows the Public Protector’s investigation into the allegation that pregnant women awaiting admission at Gqeberha’s Dora Nginza Regional Hospital for critical caesarean section surgeries were once forced to sleep on the floor and chairs, among other things. The Public Protector referred the report […]

  At the sprawling Tibek Cattle Camp on the outskirts of Bor, the mid-morning air is rancid with the smell of dung and thousands of cattle, jostling against each other. Small calves, some dun-colored and some white, prance and parry, as the women of the camp prod them along with a stick to move them out to pasture. With lush vegetation leading into the never-ending green, this cattle camp was […]

  The State of Qatar expresses its strong condemnation and denunciation of the attack on a village in northeastern Nigeria, which caused dozens of deaths and injuries. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterates the State of Qatar’s position rejecting violence, terrorism, and criminal acts, regardless of their motives and reasons. The Ministry extends Qatar’s condolences to the families of the victims, as well as to the government and people of […]

  From 8th to 9th September,  2025, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, through its Directorate of Education, Science and Culture in the  Department of Human Development and Social Affairs, in collaboration with the European Union, Expertise France, and other implementing partners, hosted a two-day meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, under the Africa-Europe Partnership to Exchange on Education Reforms (PEERs) programme. The initiative seeks to strengthen cooperation between and within […]