Staff Writer

 Equatorial Guinea’s Minister of Hydrocarbons and Mining Development, Antonio Oburu Ondo, has been confirmed to speak at African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energies 2025, taking place from September 29 to October 3 in Cape Town. His participation underscores Equatorial Guinea’s renewed push to attract global investment through a bold reform agenda and reenergized licensing framework. At a time when global energy investors are seeking growth markets, Equatorial Guinea […]

 Namibia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy Petroleum Commissioner, Maggy Shino, will speak at the Invest in African Energy (IAE) 2025 forum in Paris, offering insights into the country’s rapidly evolving hydrocarbon sector and the broader opportunities it presents for upstream investment and partnerships. Namibia has solidified its status as a premier frontier market, with a string of high-impact discoveries in the Orange Basin driving global investor interest. Galp’s Mopane series […]

 Sonangol Integrated Logistics Services (SONILS) – an onshore supply base to the Angolan oil and gas industry – has joined the 2025 edition of the Angola Oil&Gas (AOG) conference and exhibition as a Gold Sponsor. Celebrating 30 years of operations this year, SONILS’ return to AOG signals its continued commitment to strengthening Angolan logistics and supporting greater oil and gas production in the country. Situated in Luanda, the SONILS’ Integrated […]

 The Philippine Embassy in Lisbon, Portugal conducted three field pre-voting enrollment and voting missions for the 2025 National Elections overseas. These missions were held from 26 to 28 April 2025 in Luanda, Angola and on 04 May 2024, in the cities of Porto and Faro, Portugal.  Overseas Filipinos who encountered challenges in the online voting system received assistance in their pre-voting enrollment and in casting their votes, with particular  attention given to vulnerable groups […]

 As part of its cultural diplomacy program, the Philippine Embassy in Pretoria, in partnership with the Kapatiran at Ugnayan ng Natatanging Sining at Talentong Pilipino (KUNST), organized back-to-back art workshops in South Africa. The first workshop, which was held on 27 April 2025 at the Philippine Embassy multifunction hall, was attended by members of the Filipino community in South Africa, as well as personnel, dependents, and friends of the Embassy. […]

 The preparatory meeting for the eighth Supreme Committee between the State of Qatar and the Republic of Tunisia, at the level of senior officials, concluded in Doha on Tuesday. The two-day talks were co-chaired by HE the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Arab Affairs Department Director, Nayef bin Abdullah Al Emadi and HE Director General of Maghreb, Arab, and Islamic Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Migration, and Tunisians Abroad […]

 Minister of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts, and Tourism Reza Salehi-Amiri has described cultural diplomacy as the cornerstone of strengthening relations between Iran and Egypt. Speaking to an Iranian TV program from Istanbul on Monday, Salehi-Amiri emphasized the importance of developing tourism relations between Iran and Egypt. Referring to Iran's official participation in the D-8 Cairo Summit, he said that strengthening cultural and tourism ties between Iran and Egypt could open a […]

 The newly appointed Chief Executive Officer of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), Ambassador Marie Antoinette Rose Quatre, has commended President Julius Maada Bio for his visionary leadership and steadfast commitment to governance. The commendation came during a courtesy visit to State House, as Sierra Leone hosts the South-South and Triangular Cooperation for Sustainable Development forum. Ambassador Quatre expressed profound gratitude for President Bio’s support on her appointment as Chief […]

 His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio has officially received the Annual Public Procurement Compliance Assessment Reports for the years 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 from the Chief Executive Officer of the National Public Procurement Authority (NPPA), Mr. Fodie J. Konneh. The reports provide a comprehensive evaluation of public procurement practices across 178 Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs), local councils, and government-funded projects nationwide. They serve as a critical tool […]