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[[{"value":"In a strong call to stakeholders at the opening of the tenth Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD-10) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Amina Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary-General said urgent action is needed to increase capital flows into developing countries, particularly in Africa to make the SDGs stimulus a reality. She also urged the international community to support Africa in its efforts to deliver its vision for development through the […]

[[{"value":"On April 23, Yin Chengwu, Chinese Ambassador to Liberia attended the handover ceremony of China-Aid Solar Power Project for the Ministry of Posts and Communications of Liberia. Mr. Sekou M. Kromah, Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, representatives of the Liberian Cabinet and the management of the Ministry of Post and Communications attended the ceremony. Kromah thanked the Chinese government for its long-standing support and assistance to the Liberian government, especially for the assistance in infrastructure construction and […]

[[{"value":"The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has charged heads and officials of state-owned enterprises to adhere strictly to the submission timelines instituted by the State Interests and Governance Authority on the preparation and further publication of State Ownership Reports. “As a follow-up to this directive, I expect the Director General of SIGA to furnish me with the list of all specified entities who have not complied with […]

[[{"value":"It is a dark day in the United Kingdom as the Safety of Rwanda Bill will soon become law after passing its final stages in parliament yesterday. This will have a devastating impact on human rights and the rule of law, risking the lives of people who came to the UK seeking safety and setting a dangerous global precedent. The government’s new law tries to legislate away the facts and declare Rwanda safe to […]

[[{"value":"In an interview on the BBC’s Today Program this week, Deputy Foreign Secretary Andrew Mitchell sang the praises of Rwanda’s “remarkable regime.” But as the debate over the government’s Safety of Rwanda bill came to a close, he left out some important facts about Rwanda’s human rights record. When asked about an incident in which Rwandan security forces shot and killed 12 Congolese refugees during a 2018 protest over cuts in food rations in […]

[[{"value":"The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) (SECAM.org), in collaboration with the African Synodality Initiative (ASI) is organizing a workshop for the African Delegates to the Second Session of the Synod on Synodality in October 2024. The workshop is scheduled to take place from 23 – 26 April 2024 at Nairobi, Kenya. The objectives of the workshop include the following: To give opportunity to the delegates to […]

[[{"value":"The rationalisation of the Non-Performing Assets Recovery Trust (NPART) and Departed Asians Property Custodian Board will only be concluded after an audit, Parliament has directed. On Tuesday, April 23, 2024, Parliament debated the Non-Performing Assets Recovery Trust (Amendment) Bill, 2024 that purposes to dissolve the Trust, the Board of Trustees, and the Sinking Fund under the NPART, which serves as an expedient mechanism for the eventual recovery of certain loans […]

[[{"value":"​The Indonesian Embassy on Monday (22/4) again facilitated the return of Indonesian citizens from Sudan to Indonesia a.n. Ahmad Nadir (28 years old) from Central Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara. Ahmad Nadir is an Indonesian citizen who has been studying Islamic knowledge in the capital city of Khartoum since 2021. When armed conflict broke out in Sudan in April 2023, he decided to move to a safer area and stay temporarily […]

[[{"value":"On April 22 and 23, Moscow hosted a meeting of BRICS sherpas/sous-sherpas, chaired by Deputy Foreign Minister, Russia’s BRICS Sherpa Sergey Ryabkov. The meeting participants discussed current issues on the agenda of the Russian year in BRICS, including the implementation of decisions adopted at the Johannesburg Summit on August 22-24, 2023. Russia’s representatives also informed the other participants about the ongoing preparations for the upcoming BRICS Foreign Ministers’ meeting, scheduled […]