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His Majesty King Mohammed VI sent a message of congratulations to president of the Republic of Lithuania, Gitanas Nausėda, on the occasion of his country's National Day. In this message, the Sovereign expresses His warmest congratulations and sincere wishes of good health and happiness to Nausėda, and of continued progress and prosperity to the friendly Lithuanian people. On this occasion, HM the King voices His satisfaction with the relations of […]

Namibia expects to produce first oil by 2030, with development plans underway for the eight discoveries made in the Orange Basin since 2022. This string of upstream success will not only create new opportunities for job creation, industrialization and long-term economic growth, but has demonstrated the lucrative potential of offshore oil in southern Africa. Namibia’s recent upstream success and future investment opportunities will be a key focus during the Namibia […]

The government is scaling up investment in irrigation to enhance the country’s food production capacity, President William Ruto has said. He said irrigation will help the country increase acreage under cultivation and stop reliance on rain-fed agriculture. President Ruto said the government’s KSh60 billion investment in water projects will help the country reduce the importation of food that can be produced locally. “Every year, we spend KSh500 billion to import […]

Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) (www.AfricaFC.org), the continent’s leading instrumental infrastructure solutions provider, has announced several strategic partnerships on the sidelines of the recently concluded 2024 Mining Indaba conference in Cape Town to boost Africa’s mining sector, ushering the continent into a new era of growth and prosperity. Since 2014, AFC has invested over US$1billion in Africa’s mining of precious metals and critical minerals across several countries, and the latest partnerships […]

As conflict continues unabated in Sudan, the influx of returnees and refugees continues into South Sudan. Ensuring protection and much-needed humanitarian assistance for them has been one of the top priorities for the United Nations family, especially in Renk, a border town in Upper Nile state, where transit centers for temporary relief have been established. However, challenges abound here, as Anita Kiki Gbeho, the newly appointed Deputy Special Representative-Humanitarian (DSRSG) […]

The Vice-President of the Republic of Seychelles, Mr. Ahmed Afif, will be representing the President of the Republic, Mr. Wavel Ramkalawan at the 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) to be held from 17th to 18th February 2024 at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The upcoming African Union Statutory Summit meeting is to be held under the AU’s 2024 theme “Educate an African […]

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Mr. Nasser Bourita, took part, on February, 15, 2024 in Addis Ababa, in the 44th ordinary session of the Executive Council of the African Union. The Moroccan delegation chaired by Mr. Nasser bourita includes Ambassador Mohamed Arrouchi, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom to the AU and UNECA, Ambassador Mohamed Methqal, Director General of the Moroccan Agency for International Cooperation, and […]

The Republic of Congo is a mature hydrocarbon market with proven resources, numbering 1.8 billion barrels of oil reserves and 284 billion cubic meters of natural gas reserves. Despite this, the country’s on- and offshore territory remains underexplored and operators have been slow to add value to crude resources. Yet a new gas monetization drive, coupled with several offshore exploration and development programs, presents investors with dynamic opportunities in gas […]

Hon. John Mulimba, Minister of State for Foreign affairs/Regional Cooperation, met with H.E Monzer Selim, Ambassador of the Republic of Egypt to Uganda at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The two discussed the outcomes of the recent bilateral meetings between Ministers of Foreign Affairs on the margins of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit that was held in January 2024, where they discussed the Nile Basin Initiatives (NBI) and Cooperative Framework Agreement (CFA). They […]