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 Home to nearly one million people, Unity State had only one trained investigator to handle serious crimes. But that has now changed with 19 investigators and one prosecutor from Mayom, Guit, and Rubkona counties completing a ten-day training facilitated by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan Rule of Law and Security Institutions Section (RoLSIS) and UN Police (UNPOL), with funding from the Norwegian Embassy in Juba.  The initiative demonstrates UNMISS’ […]

 Fourteen young men and women from across Libya joined UNSMIL experts from the Ceasefire Monitoring Component on Wednesday in Tripoli to share their ideas and recommendations on how youth can support the implementation of the Ceasefire Agreement in Libya.  In breakout discussions the participants continually raised the issues of insecurity on both militarily and political fronts, and the impact that this has on the social and economic fabric of the […]

 The United Nations Transitional Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNTMIS) began operations today, succeeding the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM).  “UNTMIS reaffirms the UN’s commitment to the Government and people of Somalia in building a stronger country and better future – we look forward to working together as partners throughout this planned two-year transitional mission, as Somalia further reinforces national ownership and self-reliance,” said the UN Secretary-General’s Acting Special […]

 President William Ruto has asked Member States of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) to ratify Pan- African Payments and Settlement System to enable and ease trade among the countries. The President said the African payment system will save Africa more than $5 billion annually in payment and foreign exchange transaction costs. “Instead of our traders chasing currency exchanges, they can be comfortably chasing trade initiatives,” President […]

 The Eritrean National Committee in Germany convened for its 9th meeting on 26 October in Frankfurt. The gathering included representatives from various national committees and members of the Eritrean Commission from cities across Germany. Mr. Yohannes Woldu, Charge d’Affaires at the Eritrean Embassy in Germany, provided a comprehensive briefing on the objective situation in the homeland as well as on regional and global developments. He emphasized the importance of the […]

 Ambassador Fesehatsion Petros, Eritrea’s non-resident Ambassador to Sweden, held a meeting with leaders of Eritrean national organizations in Sweden. The meeting focused on strengthening organizational capacity, nurturing competent and patriotic youth, and discussing the situation in the homeland and the progress of national development programs. Ambassador Fesehatsion emphasized that organization is the foundation of success, calling on nationals in Sweden to enhance their organizational strength, reinforce resilience against external hostilities, […]

 HE Ambassador of the State of Qatar to the Republic of South Africa Mubarak bin Nasser Al Khalifa took part in a meeting of HE Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of the Republic of South Africa Ronald Lamola with ambassadors and high commissioners from Asia and the Middle East accredited to the Republic of South Africa. A host of topics of mutual interest were discussed during the meeting. Distributed […]

 Health ministers and delegates from 20 African countries today adopted a landmark declaration to enhance climate resilience within health systems and address the profound health impacts of climate change on the continent. The Harare Declaration, endorsed during the first Climate and Health Africa Conference (CHAC), calls for immediate and collaborative action from a wide array of stakeholders—including governments, academic institutions, funding agencies and civil society—to combat the detrimental health effects […]

 The health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo today introduced the R21 malaria vaccine into the national immunization programme, adding a crucial tool to complement existing malaria control measures to protect and save the lives of young children. With the country having received 693 500 doses of the World Health Organization (WHO)-recommended R21 vaccines, the first phase of the rollout was kicked off in Kongo Central province targeting […]