APO International

 Continuous rainfall and floods in South Sudan’s Eastern Equatoria state have led to a sharp increase in disease. Stagnating pools of flood water creates ideal breeding grounds for mosquitoes, significantly raising instances of malaria among children and pregnant women. This, in turn, has resulted in increased cases of anemia among communities residing here. To tackle the growing health crisis, the state Ministry of Health and partners are focusing on boosting […]

 Logging licences will no longer be issued in an opaque manner, President William Ruto has announced. Instead, the President has directed that this should from now on be done through open and public tendering. This way, Kenyans will get value for forest resources, while transparency will develop the capacity of local industry to utilise them and boost job creation, he said. “To make sure that we exploit our forest resources […]

 The Ministry of Agriculture, in collaboration with the International Atomic Energy Agency, organized a training session focused on the maintenance and calibration of the national animal and plant health laboratory. The goal is to combat livestock and crop diseases effectively. The training, conducted in Asmara from 14 to 25 October, was attended by laboratory experts from Eritrea, Benin, Central African Republic, Eswatini, Libya, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Sierra Leone, and Seychelles. […]

 The President of the Republic of Liberia, His Excellency Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has on behalf of the Government and People of Liberia and in his own name extended warm congratulations to the Government and people of the Republic of Türkiye on the occasion marking the celebration of that country National Day on October 29, 2024. According to a Foreign Ministry release, President Boakai stressed that as Liberians join in the celebration of […]

 Oyster Agribusiness (www.OysterAgribusiness.com), an innovative agri-tech company specializing in climate-smart agriculture, has raised US$2 million in funding to expand its operations and deepen its impact on smallholder farmers across Ghana. This milestone was made possible through the support of Root Capital, RDF Ghana, and Sahel Capital Social Enterprise Fund for Agriculture in Africa (SEFAA FUND), with the fundraising process led by Pangea Africa Limited, a leading Business Development Service provider. […]

 The electricity highway between Ethiopia and Kenya, officially opened in 2023 after more than 10 years of planning and construction, is redefining energy connectivity in East Africa. It is more than a piece of infrastructure, it is an economic and environmental entity, connecting not just power grids but nations and populations.  This vision of a shared energy future runs for 1,045 km between Wolayta-Sodo in Ethiopia and Suswa in Kenya. […]

 The Ministry of Health has declared a cholera outbreak today in Renk, Upper Nile State. This declaration comes after reports of 44 suspected cholera cases, and six laboratory-confirmed cases on 23 October 2024 in Renk, Upper Nile State. As of 27 October 2024, 49 cholera cases have been reported among refugees, returnees, and local communities. The first suspected case was reported on 28 September 2024 after the County Health Department […]

 The three (3) day meeting of government experts to examine the draft additional act establishing the regional data exchange platform of the West African Police Information System (WAPIS) and the standard operating procedures ended on Friday 25 October in Dakar, Republic of Senegal. During their meeting, the experts from the Ministries of Interior Security, Justice and Foreign Affairs of the ECOWAS Member States made s presentation on WAPIS, reviewed the […]

 The Saudi Export-Import Bank (Saudi EXIM) and Africa Finance Corporation(AFC) (www.Africafc.org), Africa’s leading infrastructure solutions provider, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on initiatives to boost exports in both the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and AFC’s member countries This MoU, signed on the sidelines of the ongoing 2024 IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings, will also promote exchange of information, technical expertise and knowledge sharing between both institutions.   His […]