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The Lesotho Volleyball Team bided to host the Zone 6 Volleyball Championship and was granted an opportunity to host the prestigious games. Events such as sporting activities can attract a multitude of visitors and enhance the brand image and promotion of the destination. Events do not only provide stellar performance to spectators but economic spin-offs on host economies. The event brought benefits like job creation, visitor spending and selling of […]

The Human Rights Council today elected Ambassador Omar Zniber, Permanent Representative of Morocco to the United Nations Office at Geneva, to serve as its President for 2024. Ambassador Zniber was elected in a secret ballot process in which all 47 members of the Geneva-based human rights body cast their vote to appoint its president for 2024 – the Council’s 18th annual cycle. “It is an honour for both the Kingdom of Morocco and […]

The Vice President and Flagbearer of the NPP, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has highlighted the enormous impact of digitisation on the country's development, after seven years of investment in the sector by the NPP Government. Speaking at the opening of the 75th Annual New Year School by the University of Ghana, Dr. Bawumia said, focusing on modernising the Ghanaian economy through digitisation, upon assumption of office in 2017, was essential, and […]

Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi heads to Al-ʿAqabah, Jordan, to participate in an Egyptian-Jordanian-Palestinian summit, with King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, H.M. King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein, and Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas. The three leaders are gathering for consultations on the Israeli military escalation in the Gaza Strip and endeavors to push and exert robust efforts toward stopping the escalation and salvaging the people of Gaza from […]

HE President of the Republic of The Gambia President Adama Barrow has received the credentials of HE Mohammed bin Ali Al Kuwari as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Qatar to the Republic of The Gambia. HE the Ambassador conveyed the greetings of HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani to HE the President of the Republic of The Gambia, and His Highness' wishes of good health […]

In recent years, as concern has grown worldwide that droughts are and will continue to increase in frequency and severity, drought management has moved from a reactive approach – a post-impact response – to a proactive one centered on preparedness. FAO and its partners – UNCCD, IDMP, WMO, and GWP – are the promoters of this shift and collaborate on several projects and activities, including the organization of a series […]

The kingdom of Morocco has been remarkably elected to the Presidency of the United Nations Human Rights Council for 2024, during a vote held on Wednesday, Januray, 10, 2023 in Geneva. Of the 47 members of the United Nations Human Rights Council, 30 supported Morocco's candidacy compared to that of South Africa, which only received 17 votes. Morocco's election, for the first time in its history, to the presidency of […]

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) hearings on January 11 and 12, 2024, on genocide in Gaza will include the first formal response by Israel before an independent and impartial court to allegations of atrocities against the Palestinian people since October 7, 2023, Human Rights Watch said today. On December 29, South Africa filed a case with the court alleging that Israel is violating the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. On January 2, Israeli […]