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In response to a deadly Hepatitis E outbreak in South Sudan, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has launched a mass vaccination campaign in collaboration with the Ministry of Health to safeguard women and girls of reproductive age, who are at greatest risk of death from the disease. Since April 2023, 501 cases of Hepatitis E have been treated at the MSF hospital in Old Fangak, Jonglei state, and 21 […]

The first Alumni Summit of the U.S. Mission in Morocco brought together over 400 alumni of State Department programs in Morocco Saturday, January 27th, in Rabat. Participants engaged in a diverse program featuring 16 distinguished speakers, 16 Moroccan NGOs, discussion panels, workshops, and networking opportunities. The summit aims to create a platform for U.S. State Department program alumni to exchange ideas, showcase successful initiatives, and foster collaboration on pressing global […]

The President of the Republic. H.E. Joseph Nyuma Boakai this morning received in audience the Vice President of Sierra Leone, Hon. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh at his Rehab Residence. Vice President Jalloh's visit on Monday, January 29, 2024, comes barely a week after President Boakai's historic inauguration as 26th President of Liberia on January 22, 2024, which President Julius Maada Bio attended. Addressing the press after the meeting with President Boakai, the […]

The President of the Republic H.E Joseph Nyuma Boakai has laid out his administration's agenda, critical to tackling litany of challenges affecting national growth and sustainable development. Delivering his Annual Message to the National Legislature on Monday, President Boakai said the state of the nation his administration inherited is not the desire of the Liberian people.  President Boakai disclosed that poverty, drug abuse, corruption, poor infrastructure, and an underperforming economy […]

Eswatini’s parliament should provide sufficient resources to protect women against violence and to effectively implement the 2023-2027 National Strategy to End Violence in Eswatini, Human Rights Watch said today. On February 9, 2024, King Mswati III is scheduled to officially open parliament and approximately a week later, Finance Minister Neal Rijkenberg will deliver his annual budget speech. The year 2023 ended with a spate of killings of women, and very little […]

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, congratulated Mr. Azali Assoumani on being re-elected as the President of Comoros today. He further said that he looks forward to further strengthen India-Comoros partnership, India-Africa partnership and ‘Vision Sagar.’ The Prime Minister posted on X: "Heartiest congratulations Azali Assoumani on your re-election as the President of Comoros. Look forward to continue working together to further strengthen India-Comoros partnership, India-Africa partnership and ‘Vision Sagar.’"Distributed by APO […]

The Indonesian Embassy in Khartoum on Monday (29/1) returned 3 (three) Indonesian citizens to Indonesia from the temporary transit point for the Indonesian Embassy in Khartoum in Port Sudan. The three Indonesian citizens are Indonesian citizens who study religious knowledge informally (talaki) in Gadharif, Sudan. Since the beginning of the armed conflict in Sudan, the three of them decided to survive and chose to settle in Sudan because the situation […]

A project to reduce the alarmingly high number of child deaths related to pneumonia and diarrhoea in Somalia has been formally launched by King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) and WHO. The Every Breath Counts project aims to increase access to medical oxygen, set up mother and child health care, establish oral rehydration centres and provide integrated health facilities in the fragile humanitarian setting of Somalia. Child mortality […]

On 30 January, biodiversity experts from more than 20 African countries will meet in Harare to discuss the state of biodiversity for food and agriculture in the region and consider action to strengthen the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. National Focal Points will share experiences at national and regional levels with the aim of strengthening efforts to halt the loss of this key resource. “Biodiversity is crucial to our […]