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Dr. Vidhu P. Nair (IFS:2002), presently Ambassador of India to Turkmenistan, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Angola. He is expected to take up the assignment shortly.Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of External Affairs - Government of India.    

The government of Tanzania on Tuesday thanked the Chinese government for dispatching medical teams to help improve healthcare for people in the East African country. Over the last six decades, more than 1,500 members of the Chinese medical team have been dispatched to Tanzania, said Paschal Ruggajo, director of Curative Services in the Ministry of Health, stressing that they have saved the lives of more than 20 million Tanzanians suffering […]

China-aided Mmopane Primary School celebrated its first-ever Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) in style on Tuesday, topping Kweneng District in southern Botswana with a pass rate of 98.3 percent. In 2023, 118 students took the exams at the school, and 116 passed the exams, with 46 obtaining grade A, 30 grade B, and 40 grade D. To celebrate their victory with the community and its officials, the school's teachers and […]

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning announces: Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi will visit Egypt, Tunisia, Togo and Côte d’Ivoire upon invitation from January 13 to 18, 2024. This is the 34th consecutive year that Africa has been the destination of Chinese foreign ministers’ annual first overseas visit. Following his visit to Africa, Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi […]

The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST Africa) (https://Meltwater.org/), a leader in tech entrepreneurship training in Africa, announces the opening of applications for the  Class of 2025. This 12 month, fully sponsored program, based in Accra, offers a unique training program to help budding entrepreneurs transform their ideas into viable startup businesses through various modules including software development, go-to-market strategies, sales strategies, UI/UX Design, communications and more. The one year […]

Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna spoke today by telephone with her Djiboutian counterpart, Mr. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, about the situation in the Red Sea and Sudan. Ms. Colonna reiterated the importance of respecting the freedom of navigation, which is a fundamental principle of international law, and said that France would continue to take all appropriate measures to guarantee safety at sea, as it did through the deployment of […]

His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has received and welcomed the new United Nations Resident Coordinator in Sierra Leone, Madam Seraphine Wakana, who was appointed by Secretary General, Mr. António Guterres, in November 2023. The envoy, who was accompanied by the Senior Human Rights Advisor, Uchenna Emelonye, Peace&Development Advisor, Simonetta Rossi and Communication and Advocacy Lead, Osman Benk Sankoh, expressed gratitude to the President for accepting her appointment. She […]

Horn of Africa governments grappled with rampant wartime atrocities and humanitarian crises throughout 2023 with meager international assistance, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2024. Unaddressed historical grievances and impunity for serious crimes continued to spur widespread violations against civilians in the region. The conflicts in Sudan and Ethiopia have had a staggering impact on civilians, resulting in massive loss of life, destruction of property and large-scale displacements. Instead of treating these […]