CUBAN Health Minister José Ángel Portal and Zimbabwean Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga on Friday reaffirmed their willingness to strengthen and diversify health relations. According to Cuba’s Public Health Ministry (MINSAP)’s website, both ministers also discussed the possibilities for increasing medical collaboration in the African nation, continuing to train human resources and promoting the biopharmaceutical technology transfer. […]
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No fewer than five governors and seven ministers are accompanying President Bola Tinubu on Sunday to New York, for the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), which will be his first as the Nigerian leader. According to a statement by Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, the […]
Niger’s coup leaders have tried to expel France’s ambassador, but Paris says it doesn’t recognize their authority to order him out. Macron said on TV he was “literally” a “hostage,” stuck in the French Embassy in Niamey. President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that France’s envoy to Niger was living like a hostage in the […]
The United States plans to hold back $85-million in military aid to Egypt because of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s failure to uphold the U.S.’s conditions on freeing political prisoners and other human rights issues, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy said. Democrat Murphy is also asking that a further $235-million in military aid be withheld in what […]
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry received on Thursday 14/9/2023 a phone call from his US counterpart Antony Blinken, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said. The call touched on the distinguished relation between the two countries. Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed the recent humanitarian tragedy unfolding in Libya after […]
Mogadishu — The Chinese Embassy in Somalia hosted a reception on Thursday to mark the upcoming 74th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). In the capital, Mogadishu, Somali government officials, representatives from various walks of life in the East African country, and delegates from foreign diplomatic missions in Somalia participated […]
Addis Ababa — :- The Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Ethiopia, Demeke Mekonnen, and his entourage arrived in Havana, Cuba today. Upon arrival at Jose Marti International Airport, the deputy prime minister and foreign minister was warmly welcomed by officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba and Ethiopian Ambassador to Cuba, […]
Nairobi — UN Women is advocating for equal pay for men and women to bridge the gender pay gap in the East and Southern Africa region by 2030. In its latest report dubbed ‘Why Women Earn Less?’, the body says that women only earn about 81 cents for every $1 earned by men on an […]
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Uganda Reopens Embassy in Havana, Cuba
Uganda has finally reopened its embassy in the Cuban capital, Havana as both countries continue to deepen ties. The embassy was reopened on Thursday by the Vice President, Major(Rtd) Jessica Alupo on the sidelines of the G77 summit currently ongoing in Havana. President Museveni in 2016 during a meeting with then Cuban Vice President, Salvador […]
Governance and human rights advocate Undule Mwakasungula has spoken in support of President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera’s physical attendance at the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Summit in New York, US, next week. Mwakasungula argues in a press statement shared with us on Wednesday night that UNGA could be a gateway to economic opportunities and […]
UN humanitarians are working flat out on the ground in Libya, providing desperately needed aid to thousands of survivors of the flood disaster that has left thousands dead and thousands more unaccounted for. Disaster struck on Sunday when torrential rains from Storm Daniel led two dams close to the now devastated port city of Derna […]
The German Red Cross was scheduled to send a relief flight to Morocco on Thursday, upon Moroccan request. The Moroccan government has restricted aid senders to four the governments, excluding Germany, the US and France. A German Red Cross relief flight set to take off on Thursday en route to Morocco was postponed at the […]
Harare — Moroccan authorities are continuing their efforts to speed up rescue operations, evacuate and provide care for the injured, and mobilize all necessary resources to respond to the devastating earthquake which hit Morocco. While young people are driving the country’s frantic relief effort with volunteers from all across the city and beyond responding to […]
Nairobi — President William Ruto has departed from the country on Wednesday for a visit to the United States. In a statement issued by State House Spokesperson Hussein Mohamed, Ruto’s visit underscores Kenya’s commitment to tech innovation and its pivotal role as a trade partner with the United States. President Ruto will visit Silicon Valley […]
Harare — The U.S. resumed flying drones and other aircraft out of Niger’s air bases, according to the commander of the Air Forces in Europe and Africa, Al Jazeera reports. This comes more than a month after a coup put an end to the operations of more than a thousand U.S. forces stationed in the West […]
Benjamin Kasdan, Acting PEPFAR Ethiopia Country Coordinator This month, PEPFAR is hosting a global “sustainability summit” with delegates from all PEPFAR countries. It will be the first time that PEPFAR brings together representatives from government, civil society, and the United States government, as well as multilateral organizations such as UNAIDS, the Global Fund, and the […]
United Nations — The United Nations’ top envoy in Sudan is stepping down, four months after being told by the government to leave. In parting remarks, he criticized Sudan’s military and the rebel Rapid Support Forces, or RSF. “This conflict is leaving a tragic legacy of human rights abuses,” Volker Perthes told a Security Council […]
The UN system is providing aid to areas in eastern Libya impacted by the weekend floods and a disaster assessment team has been deployed to support government response and relief operations, the UN said on Wednesday. More than 5,000 people have reportedly died, many of them residents of Derna, which was struck by a torrent […]