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Download logo A joint ATMIS – UPDF and SNAF logistics convoy was hit by a Command Wire Improvised Explosive Device (CWIED) yesterday along the Mogadishu-Buffow-Barawe route. The attack claimed two lives and injured personnel from both ATMIS and SNAF. All casualties have been evacuated to medical facilities. We offer our heartfelt condolences to the families […]

Download logo Oman's Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi received a written message to His Majesty Sultan Haitham from the Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki. The message concerns relations between the two friendly countries. Sayyid Badr received the message during a meeting in his office with Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh Mohammed. The meeting discussed the progress of […]

Download logo President Cyril Ramaphosa was honoured yesterday evening, Sunday, 7 July 2024, with a phone call from His Excellency President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of the Arab Republic of Egypt who warmly congratulated President Ramaphosa on his new term of office. President El-Sisi shared with President Ramaphosa his expectation that South Africa and Egypt will […]

Download logo The newly appointed Country Director for Nigeria, Dr. Ndiamé Diop, assumed his new position today. He is succeeding Shubham Chaudhuri who completed his term in the same capacity. Prior to his assignment to Abuja, Dr. Ndiamé Diop served as the World Bank Country Director for Brunei, Malaysia, Philippines, and Thailand, based in Manila. In this position, […]

Download logo President Wavel Ramkalawan of the Republic of Seychelles witnessed the reappointment of Justice Bernadin Renaud as Chairperson of the Seychelles Human Rights Commission and presided over the swearing-in of Mr. Elvis Julie as a new Electoral Commissioner during a ceremony at State House this afternoon. Justice Renaud, initially appointed as Chairperson in July […]

Download logo Enhancing the economic inclusion of refugees necessitates acknowledging their economic contributions, according to the World Bank Chad Economic Update 2024, which dedicates a special chapter to examining the economic ramifications of refugee influxes. The outbreak of the Sudanese crisis in April 2023 has led to a significant increase of refugee population in Chad, […]

Download logo 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 warmest congratulations and sincere best wishes to the Government and people of Argentina on the exceptional occasion of the 208th Independence Anniversary on July 9, 2024.  […]

On July 5, Yin Chengwu, Chinese Ambassador to Liberia, met with Hon.John-Charuk S. Siafa, Mayor of Monrovia. The two sides exchanged views on  sub-national affairs cooperation between the two countries. Yin expressed China's willingness to continue to promote friendly exchanges between local governments and strengthen exchanges and mutual learning on urban governance of China and Liberia. […]

Download logo The EAC Ministers in charge of Foreign Affairs and East African Community together with EAC Secretary General are attending a three-day retreat in Zanzibar. The main objective of the EAC Ministerial Retreat is to discuss critical issues affecting the EAC region, including Peace and Security, Partner States Relations and the Integration process. The retreat […]

Download logo Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Bintou Keita, informed the Security Council of an attack on the residence of a Congolese politician, during which two police officers were killed. M23’s rapid expansion Ms. Keita, who also heads the UN peacekeeping mission in the country (MONUSCO), expressed grave concern over the rapid growth of the armed group Mouvement […]