The Head of DFID Somalia, Phil Evans, visited Somaliland in February 2016 to attend a High Level Delegation meeting to discuss and review development support to Somaliland. Mr Evans together with Ambassadors to Somalia from Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands and accompanied by Government of Somaliland officials visited Hargeisa Urban Water Supply Upgrading Project which […]
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Launch of the Humanitarian Private Sector Partnership Platform (HPPP) EA
WHO: Ambassador Tom Amolo, Political & Diplomatic Secretary, Ministry of International Affairs and International Work WHAT: Launch of the Humanitarian Private Sector Partnership Platform (HPPP) EA WHEN: 8 March 2016 9am – 5pm WHERE: Sarova Panafric, Nairobi http://bit.ly/1UxYMZL WHY: Private sector has increasingly been recognized as a major stakeholder in multiple aspects of humanitarian action. […]
AU-YVC Completion of Service Ceremony and Celebration of Youth Volunteerism
The Human Resources, Science and Technology Department (HRST) of the African Union commission (AUC) honoured the Celebration of Youth Volunteerism under the theme “Volunteerism as a human centered approach to ensuring Human Rights towards the realization of Agenda 2063”. The African Union Youth Volunteer Corps (AU-YVC) is a continental development program that recruits and works […]
Remarks to press following meeting with Polisario Front Secretary-general Mohamed Abdelaziz
[As delivered] Ladies and Gentlemen, I am honored to be able to visit here today. I had a very good meeting with Secretary-General Abdelaziz and I would like to take this opportunity to express my most sincere thanks for their very kind welcome. I have been very much moved seeing for myself what their aspirations […]
MFA Press Statement: Visit by Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security Teo Chee Hean to the State of Qatar and the Arab Republic of Egypt, 6-9 March
Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security Teo Chee Hean will be visiting Qatar and Egypt from 6 to 9 March 2016. In Qatar, DPM Teo will co-chair the Seventh Qatar-Singapore High-Level Joint Committee (HLJC) Meeting with His Excellency Sheikh Abdullah Bin Nasser Bin Khalifa Al Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of […]
Statement from Minister Hurd during his visit to DRC
During his visit, the Minister made the following statement: “The United Kingdom is a long-term partner of the Congolese people. We want a strong, stable and prosperous Democratic Republic of Congo. We work in partnership with the government of the DRC to implement its own plans to provide services for the Congolese people, grow the […]
Joint Press Statement on elections in the Central African Republic on behalf of the United Nations, the African Union, the Economic Community of Central African States, the European Union and the International Organization of La Francophonie
The UN, the AU, the ECCAS, the EU and the IOF welcome the final results of the second round of the presidential elections in the Central African Republic announced by the Transitional Constitutional Court on 1 March 2016 which were conducted peacefully with the active participation of the Central African people. They congratulate the President-elect, […]
IMF and Central Bank of Tanzania hold workshop on improved financial systems in Africa
On March 3–4, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) held a regional workshop – at the BoT Conference Center in Dar es Salaam – on improving the tools of analysis for assessing the health and soundness of financial systems across sub-Saharan Africa. The workshop was opened by Benno Ndulu, Governor […]
On the Occasion of the Republic of Ghana's National Day
Press Statement John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC March 4, 2016 On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I want to convey our best wishes to the people of Ghana on the celebration of the Republic’s 59th anniversary of independence on March 6. Ghana and the United States […]
Communiqué of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU), at its 579th meeting on the situation in Somalia and the AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM)
The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU), at its 579th meeting held on 29 February 2016, adopted the following decision on the situation in Somalia and the AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM): Council, 1. Takes note of the briefing provided by the AU Commissioner for Peace and Security, on the situation in Somalia. Council further […]