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H.E. Mr Erastus Mwencha, Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) on 24 February 2016, concluded a three-day official mission to Mauritius. The high level AU delegation to the Republic of Mauritius discussed among other current issues, preparations ahead of the inaugural African Economic Platform (AEP) to be held in Port Louis, Mauritius from […]

Thank you Atam for your kind introduction. I am delighted to be here. I would like to thank Developing Markets Associates, and all the sponsors, for organising this important event. I have just had a meeting with Dr Kamara, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Relations. Our governments have worked closely for many years, […]

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced that US$21 million will be allocated from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund to provide urgent humanitarian assistance for people in South Sudan.   “This protracted conflict and worsening food insecurity have resulted in the urgent need for life-saving assistance. Timeliness of this assistance is critical, as time […]

On Monday, 29 February, the Holy Father Francis will meet with His Holiness Abuna Mathias, Patriarch of the Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Ethiopia, who will be present in Rome from Friday 26 to Monday 29. During his stay the Patriarch will visit the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and the tomb of the apostle […]

In a ceremony held on February 25, U.S. Ambassador to Egypt Stephen Beecroft awarded scholarship certificates to the newest group of Access English students.  The scholarships provide two years of high-quality English language classes and extracurricular activities to Egyptian youth throughout the country.  Since 2006, over 2600 Egyptian high school students have graduated from the […]

Around 100 troops from the corps of Royal Engineers will provide short-term engineering support to the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO), a non-UN multinational peacekeeping organisation in Egypt. UK personnel will carry out a range of improvement works to update infrastructure at the MFO main operating base in Sinai, Michael Fallon told Parliament today. Defence […]

To help strengthen Tunisia’s economy, hit not least by 2015 terrorist attacks, MEPs backed emergency plans to allow an additional 70,000 tonnes of its virgin olive oil to be imported duty free in the EU, in 2016/17. However, MEPs also inserted requirements for the EU Commission to do a mid-term assessment of the effects of […]

“Leading UK companies like Standard Chartered already have an established presence in Zambia. A UK Trade and Investment office opened in Lusaka in September 2014, followed a few months later by the launching of the British Chamber of Commerce; both of these new resources should help to create more precious business links. “But there exist […]

On Thursday 18 February 2016, Mr Jim McAlpine, DFID Ghana Country Director, inaugurated the Better Regulatory Committee (BRC) for the new DFID funded programme called Business Enabling Environment Programme (BEEP). This took place during a brief ceremony at the British High Commissioner’s Residence. The committee of eminent Ghanaians who are well versed in investment climate […]

West Africa is celebrating today the first anniversary of the Abidjan Declaration on the eradication of statelessness. The Declaration, adopted on 25 February 2015 by the Member States of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on the occasion of a ministerial conference organized by the United Nations High Commissioner and ECOWAS, contains 25 […]