Tag: africa

Mr. Mamadou Sangafowa Coulibaly, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr. Bukar Tijani, FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Africa along with Mr. Germain Dasylva, FAO Representative to Côte d’Ivoire, briefed the press on the forthcoming 29th Session of FAO Regional Conference for Africa (4-8 April 2016, Sofitel Abidjan Hôtel Ivoire). More than 50 […]

According to the best available estimates, 26-30 million hectares of Namibian farmland are affected by bush encroachment. Evidence exist that this phenomenon severely degrades rangelands and hampers agricultural productivity. At the same time bush encroachment creates unique opportunities for the Namibian economy if biomass is recognised as a valuable resource for existing and new value chains. Acknowledging the […]

The inaugural African Development Week opened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Thursday March 31, with various speakers urging participants to engage in constructive debates that will promote Africa`s structural transformation through green industrialization. The week, which will have highlights, including the launch of the Economic Commission for Africa`s flagship Economic Report for Africa 2016 report, began […]

Hundreds of people who may have been in contact with 8 individuals infected with Ebola virus in Guinea’s southern prefectures of Nzérékoré and Macenta have been vaccinated with the experimental Ebola vaccine in a bid to contain the latest flare-up of Ebola. WHO’s office in Guinea says more than 1,000 contacts have been identified and […]

The Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), has paid tribute to the “extraordinary courage” of the volunteers and staff of the Central African Red Cross Society, who have managed to expand life-saving malaria, HIV and tuberculosis prevention and treatment in the midst of the crisis that has […]

INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA When:                    From 4th – 6th April, 2016. Time:                     From 9:30 AM Where:                   AUC’s New Conference Complex, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Who:                         Organized by the Department of Human Resources Science and     Technology (HRST) of the AUC and the European Union. Background:         Africa and Europe have a rich and long-term evolving […]

H.E Dr Anthony Mothae Maruping Commissioner for Economic Affairs of the AUC at a press conference in the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) on the Ninth (9TH) Joint Annual Meetings of the African Union Specialized Technical Committee on Finance, Monetary Affairs, Economic Planning and Integration and the Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development briefed […]

Media Note John Kirby Assistant Secretary and Department Spokesperson, Bureau of Public Affairs Washington, DC March 31, 2016   The United States expresses deep concern over the death yesterday of Jacques Bihozagara, a former Rwandan ambassador and government minister, in the Bujumbura, Burundi, prison where he had been detained since 2015. Mr. Bihozagara’s death highlights abiding concerns […]

Readout Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC March 31, 2016   The following is attributable to Spokesperson John Kirby: Secretary Kerry met today on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit with Federal Republic of Nigeria President Buhari. The Secretary expressed a firm commitment to continue working closely with Nigeria, highlighting the country’s importance to […]

Press Statement John Kirby Assistant Secretary and Department Spokesperson, Bureau of Public Affairs Washington, DC March 31, 2016   The United States believes the harsh sentences levied this week by an Angolan court against the Angola 15+2 activists threaten the exercise of freedoms of expression and peaceful assembly.  Both freedoms are enshrined in the Angolan Constitution, protected […]