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United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)
Source: United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) |

UNMISS, Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Welfare hold workshop in Juba on providing services to communities

The forum’s main aim: To give stakeholders insight into the strategic planning for resource allocation done by the state for this fiscal year and how this impacts the women, men and children residing in Central Equatoria

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) recently partnered with the State Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Welfare, in Central Equatoria, to host a day-long, consultative workshop for development partners who work on delivering services to citizens of the state. The forum’s main aim: To give stakeholders insight…

FAO Regional Office for Africa
Source: FAO Regional Office for Africa |

Unlocking the potential of Africa’s free trade area for rural women

On International Day of Rural Women, FAO launches new guide

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Regional Office for Africa has launched a new brief that advocates for seizing the opportunities of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) for the economic empowerment of women in agriculture. The publication is launched today to coincide with the…

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Seychelles
Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Seychelles |

Seychelles High Commissioner accredited to the Republic of South Africa

He commended the wide array of sectors on which the bilateral relations are built on, from the trade, investment, tourism, aviation, banking, education, among others

Mr Claude Morel presented his Letters of Credentials to the President of the Republic of South Africa, Mr Cyril Ramaphosa, as resident High Commissioner of Seychelles, on Tuesday 12th October 2021, in a ceremony at The Presidency, Union Buildings, Pretoria. In his remarks to the President, Mr Morel conveyed the fraternal…

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

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    • UNDP Africa Director calls for increased investment in new approach to accelerate Nigeria’s development
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Source: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) |

UNDP Africa Director calls for increased investment in new approach to accelerate Nigeria’s development

Ms Eziakonwa met with H.E. President Buhari, to reinforce UNDP’s support to Nigeria’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and its plans to speed up sustainable development in the Decade of Action

Concluding an eight-day official visit to Nigeria today, the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Assistant Administrator and Regional Director for Africa, Ms. Ahunna Eziakonwa, emphasized the urgency in seizing critical opportunities to accelerate Nigeria’s sustainable development.  During her visit, Ms Eziakonwa met with H.E. President Muhammadu Buhari, H.E. Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, and other senior leaders…

Council of the European Union
Source: Council of the European Union |

EU Military Training Mission in Mozambique set to start its operations

The mission will support a more efficient and effective response by the Mozambican armed forces to the crisis in the Cabo Delgado province, by providing them with training and capacity building

The Council today adopted a decision launching the European Union Military Training Mission in Mozambique (EUTM Mozambique). The mission will support a more efficient and effective response by the Mozambican armed forces to the crisis in the Cabo Delgado province, by providing them with training and capacity building. EUTM MOZ will…

Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA)
Source: Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) |

TİKA Landscapes Tomb of Ottoman Scholar Abu Bakr Effendi in Cape Town

TİKA has been working towards improving this 16-acre cemetery since 2013

The official opening of the walking trail and landscaping commissioned to be conducted by the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) in the Tana Baru Cemetery, where the tomb of Ottoman Islamic Scholar Abu Bakr Effendi is located, was held. Turkish Ambassador to Pretoria Ayşegül Kandaş, Turkish Consul General to…

International Organization for Migration (IOM)

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    • Aligned migration policies must be effectively applied by border officials to ease free movement while combatting trafficking in persons, says the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Photo: Jorge Galindo/IOM
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Source: International Organization for Migration (IOM) |

Free Movement of People a Top Priority, Say West African Nations

ECOWAS representatives emphasized the need to join forces and align approaches to prevent and counter smuggling of migrants and trafficking in persons to promote rights-based management of migration

Free movement of people and goods, and fighting human trafficking should be top policy priorities, members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) agreed at talks convened with the support of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the UN Network for Migration and the African Union. Three days…

The Canada-Africa Chamber of Business
Source: The Canada-Africa Chamber of Business |

Hatch to showcase Canada-Africa solutions at Africa Accelerating 2021

Hatch, a long-standing top supporter throughout the organization’s 27-year-history, is once again joining Africa Accelerating as a platinum partner

The key event in the Canada-Africa Chamber of Business’s (www.CanadaAfrica.ca) calendar in the coming months will be an online-and-live international information exchange forum from October 26-28, focused on Canada’s vital role as a committed partner in Africa's economic restart after COVID-19. Hatch, a long-standing top supporter throughout the organization’s 27-year-history,…

U.S. Embassy in Madagascar & Comoros

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Coronavirus: Peace Corps Helps Launch Vaccination Campaign in Commune of Mantasoa

The campaign is providing free, Johnson&Johnson vaccines – a donation from the U.S. government – to approximately 4,000 community members in the 11 Fokontany of Mantasoa

With the support of the U.S. Peace Corps, the Mantasoa CSB II launched its COVID-19 vaccination campaign yesterday.  The campaign is providing free, Johnson&Johnson vaccines – a donation from the U.S. government – to approximately 4,000 community members in the 11 Fokontany of Mantasoa. “It’s great that we can provide…

World Food Programme (WFP)

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    • Aisha, 25, feeds her baby boy Sadiki, 1 with Plumpy'Nut, a peanut-based paste for treatment of severe acute malnutrition, in an IDP camp in Bama, Borno state. Photo: WFP/Siegfried-Modola
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Food ration cuts loom for crisis-hit people in north-eastern Nigeria as severe hunger reaches 5-year high

If at least US$ 55 million is not received in a matter of weeks, WFP will have no choice but to cut food rations and reduce the number of people it serves

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warns that it may soon be forced to cut food rations to more than half a million women, men and children in north-eastern Nigeria unless urgent funding is secured to continue life-saving operations in crisis-ridden Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states. The cuts would…