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Ministry of Information, Eritrea
Source: Ministry of Information, Eritrea |

Eritrean Community Festival in Switzerland

Mr. Alsheday Mesfun, Secretary of the Holidays Coordinating Committee in Switzerland, congratulated the participants and commended all those who contributed to the successful implementation of the festival

The 2025 Eritrean Community Festival in Switzerland was enthusiastically held in Zurich on 5 July. The annual festival was officially opened by Mr. Habtom Zeray, Chargé d’Affaires at the Eritrean Embassy in Switzerland and Eritrea’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Offices, along with Mr. Tewolde Yohannes, Head of Public…

World Health Organization (WHO), Botswana
Source: World Health Organization (WHO), Botswana |

United Nations (UN) Leaders engage World Health Organization (WHO) Botswana to strengthen coordination and multilateral collaboration

Dr. Ndenzako lauded Botswana’s active voice within the Africa Group and other global health fora and highlighted the critical role of WHO Botswana’s Geneva liaison in bridging global and national priorities

In an expression of strengthened partnership and renewed commitment to multilateralism, the WHO Botswana Country Office recently hosted two high-level courtesy calls from newly appointed UN leaders, Ms. Wenyan Yang, the UN Resident Coordinator in Botswana, and Ms. Nthisana Motsete-Phillips, Botswana’s incoming Permanent Representative to Switzerland and the United Nations…

International Trade Centre
Source: International Trade Centre |

Coffee exporters from Africa, the Pacific, Latin America, and Southeast Asia showcase at World of Coffee Geneva 2025

ITC has worked closely with the International Coffee Organization and regional institutions to support coffee value chains and SMEs across Latin America, Africa and Asia

The International Trade Centre (ITC) is showcasing its longstanding leadership in sustainable coffee development at the Specialty Coffee Association’s World of Coffee – Europe’s largest coffee trade show – hosted for the first time in Geneva from 26–28 June 2025. For over two decades, ITC has worked closely with the International Coffee…

African Union (AU)
Source: African Union (AU) |

African Union Commission Hosts Regional Consultation to Validate The Draft Africa Common Position for Disaster Risk Reduction

The draft common position aims to facilitate effective implementation of the Windhoek Declaration and the outcomes of GP2025, advancing commitments under the Sendai Framework and contributing to sustainable development across Africa

The African Union Commission (AUC) successfully hosted the Regional Consultation on the Africa Common Position for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) on June 2, 2025, in Geneva, Switzerland. Organised on the sideline of the Global Platform2025 (GP2025) for DRR, the event brought together high-level delegations from African Union Member States, Regional…

APO Group

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APO Group Wins Gold and Bronze at the 2025 Davos Communications Awards for Canon Central and North Africa Campaigns

Canon's World Unseen Experience, which won Gold, was a PR event that broke new ground

APO Group (www.APO-opa.com), the leading Pan-African communications and media relations consultancy, has earned two major accolades at the prestigious 2025 Davos Communications Awards held on 11 April  2025, in Davos, Switzerland: a Gold Award for Canon’s ‘World Unseen’ campaign at GITEX Africa and a Bronze Award for the ‘10 Years…

Global Leaders Network

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    • Participants engage in the Regional Prioritization of Women’s, Children’s, and Adolescents’ Health (WCAH) event, co-hosted by the Global Leaders Network (GLN), and PMNCH during the 78th World Health Assembly in Geneva
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Global Leaders Network Issue Calls to Elevate Women’s, Children’s, and Adolescents’ Health on Regional Political Agendas during the 78th World Health Assembly

In 2023, 1 in 15 children in Sub-Saharan Africa died before reaching their fifth birthday—14 times higher than the risk for children born in high-income countries

As global health leaders converged on Geneva last week for the 78th World Health Assembly (http://apo-opa.co/44Zxg2H), there was a clear focus on prioritization and maximizing limited resources in the current aid constrained environment. One area prioritized by global health leaders in key discussions throughout the week was women’s, children’s, and adolescents’…

Ministry of Health, Kenya
Source: Ministry of Health, Kenya |

Principal Secretary (PS) Oluga Calls for Action-Oriented Approach at Global Financing Facility Meeting

To fast-track actions, the PS called for the initiation of a Rapid Results Initiative (RRI) framework

On the sidelines of the 78th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, PS for Medical Services Dr. Ouma Oluga joined the Global Financing Facility in a breakfast meeting where he underscored the vital role the organization plays in the medical space, particularly in strengthening the health workforce, commodity visibility, and…

WHO Regional Office for Africa
Source: WHO Regional Office for Africa |

Professor Mohamed Yakub Janabi of Tanzania nominated as next director of World Health Organization (WHO) African Region

Professor Janabi’s nomination will be submitted for appointment by the 157th session of the WHO Executive Board, which takes place from 28 to 29 May 2025 in Geneva

Professor Mohamed Yakub Janabi was today nominated as the next Regional Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) African Region during a Special Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa held in Geneva ahead of the World Health Assembly. The Special Session by Member States of the WHO African…

FIND

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FIND Convenes African Union Ambassadors

In order to improve diagnostic systems and get ready for potential health and pandemic risks, FIND’s leadership presented its updated strategic vision as a precursor to this year’s Diagnostics Day event to be held on 21 May

As part of its continuing outreach to the parts of the world that it was set up to serve, FIND  (www.FINDdx.org) hosted Ambassadors from 26 African countries and the African Union for a meeting at FIND’s offices in the Global Health Campus in Geneva. The Ambassadors received an overview of…

United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Source: United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) |

Targeting of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hospital may constitute a war crime, says United Nation (UN) Commission, urges immediate halt to hostilities in South Sudan

The attack followed a public statement by the spokesperson of the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) on Friday, 2 May 2025, ordering retaliatory military action if hijacked vessels at Adok Port in Leer County were not immediately released by armed elements

The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan condemns in the strongest terms the deliberate aerial bombing of a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hospital in Old Fangak, Jonglei State - an atrocity crime that may constitute a grave breach of international humanitarian law and a war crime. The early…