Source: World Health Organization - United Republic of Tanzania |

World Health Organization (WHO), Ireland and Switzerland join forces to support the Mid Term Review of the Health Sector Strategic Plan in Tanzania

The Health Sector Strategic Plan V (HSSP V) is the guiding framework for the detailed planning and implementation of activities by health sector stakeholders at all levels

The World Health Organization (WHO), the Government of Ireland and Switzerland have signed an agreement to undertake the Mid Term Review of the Health Sector Strategic Plan-V (HSSP V) to strengthen health systems in Tanzania. Under the agreement the Governments of Ireland and Switzerland will jointly provide US $ 100,000…

Source: Parliament of the Republic of Uganda |

Uganda: Wildlife investor seeks Parliament support over row with Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA)

Price accused UWA of continuously putting off his requests to import specific breeds of tigers and hyenas which he said are highly attractive to tourists

A local investor in Butambala District, Thomas Price, has appealed to Parliament to intervene in what he termed as frustration from the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) for the delayed issuance of the licence to trap specific species of animals. Price, originally from Switzerland, is the proprietor of Conservation Through Commercialisation…

Source: U.S. Embassy in Mozambique |

United States Agency for International Development (USAID) deputy administrator Isobel Coleman visits Mozambique

The Deputy Administrator was a guest of honor at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between USAID and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)

USAID Deputy Administrator Isobel Coleman concluded a six-day trip to Mozambique, where she met with government officials, civil society actors and private sector representatives to highlight long-standing U.S. support to the country, especially in the central and northern provinces. After arriving in Maputo on January 25, Deputy Administrator Coleman met…

Source: FIFA |

FIFA Museum in Zurich celebrates record-breaking year, with 273,000 visitors in 2023

The museum offers free entry to its exhibitions in Zurich for school classes from around the world, and more than 7,000 school children explored the FIFA Museum’s educational programme in 2023

The FIFA Museum (www.FIFA.com), the home of international football history and culture, reached a new milestone in 2023 by welcoming 273,000 visitors, the highest number since its opening in Zurich eight years ago. A further 350,000 online visitors explored the museum’s digital exhibitions, while six million fans around the world engaged…

Source: U.S. Embassy in Mozambique |

United States (U.S.) and Switzerland Sign Memorandum of Understanding to Support Agribusiness in the North of Mozambique

The agreement merges USAID’s $25.5 million Feed the Future (FtF) Premier project with SDC’s $6.7 million Oholo project to create the FtF Premier-Oholo (PRO) Partnership

On Monday in Nampula, the U.S. Government, represented by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) signed an agreement to promote market-based farming in the Nacala Corridor.  Local farmers are the backbone of the region’s workforce, so the agreement promises…

Source: Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) |

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission President and Swiss Ambassador discuss Crucial Regional issues, Focus on Niger’s Political Landscape

The president expressed gratitude for Switzerland’s role in facilitating dialogue and fostering diplomatic solutions

The President of the ECOWAS Commission, H.E. Dr Omar Alieu Touray, engaged in a diplomatic dialogue with H.E. Nicolas Herbert Lang, the Ambassador of Switzerland, on January 17, 2024, at the ECOWAS headquarters in Abuja. The convened meeting offered a significant occasion for a comprehensive dialogue, specifically concerning the political…

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Coaching can be a lonely business and the post- FIFA Women's World Cup™ (www.FIFA.com) Coaches Forum offered a rare chance for some of the world's top women’s national team coaches to come together, exchange ideas and make suggestions that will help women’s football continue its spectacular recent growth. The current…

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Gianni Infantino, opening the post-FIFA Women's World Cup™ Coaches Forum (www.FIFA.com), said that the “great football” played at last year's tournament in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand had opened the eyes of the world to women's football, and stressed the importance of building on that success. The two-day forum, held…

Source: Amnesty International |

Gambia/Switzerland: Ousman Sonko must face justice for crimes against humanity

Sonko served as Interior Minister for Gambia at a time when atrocious crimes, including torture, extrajudicial killings, and sexual violence were committed

Ahead of the trial of Ousman Sonko, former Interior Minister of Gambia, before the Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona, Switzerland, for crimes against humanity allegedly committed between 2000 and 2016 under former President Yahya Jammeh, Michèle Eken, Amnesty International’s researcher at Amnesty International’s West and Central Africa office, said: “Sonko served…