Download logo Social media platforms are increasingly continuing to shape political and social interactions in societies, and people’s perceptions of reality. This increasing prominence of social media indicates the strides towards digital innovation, and advancement of freedom of the media and expression. Today, almost four billion people – or more than half the global population […]
IMF Management Approves a Staff Monitored Program for the Union of the Comoros
Download logo The Staff-Monitored Program (SMP) will help to build a strong track record of policy and reform implementation, possibly paving the way for an IMF-supported program; the six-month SMP will support the government’s program of reforms aimed at (i) supporting the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic including by providing cash transfers to the poor; […]
UNESCO Conducts a Training on Artificial Intelligence for Disaster Response in Tanzania
Download logo Over the past several decades, climate change has led to major disasters in Eastern Africa countries including Tanzania. From floods, chronic droughts, landslides, strong winds and earthquakes to their secondary impacts of diseases and epidemics, these are some of the recent disasters plaguing Tanzania. These disasters lead to death and displacement of people, […]
The Government of Rwanda, the African Union, and UNHCR Agree to Continue the Evacuation of Refugees and Asylum Seekers from Libya
Download logo The Government of Rwanda, the African Union and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency on 14 October 2021 signed the First Addendum and extension to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated 10 September 2019 between the Republic of Rwanda, the African Union, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees establishing an Emergency Transit […]
Zimbabwe Ministry of Commerce and Industry Holds Sensitization Workshops on the Establishment and Management of a Common Agro-industrial Park
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Sub-Regional Office for Southern Africa in collaboration with the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Secretariat and the Zimbabwe Ministry of Industry and Commerce organized sensitization workshops in Harare and Bulawayo on the establishment and management of common agro-industrial park between Zambia and Zimbabwe under the joint […]
ECA Paves Way for Young Girls to Showcase Innovative Skills
Download logo Over two hundred young Cameroonian girls between the ages of 12 and 25 participated in a one-day Connected Girls Innovation Fair organised on 29 October in Yaounde by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in collaboration with UN Women, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), and the Government of Cameroon. The event featured an […]
Top AMISOM Officials Assess Election Security Readiness in Barawe
Senior military and police officers of the Africa Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on Thursday visited AMISOM troops in Barawe, South West State, to assess troop morale, welfare and preparedness in securing the upcoming parliamentary elections. Led by the AMISOM Deputy Force Commander in charge Support and Logistics, Maj. Gen. Gerbi Kebede Regassa and AMISOM […]
Feuding Communities in Tonj Commit to Reconciliation, Ending Protracted Conflict at UNMISS Peace Dialogue
“I have been dismayed and heartbroken seeing the catastrophic level of damage to our people and properties due to senseless conflict among communities who were once like family,” said Mawan Dhur Riak, a community leader in Tonj, Warrap. Mr. Riak was speaking at a three-day peace dialogue organized in Kuajok by the United Nations Mission […]
Security Council Resolution 2602: Foreign Minister Welcomes 'Important' Text Reinforcing Morocco's Achievements
Download logo The Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation, and Moroccans Abroad, Mr. Nasser Bourita, welcomed, on October 29, 2021, the resolution 2602 of the United Nations Security Council, saying it reinforces the achievements of the Kingdom in the Sahara issue, made possible thanks to the personal commitment and permanent monitoring of His Majesty King […]
In Nigeria, Special Representatives ANNADIF and FALL Stress the Importance of a Regional Approach to Address Challenges in the Lake Chad Basin
Download logo Mr. Mahamat Saleh ANNADIF, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) and Mr. François Louncény FALL, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and Head of the United Nations Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), undertook, from 28 to 30 October 2021, a joint […]