Download logo On November 4, 2021, the British High Commission and the U.S. Embassy in Botswana commemorated Energy Day at the COP26 climate conference taking place in Glasgow, Scotland. The event was an opportunity to highlight Botswana’s vast potential as a renewable energy producer and exporter. British High Commissioner Sian Price and U.S. Ambassador Craig […]
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FAO enhancing land cover monitoring capacities in Lesotho using Earth Observations data
Download logo The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) delivered training aimed at building capacity of relevant national institution for the use of Earth Observations data and machine learning to produce annual national land cover maps and to extract land cover statistics. Lesotho’s landscape is suffering from severe land degradation and soil […]
Sustainability necessary for the hotel industry
Barrows (BarrowsHotels.com), the provider of hotel investment and advisory services for hotels in the Middle East and Africa is investing heavily in making the hotel industry more sustainable. A location where many people come together are hotels and hotel resorts. It is not without reason that the hotel industry is known as a major consumer […]
Health CS holds meeting with Former British PM Tony Blair over new partnerships
Download logo Kenya is seeking progressive partnerships as it seeks to adopt new technologies aimed at improving healthcare delivery in the country. Speaking in Italy after a meeting with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair on the side lines of the second edition of the European Corporate Council on Africa and middle East, Health Cabinet […]
The Urgent Need to End the Conflict in Ethiopia
Download logo As the conflict in Ethiopia marks a full year, Ethiopian leaders – both inside and outside government and from across the country – face an urgent need to act immediately and alleviate the suffering of the Ethiopian people. The United States reiterates our deep concern about the risk of intercommunal violence aggravated by […]
Spotlight on Infrastructure Development in Africa at Expo 2020
A two-day high-level conference that was aimed at showcasing and mobilising support for strategic continental infrastructure and energy projects in Africa was held at Expo 2020, in Dubai, on 31st October and 1st November 2021, convened by the African Union Commission (AUC) and the African Union Development Agency-NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD). The conference on Infrastructure Development in […]
Japan Supports Rural Zimbabweans Affected by Seasonal Shocks
Download logo The World Food Programme (WFP) and the Government of Japan are pleased to announce the finalisation of a resilience building programme in the district of Mount Darwin. The USD 1.25 million contribution provided by Japan in March 2021, has empowered up to 2,200 vulnerable households (approximately 11,000 individuals) in Mount Darwin and Matobo […]
This Is Not the Time to Halt Natural Gas Production in Equatorial Guinea (By Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima)
By Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima, Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons of Equatorial Guinea Since Ireland in 2018 became the first country to say it would divest entirely from fossil fuels, governments, activists, and agencies worldwide have begun reciting the same rallying cry: ban all financing on hydrocarbons development and production. The idea of a blanket […]
AMISOM, SNA Soldiers Trained on Response to Humanitarian Emergencies
Download logo Forty-five soldiers of the Africa Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and the Somali National Army (SNA) have completed training to enhance coordination and mutual interaction between humanitarian and security actors in Somalia. Supported by the United Kingdom-Mission Support Team (UK-MST) in collaboration with the AMISOM Force Headquarters (FHQs) and the United Nation Office […]
Germany provides support to vulnerable people in Lesotho
Download logo The Government of Germany, through the German Federal Foreign Office, has contributed EUR 1.5 million for the years 2021-2023 to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Lesotho to support highly vulnerable people struggling to meet their basic food needs amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. This is part of a EUR 18 million […]