Download logo The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, is following with deep concern the serious current political tension in Somalia.  The Chairperson appeals for utmost restraint and calls for continued engagements and dialogue between the President and Prime Minister in order to find a political solution to this present situation. The […]

Download logo Thirty-four patients have been diagnosed positive for COVID-19 in tests carried out today at Quarantine Centers and Testing Stations in the Central, Southern, Anseba, and Gash-Barka Regions. Out of these, seventeen patients are from Quarantine Centers (2) and Testing Stations (15) in Asmara, Central Region. Nine patients are from Testing Stations in Mendefera […]

Download logo The World Food Programme (WFP) has suspended operations across the state of North Darfur in Sudan, following a series of attacks on all three of its warehouses in El Fasher, the state capital. The suspension could affect close to two million people in the area in 2022. The attacks began on the evening […]

Download logo The UN chief condemned on Wednesday the looting and attacks against United Nations facilities, equipment and supplies gifted to the Sudanese authorities for civilian in El Fasher, Darfur.  Last Tuesday evening, a World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse located in the Borsa area of El Fasher town, the capital of North Darfur State, came under attack from unknown armed groups.  Over 1,900 metric tons of […]

Download logo Government has agreed to enable artists who participated in the Festival Internasional Kreol editions of 2019 and 2020 to perform in a revisited format of the festival, in a bid to support them. Artists will thus be able to perform in camera at the Serge Constantin Theatre as from the third week of January 2022. […]

Download logo Sudan The UN is concerned at the looting of three World Food Programme (WFP) warehouses in El Fashar, North Darfur. Over the course of several days starting 28 December, three WFP warehouses have been looted by armed perpetrators joined by some element of the local population.  The three warehouses contained some 5,300 MT […]

A total of 46,149 tests were conducted in the last 24hrs, with 12,979 new cases, representing a 28.1% positivity rate. A further 126 #COVID19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 91,061 to date, Distributed by APO Group on behalf of National Institute for Communicable Diseases, South Africa (NICD). Media filesDownload logo Source: […]

Download logo In the last evacuation flight of the year out of Libya, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has brought 177 vulnerable asylum seekers to safety in Niger. It is the second evacuation flight to Niger this year, since the Libyan authorities lifted a blanket ban on humanitarian flights in October. It is also the […]

Gianni Infantino addresses football family with hopes for 2022; FIFA (www.FIFA.com) President looks forward to “celebration of football and social inclusion” in Qatar;  Mr Infantino calls for solidarity to protect football’s future Wherever you are in the world and whatever your relationship with our beautiful game, I would like to wish you and your loved […]

Download logo The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) (www.TonyElumeluFoundation.org), the leading philanthropy empowering young African entrepreneurs across all 54 African countries, has opened applications for the 2022 TEF Entrepreneurship Programme on www.TEFConnect.com. African entrepreneurs with business ideas or existing businesses under 5 years, are encouraged to apply now for $5000 seed capital, mentorship, business management training and […]