FIFA (www.FIFA.com) delegation pays a visit to Cabo Verde; Island nation engaged in several FIFA Forward projects; New facilities will help develop the game A FIFA delegation completed a four-day visit of Cabo Verde on Thursday 28 July, during which it unveiled facilities such as new artificial pitches and the refurbished academy and headquarters of […]
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Atlantic Council Panel on 2022 African Economic Outlook Pushes for ‘Africa agenda’ at COP 27
Africa deserves the highest priority attention at the United Nations climate conference, COP 27 to be held in November this year, panel members discussing the African Development Bank’s (www.AfDB.org) African Economic Outlook 2022 (https://bit.ly/2Z1dRwt) in an event hosted by the Atlantic Council, said on Wednesday. A team from the African Development Bank Group, led by […]
President H.E. Felix Tshisekedi Launches the DRC’s 30-Block Licensing Round
In an exciting move for the African oil and gas industry, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has officially launched its highly anticipated bid licensing round. Opened by H.E. Felix Tshisekedi, President of the DRC. The round has 30 blocks on offer – 27 of which are oil and three are gas – positioning […]
African Development Bank, African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat, Sign $11 Million Institutional Support Grant Agreement
The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) and the Secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) have signed a Protocol of Agreement for an $11.24 million support package to enhance the Secretariat’s effective implementation. The signing took place on 25 July 2022, on the margins of the ninth meeting of the AfCFTA Council of […]
U.S. National Bar Association Honors Akinwumi Adesina with Distinguished Ronald Harmon Brown Award of International Distinction
African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, was honored with the distinguished Ronald Harmon Brown Award of International Distinction, by the National Bar Association, in the United States. The award is named in honor of Ron Brown, the first African American to Chair a major U.S. political party, and the first African American to […]
2022 Kramat Festival Preparation Hybrid Meeting
Download logo Wednesday, July 27, 2022, at the residence of Ebrahim Peters, a hybrid meeting was held between the Indonesian Consulate General in Cape Town, Imam Adam Philander, Mr. Ebrahim Peters (Nurul Latief Islamic Association Cape Town, South Africa) and Mr. Shabier Ismail (zoom from Johannesburg). Mr. Shabier Ismail is the chairman of the committee […]
Tunisia must improve water management and ensure access to clean supplies, UN expert says
Download logo Tunisia's Government must improve water network management and end the overexploitation of aquifiers in the country, issues that are growing more urgent in the context of global climate change and the need to ensure all people have access to clean water, a UN expert said. The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights […]
Vice President Bawumia Commissions Ultra-Modern Educational Facility At Tunga Zongo
Download logo The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has, on Wednesday July 27, commissioned a two-story classroom block for the Tunga Zongo Community in Dansoman, Accra. The project, a complete rebuild snd transformation of a dilapidated classroom of Tunga Community Islamic School into a modern facility, was funded by the Zongo Development Fund, the development […]
To Support Trafficking Victims, UNHCR Urges More Protection Services in Africa
Download logo Protection services are severely lacking for refugees and migrants making perilous journeys from the Sahel and Horn of Africa towards North Africa and Europe, including survivors of human trafficking, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency warned today. In a report released today, the eve of World Day against Trafficking in Persons, UNHCR mapped protection services available to asylum-seekers, […]
Uganda: Former Masaka Hospital Boss Quizzed over Shs2.5b Inflated Contract
Download logo MPs on Parliament's Committee on Public Accounts-Central Government have put former Masaka Regional Referral Hospital Director Dr Nathan Onyachi on the spot for a Shs2.5 billion contract inflation. Dr Onyachi has told Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (Central) that he approved a 24 per cent contract price increment for a hospital complex, without prior […]