Africa

The Briefing on Humanitarian Health Facility Electrification, led by the Global Platform for Action (GPA) on Sustainable Energy in Displacement Settings with the support of NORCAP, defines the humanitarian healthcare electrification gap and explores its root causes.  Key challenges include: Short-term humanitarian budget cycles Limited financial and management capacity among government partners Difficulty in operationalising […]

An estimated 135 000 women could lose their lives to breast cancer by 2040 in sub-Saharan Africa if urgent actions are not taken to reverse the trends, a new World Health Organization (WHO) report finds. The WHO study assessed breast cancer control capacities in 42 of the 47 countries within the African region, focusing on

Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) established an audiovisual production studio within the National Center for Children and Youth Informatics, operating under the Tunisian Ministry of Family, Women, Children and the Elderly. Founded in 1996, the National Center for Children and Youth Informatics has branches in 24 provinces and serves 1,500 students annually. As part of

Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi spoke over the phone with King of the Kingdom of Bahrain, His Majesty King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa. Spokesman for the Presidency, Ambassador Mohamed El-Shennawy, said President El-Sisi and His Majesty King Hamad Bin Isa underscored the depth and robustness of relations between the two countries and their peoples,

The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation, Mr Supra Mahumapelo, said the raging conflict in South Sudan is worrying and the world should attend to it by giving it more exposure. On Saturday, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) shelled a market in Omdurman in Sudan, killing 56 people and injuring 158

The Ministry of Education and Sports maintains that the recruitment of head teachers and deputy head teachers of the contested 76 seed secondary schools will go on.   Head teachers and their deputies of the schools under the Uganda Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers Programme (UGIFT)Phase two, petitioned Parliament seeking to halt of the recruitment process stating

Mukono Municipality Member of Parliament, Hon. Betty Nambooze has described the traffic congestion on the Kampala-Jinja Road as a crisis rather than just a traffic jam warning of a disaster if the issue is not urgently addressed. Presenting a matter of national importance on Tuesday, 04 February 2025, Nambooze highlighted the serious risks posed by

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) is pleased to announce the establishment of the Advisory Committee, as part of its multi-track political initiative announced to the Security Council on 16 December 2024.  The role of the Advisory Committee will be developing technically sound and politically viable proposals for resolving outstanding contentious issues to

Serving with Mercy Ships  (www.MercyShips.org) is more than just a job; it’s a life-changing journey that transforms not only the lives of patients, but also the volunteers and day crew who dedicate themselves to this cause. For Josoa Mino, a young man from Madagascar, joining Mercy Ships as day crew has opened doors to opportunities he never thought

Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe has dismissed US President Donald Trump’s threat to cut off aid to South Africa, arguing that the nation could counter by withholding its abundant minerals. Speaking at the 2025 Investing in African Mining Indaba in Cape Town, Mantashe rebuked Trump’s claim that South Africa was confiscating land, noting