The African Heads of State and Government, meeting in Marrakesh on 16 November 2016, at the invitation of His Majesty Mohammed VI, King of Morocco, for the First Africa Action Summit, held on the sidelines of the 22nd Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP22) Stress that: - Afr ...
The African Risk Capacity Insurance Company Limited (ARC Ltd) ( http://Ltd.ARC.int ) is processing an insurance payout of approximately USD 8.1 million to the Government of Malawi to support its response to the drought which resulted from the poor 2015/16 agricultural season. The Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development for Ma ...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, 16 November 2016,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- IOX CABLE Ltd, a subsidiary of INDOI LTD, has signed a MOU with Mauritius Telecom to build a state of the art undersea cable system - IOX Cable System. This US$ 150 M cable project will allow Mauritius to have a third independent undersea cable connectivity to Africa ...
Rome (AFP) - More than 240 people have died in migrant boat sinkings in the Mediterranean this week, officials said Wednesday as horrifying new testimony emerged from survivors of another tragedy. Departures from Libya are continuing unabated despite worsening weather in the Mediterranean, with over 3,200 people rescued from crowded and unseawor ...
Cape Town, South Africa - AfricaCom 2016 will mark the 10-month anniversary of the creation of a renewed and strengthened Nokia, which following its purchase of Alcatel-Lucent has created a global leader in technology and services for a connected world. The African team would love to meet you at AfricaCom to share the excitement and our plans on ...
Statement attributable to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, The Hon Julie Bishop MP: Today I announce the Government rsquo;s intention to open an Australian Embassy in Rabat, Morocco, with the agreement from the Moroccan Government, as part of our commitment to expanding Australia rsquo;s diplomatic network. An embassy in ...
H.M. Letsie III, King of the Kingdom of Lesotho and H.M. Queen Masenate Mohato Seeiso will visit Japan from Sunday, November 20 to Monday, November 28, 2016. The Government of Japan sincerely welcomes the visit of Their Majesties as it will further deepen the friendly relations between Japan and the Kingdom of Lesotho. Their Majesties w ...
At its 14th Annual Conference in Bangkok, Thailand, the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) publicly awarded leading global agribusiness company Olam International with a certificate recognizing that the Awale plantation in Gabon has successfully met its standard for environmental and socially responsible palm oil production. WWF welcome ...
The justice system in the Central African Republic (CAR) must be urgently strengthened if the country is to achieve lasting peace, a United Nations human rights expert has said. ldquo;Truth and reconciliation are also critical, rdquo; Marie-Th eacute;r egrave;se Keita-Bocoum told ahead of a major donors rsquo; conference in Brussels on 17 N ...
Arts and Culture Deputy Minister, Ms Rejoice Mabudafhasi will announce financial support to Tshwane School of Music on Thursday, 17 November 2016, at the Tshwane School of Music in Eersterust. Tshwane School of Music like many other Community Arts Centres operates under very difficult conditions and resources are always insufficient for the ...
Following the passing of Seychelles 39; Mr Phillippe de Baets, Seychelles 39; Honorary Consul based in Brussels and Walloon region in the Kingdom of Belgium, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has conveyed its deepest sympathies to Mrs Monique Huben eacute; and his children. Mr De Baets was a true friend of Seychelles who discharged his duti ...
European Union in Kenya delegates; Erik Habers (Head of Cooperation) accompanied by Walter Tretton (Head of Infrastructure) and Juliet Chelimo (Asst. Programme Manager, Infrastructure) will be attending the event to mark the laying of the last tarmac mile on the Merille River-Marsabit Road. Joining them will be Infrastructure PS Eng. John Moson ...
The Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training, Mr Mduduzi Manana, MP, will visit the community of Meloding in Virginia, Free State province on Thursday, 17 November 2016, on a Higher Education and Skills Development door-to-door programme. The main purpose of the visit is to promote post-school opportunities to out of school youth, a ...
The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah (http://www.FMITI.gov.ng) will be having a press conference Thursday November 17 at 11am at the Ministry Headquarters at Block H, in Area 1, Old Secretariat, Garki. He will give a Status Report on the Implementation of the Growth and Diversification plan and take question ...
Partners of the Climate Information for Development in Africa initiative (ClimDev-Africa), outlined an ambitious second phase business plan to foster and support climate-sensitive development in Africa. ClimDev-Africa, a joint programme of the African Union Commission (AUC), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa ( ECA) and the A ...
The Secretary-General hosted today a signing ceremony on the margins of the COP-22 in Marrakesh, Kingdom of Morocco, with the President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, His Excellency Mr. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, and the President of the Gabonese Republic, His Excellency Mr. Ali Bongo Ondimba. The ceremony marked the successful concl ...
The Hague (AFP) - Don't go That was the heartfelt appeal to African nations as the International Criminal Court opened its annual meeting Wednesday under the cloud of a wave of unprecedented defections. Gambia on Monday formally notified the United Nations that it was withdrawing from the court, following in the wake of South Africa and Burun ...
Bangui (Central African Republic) (AFP) - We're not jihadists, we're not bandits, we're defending our community, insisted the leader of a militia group in a powder keg Muslim district of the Central African Republic's capital Bangui. Outside the group's improvised base, a short distance from the mosques and shops of Bangui's flashpoint PK5 dis ...
Marrakech, the 14th November, 2016 ndash; The second week of the United Nations Conference on climate opened with an official, High-Level, COP22 event bringing together two exceptional performances at the EL Harti Stadium in Marrakech celebrating the fight against climate change: the spectacle Alma and the Marrakech Climate Show. Almost 15 000 ...
Moderator: Good afternoon. Welcome. Thank you for joining us today with this press briefing with the U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Dr. Jonathan Pershing. At the outset, Dr. Pershing will give a few opening remarks. Then we will open it up to questions. In the interest of trying to get as many questions heard as we can, we will t ...
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