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Elelo lyoSWAPO moshitopolwa shaShana olya hogolola Sem Nangolo oye a ninge omukwatakanithi gongundu moshitopolwa Olyomakaya. Shoka osha landula sho ngoka a kala omukwatakanithi Werner Iita a ulikwa aye komutumba gopashigwana nokwa tegelelwa a ganithwe miilonga pamwe niilyo iikwawo oshiwike shika. Nangolo okwa adhika eli omukwatakanithi moshikandjohogololo shaNdangwa. Shoka osha landula sho ngoka a kala omukwatakanithi Werner Iita a ulikwa aye komutumba gopashigwana nokwa pamwe niilyo iikwawo oshiwike shika. Okwa sindana […]

  Mariam joined NORCAP in 2023 through the Climate Action Accelerator Programme. Under the guidance of her NORCAP mentor, Emmanuel Poan, she successfully validated and operationalised the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model, adapting it to Burkina Faso’s unique climate conditions. The team´s collective efforts significantly strengthened ANAM’s technical capacity for climate services, improving forecast accuracy and making climate predictions more reliable and actionable for agriculture, disaster risk reduction, and […]

  The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dr Dion George, is pleased to inform the members of the public that the President, His Excellency Cyril Ramaphosa, has proclaimed the Climate Change Act, 2024 (Act No. 22 of 2024) (the Act). The proclamation notice was published in the Government Gazette on 17 March 2025, which is therefore the commencement date of the Act. The Act is intended to enable […]

  The East African Community (EAC), in collaboration with the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the European Union (EU), today launched the EAC4Nature Project, a transformative three-year initiative designed to enhance sustainable natural resource management across the region. The EAC4Nature Project, titled “Support to Management of Nature-Based Solutions with the East African Community” will run from January 2025 to June 2028 with a total funding of 8 million euros (5.5 million Euros from […]

  Ahead of the two-year anniversary of Inocêncio Manhique losing his eye due to unlawful use of force by security forces, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, Khanyo Farisè, said:  “Two years ago, security forces shot Inocêncio Manhique in the eye with a rubber bullet during a peaceful protest. To date, as a promised investigation has stalled, Manhique has received no justice for this crime.  “Inocêncio […]

  His Excellency Dr. Abdulla Murad Al Mandoos presented his credentials as UAE Ambassador to the Republic of Ghana, to His Excellency John Dramani Mahama, President of Ghana, during an official ceremony held at the Presidential Palace in the capital, Accra. H.E. Al Mandoos conveyed the greetings of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE President, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister […]

  A staff team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Ms. Haimanot Teferra, visited Nairobi during March 6-14, 2025. At the conclusion of the visit, Ms. Teferra issued the following statement: “The mission team engaged with the Kenyan authorities on recent developments and the macroeconomic outlook. The Kenyan authorities and IMF staff have reached an understanding that the ninth review under the current Extended Fund Facility and Extended […]

  The President of the ECOWAS Commission, H.E. Dr Omar Alieu TOURAY,  has emphasised  the need to preserve the unity of ECOWAS at all costs. Addressing the Head of European Union Delegation to ECOWAS and Heads of the EU Mission to West Africa during a meeting at the Commission’s Headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria, on Thursday, H.E. Dr. Omar Alieu TOURAY stressed that the challenges facing the Community could only be […]

  In North Kivu, authorities report that cholera cases have increased by almost 40% since last week From January to mid-March of this year, there has been an increase of almost 614 more cholera cases than during the same period in 2024 25.6 million people in DRC are experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity In Minova, South Kivu, 69 suspected cases of Mpox and 33 cases of cholera were […]