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  The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and Illumina (NASDAQ: ILMN), a global leader in sequencing technology, strengthen their collaboration to advance the Africa Pathogen Genomics Initiative (Africa PGI). The renewed commitment builds on existing efforts over the last 4 years to address COVID-19 and other infectious disease outbreaks, as well as tackle emerging public health threats and endemic diseases like tuberculosis, malaria, and cholera. Together, […]

  Government is urged to engage the Burundi Government in order to establish a centre for the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) there. This recommendation is contained in a report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs which stated that, Uganda’s education curriculum is being taught in schools in Burundi, with learners expected to sit for UNEB exams within Uganda. The report presented by Hon. Gabriel Okumu (NRM, Okoro County) during […]

  International Women’s Day was colorfully celebrated at the Gash Barka regional level in the Gogni sub-zone on 5 March under the theme “Women: Emancipation for All-Rounded Development.” The event featured a march by women members of the Defense Forces, students, and the public, as well as cultural and artistic performances. Ms. Yihdega Yohannes, head of the National Union of Eritrean Women in the region, stated that this year’s celebration […]

  The President of the Republic of Liberia, His Excellency Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has by Proclamation declared, Saturday, March 8, 2025 as “International Women’s Day”, to be celebrated on Friday, March 7, 2025 throughout the territorial confines of the Republic of Liberia as a “Working Holiday”. The day marks the struggle that women around the world have made to gain equality and equal rights as well as to reflect on the […]

  The President of the Republic of Liberia, His Excellency Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has congratulated the Government and people of the Republic of Ghana on the occasion commemorating the 68th Independence celebration of that West African country on March 6, 2025. According to a Foreign Ministry release, President Boakai, on behalf of the Government and people of the Republic of Liberia and in his own name, extended sincere felicitations and […]

  The ECOWAS Resident Representative Office in Mali organized a handover ceremony on February 28, 2025, marking the end of the mandate of His Excellency Mr. Mário Gomes Fernandes, Resident Representative. It is worth recalling that His Excellency Mr. Mário G. Fernandes had been redeployed in September 2022 to the position of Resident Representative in Mali, after having held the same functions in the Republic of Guinea. During this solemn […]

  President Cyril Ramaphosa has concluded a meeting between the national executive and the Gauteng provincial executive council. The meeting follows three engagements with the provincial governments of Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga.  President Ramaphosa intends to visit and engage the leadership of all nine provinces.  The national and provincial executive meetings are aimed at strengthening intergovernmental cooperation, collaboration and consultation. They are also important for ensuring better alignment of provincial […]

  The Senegalese authorities must deliver justice, truth and reparation to the thousands of victims of the violent crackdown on protests between 2021 and 2024, said Amnesty International on the first anniversary of a law granting an amnesty to security forces.   The amnesty law, passed on 6 March 2024, covers all acts likely to be classified as crimes or offences relating to ‘demonstrations or politically motivated events’, which took place […]

  The recent two-week training session hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization’s Regional Office for Africa (FAO-RAF) in Harare has been hailed as a resounding success, equipping staff from across Africa with critical skills and fostering valuable connections. Strengthening collaboration across borders The training, which brought together 130 participants from 47 FAO Country Offices, focused on enhancing project management, operations, and cross-functional teamwork. According to the Subregional Coordinator for […]