On May 23, 2023, Ambassador Dr. John Nkengasong, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Special Representative for Health Diplomacy, announced the approval of the $112 million (over 6 billion Birr) Country Operational Plan 2023 (COP23) through the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program to support Ethiopia’s continued response to end HIV/AIDS in 2030. […]
President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met with Kenyan President William Ruto, on the sidelines of the COMESA summit in Lusaka, Zambia. A spokesman for the Presidency, Counselor Ahmed Fahmy, said President El-Sisi noted Kenya’s vital role in enhancing security and stability in the continent, stressing the solid historical relations that bind the two peoples and countries,
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Following several disruptions to oil and gas activity in recent years, Libya’s energy sector is on the cusp of a transformation with new fields being brought online, production accelerating across key assets and upstream campaigns unlocking new finds in untapped acreage. As the market grows, investment opportunities are increasing, and the country’s Minister of Oil
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Was Technip Energies pleased with the outcomes achieved at the African Energy Chamber – Invest in African Energy Forum in Paris? Yes. At an event like this, we expect to meet our clients and subcontractors. It’s very important for us to communicate the fact that Africa is the right place to invest, specifically in the
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The African Energy Chamber (AEC), the voice of the African energy sector, is proud to announce that Foday Mansaray, Director General of the Petroleum Directorate of Sierra Leone (PDSL) will participate at the African Energy Week (AEW) 2023 (www.AECWeek.com) conference, Africa’s biggest gathering for energy stakeholders, which takes place from October 16-20 in Cape Town.
The Minister of Finance has determined that Eskom not be granted a partial exemption from section 55(2)(b)(i) of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA), (Act No. 1 of 1999 – the Act) and Treasury Regulation 28.2.1, from disclosing irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure and material losses from criminal conduct in its annual financial statements. The
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More than 280 children and 70 caretakers from a Khartoum orphanage affected by heavy combat have been evacuated to a safer location outside the capital. A team from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) facilitated the evacuation of the Maygoma Orphanage on Wednesday. The children, aged between 1 month and 15 years, were
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By Our Correspondent The Australian Maritime Safety Agency (AMSA) has imposed a 90-day ban on the ship BBC WESER, which is registered in Antigua-Barbuda and operates under the management of German operator Briese Heavylift GmbH & Co, according to FleetMon. It stated: “This ban marks the second such incident this week and the fourth such
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African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) President Akinwumi A. Adesina has welcomed his reappointment by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres to the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Lead Group (https://apo-opa.info/3oXCYiH), a distinguished team of 22 global leaders dedicated to eradicating global malnutrition in all its forms by 2030. The announcement, made on 1 June, reflects the
By Godswill Odiong The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, has disclosed that its Third Vienna Energy Scholar Programme (VESP) scheduled to hold in Vienna, Austria from 4 to 9 September 2023 at the OPEC Headquarters will create opportunities for young scholars. In a statement obtained by The Daily, www.thedaily-ng.com, OPEC stated: “The OPEC Secretariat
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