INTERNATIONAL

Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr Volker Perthes warmly congratulates the people of Sudan on the 66th anniversary of their independence. Today, as the country faces another hurdle following the recent coup on 25 October, the struggle of the Sudanese people for freedom and democracy continues. In the context of the current political crisis in […]

Parliament’s Presiding Officers wish to confirm the breakout of a fire on the Parliamentary precinct this morning. The cause of the fire has not yet been established and investigations are underway by the relevant authorities. The fire has affected both the Old Assembly Wing and the National Assembly Wing of the buildings of Parliament, which

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses sympathy of the Kingdom of Bahrain with the government and people of the brotherly Republic of Sudan over the collapse of a gold mine in the state of Kordofan in the west of the country, killing dozens of workers. The Ministry prays to Almighty God to bless the casualties

The Secretary-General has strongly condemned the continued looting and attacks against United Nations facilities, equipment and supplies gifted to the Sudanese authorities for civilian use in El Fasher, Darfur. In the evening of 28 December 2021, a World Food Programme (WFP) facility was also attacked. Over 1,900 metric tons of food commodities that were meant

The African Development Bank Group has announced the appointment of Mr. Osward Mulenga Chanda as Director, Water Development and Sanitation, with effect from 1 December 2021. Mr. Osward Mulenga Chanda, a Zambian national, joined the African Development Bank in 2009 as Chief Water and Sanitation Engineer. He was then appointed as Division Manager, Water Security

5G: NCC Organises Capacity Building for Media Executives Ahead of the anticipated 2022 rollout of the Fifth Generation (5G) network in Nigeria, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has organised capacity building workshops for media executives in the northern and southern divides of the country, as part of efforts to support their continuous professional development critical