Africa: AU Staff Association Joins Forces to Support Ethiopia’s Tree-Planting Drive

Africa: AU Staff Association Joins Forces to Support Ethiopia’s Tree-Planting Drive

– The African Union Staff Association has voiced strong support for Ethiopia’s Green Legacy Initiative (GLI), recognizing it as a crucial effort in the global fight against climate change. Yesterday, members of the Association joined the Addis Ababa City Administration Community Participation and Voluntarism Coordination Commission in planting trees as part of the ongoing environmental…

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Africa: AU Staff Association Joins Forces to Support Ethiopia’s Tree-Planting Drive

Africa: Promoting AU Free Movement Protocol …CSOs Pledge Support

Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on migration across Africa have reiterated their commitment to promoting the ratification of the African Union (AU) free movement protocol. This, they emphasised, would be done through advocacy campaigns, government engagement, and collaborations with regional institutions. The CSOs reiterated their commitment during a two-day high-impact hybrid workshop and advocacy dialogue held…

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Africa: AU Staff Association Joins Forces to Support Ethiopia’s Tree-Planting Drive

Africa: On World Breastfeeding Week, Countries Urged to Invest in Health Systems and Support Breastfeeding Mothers

Geneva/New York — Joint statement by WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell “Breastfeeding is one of the most effective ways to ensure a baby’s health, development, and survival in the earliest stages of life. It acts as their first vaccine, providing protection against diseases including diarrhoea and pneumonia. “Investing…

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Samsung to support black-owned ICT firms under EEIP

Samsung to support black-owned ICT firms under EEIP

This is the third edition of Samsung’s Equity Equivalent Investment Programme. Samsung and the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) have opened applications for the third edition of the Equity Equivalent Investment Programme (EEIP), inviting black-owned ICT and service centre SMEs across South Africa to apply. The South Korean-based electronics giant says the R280…

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Spending cut package stalls as House GOP lawmakers seek to show support for ‘transparency’ in Epstein case

Spending cut package stalls as House GOP lawmakers seek to show support for ‘transparency’ in Epstein case

Top Trump officials toured Alcatraz Island off California today for a visit aimed at measuring the feasibility of reverting the national park to a prison, a demand Trump made on Truth Social back in May. Fox News accompanied Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum as they toured the federal facility, which closed…

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Africa: AU Staff Association Joins Forces to Support Ethiopia’s Tree-Planting Drive

Africa: World Bank Approves $115 Million to Support Senegal’s Fiscal Reforms and Strengthen Public Financial Management

Washington — The World Bank has approved $115 million in concessional financing to support Senegal’s efforts to improve public debt sustainability, strengthen public financial management, and increase domestic resource mobilization. The financing, provided through the International Development Association (IDA), will help implement the government’s flagship reform program, the 2025-2029 Senegal Program for Transparency in Public…

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Africa: AU Staff Association Joins Forces to Support Ethiopia’s Tree-Planting Drive

East Africa: Malawi Holds Risk and Gender Training With Support From AU, Comesa and International Idea – Malawi Electoral Commission

The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) held a three-day capacity-building workshop in Lilongwe, supported by the African Union (AU), COMESA, and International IDEA, aimed at strengthening electoral risk management and addressing gender-based violence in elections. This initiative comes as the country intensifies preparations for the 16 September 2025 General Election. Speaking at the official opening of…

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