Agriculture ministers urged to address African rural youth unemployment

Youth employment should be at the centre of any strategy to face economic and demographic challenges in Africa, the Director-General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization José Graziano da Silva told a joint African Union-European Union meeting, hosted at…

WHO declares an end to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the end of the most recent outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The announcement comes 42 days (two 21-day incubation cycles of the virus) after the…

There must be a breakthrough in Hungarian-Egyptian economic relations

On Monday, at the Hungary-Egypt Business Forum organised by the Hungarian National Trading House to coincide with the visit to Budapest of President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán called for a breakthrough in Hungarian-Egyptian economic relations.…

African Union endorses major new initiatives to end AIDS

African heads of state have endorsed two major new initiatives to help end AIDS by 2030. The community health workers initiative aims to recruit, train and deploy 2 million community health workers across Africa by 2020. The western and central…

Top British Diplomat Visits Tanzania

Sir Simon McDonald, Permanent Under Secretary and Head of Her Majesty’s British Diplomatic Service is on a visit to Dar es Salaam helping to cement the close relationship between Tanzania and the UK, Tanzania’s number one foreign direct investor.  …

Assistant Foreign Minister Qian Hongshan Attends National Day Reception of the Democratic Republic of Congo

On June 30, 2017, Assistant Foreign Minister Qian Hongshan attended at invitation the National Day reception marking the 57th anniversary of the Independence of the Democratic Republic of the Congo held by the Congolese (Dem) Embassy in China, and exchanged…

President Zuma Appoints Acting Judges to the Constitutional Court

President Jacob Zuma has in terms of section 175 (1) of the of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, appointed Justice Dumisani Hamilton Zondi, a Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal, and Justice Jody Kollapen, a…

US Independence Day

The Government and People of the Federal Republic of Somalia congratulate the Government and People of the United States of America on the special occasion of Independence Day on July 4th.   The United States of America is a progressive…

Stability of Egypt is a key interest for Hungary

In the Parliament Building on Monday Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had talks with President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who is in Budapest on an official visit. After their meeting Mr. Orbán described the security, military and economic stability of…

UNISFA hands-over 62 more recovered cattle to Ngok Dinka and Misseriya pastoralists

In its continuing efforts to support peace and security in the Abyei area, the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) recovered and handed-over 62 herd of cattle to the rightful owners on 2 July 2017 in Todach. This…