Sudan updates: World Food Programme (WFP) supports Khartoum’s grassroots kitchens as famine threatens capital

Sudan’s capital Khartoum is at risk of famine, with over 90,000 people facing catastrophic levels of hunger (IPC5) – meaning they are unable to access enough food to survive and…

Hunger numbers stubbornly high for three consecutive years as global crises deepen: United Nations (UN) report

Around 733 million people faced hunger in 2023, equivalent to one in eleven people globally and one in five in Africa, according to the latest State of Food Security and…

KAESO Energy Services to Present Workshop on Maintaining Well Integrity at Angola Oil & Gas (AOG) 2024

Angola – one of the biggest oil and gas producers in Africa – relies on innovative drilling solutions to sustain production above one million barrels per day. Well integrity is…

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the World Bank Hold a Mid-Term Review of the Regional Electricity Access Project

The mid-term review meeting of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Regional Electricity Access Project (REAP), which opened today, Tuesday 23 July 2024, in Abuja, Nigeria, is intended…

H.E Mourad Amokrane, Ambassador- Designate of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria to Uganda Presents Copies of Letters of Credence to the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs in charge of Regional Affairs

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uganda is pleased to announce that H.E. Mourad Amokrane, Ambassador-Designate of the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria to Uganda…

Fight against global hunger set back 15 years, warns United Nations (UN) report

Progress fighting global hunger has been set back 15 years, leaving around 733 million people going hungry in 2023, equivalent to one in 11 people globally and one in five…

Uganda: Construction of Katonga bridge to commence in October

The Minister for Works and Transport, Gen. Katumba Wamala has revealed that construction of a new bridge at the Katonga river along the Kampala-Masaka highway will commence in October this…

Uganda: President Returns Two Bills for Reconsideration

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has returned the National Commission for UNESCO (Amendment) Bill, 2024 and the Higher Education Students Financing (Amendment) Bill, 2024  to Parliament for reconsideration. In a letter…

South Africa welcomes the declaration of unity between the various Palestinian groups

South Africa welcomes the declaration of unity between various Palestinian groups and their stated intention to constitute an interim national unity reconciliation government. Palestinian unity has the capacity to bring…

Deputy Minister Botes and his United States counterpart discuss closer South Africa-United States relations

The Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Mr Alvin Botes, held a telephonic courtesy call with his US counterpart, Deputy Secretary of State, Mr Kurt M Campbell, yesterday, 23…

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