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UN marks Nelson Mandela Int’l Day
Addis Ababa, July 18, 2023 (FBC) - The United Nations commemorated the Nelson Mandela International Day today July 18, a tribute to the former freedom fighter and South African leader.…
The promise of the 2030Agenda is in peril: UN Chief
Addis Ababa, July 18, 2023 (FBC) - The world is “woefully off track” to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the 2030 deadline, the United Nations Secretary General António…
IMF Approves $1 Billion for Kenya After Latest Loan Review
Addis Ababa, July 18, 2023 (FBC) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved almost $1 billion for Kenya, saying the country had met conditions for continued financing under…
AUC, UNDP jointly launch Africa Facility to Support Inclusive Transitions
Addis Ababa, July 17, 2023 (FBC) – The African Union Commission (AUC) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched the Africa Facility to Support Inclusive Transitions (AFSIT),…
AUC organs sign MoUs to enhance efforts in protection of human and peoples’ rights
Addis Ababa, July 17, 2023 (FBC) – A Memorandum of Understating has signed between the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the Pan African Parliament, the Economic, Social and…
AUC kicks of series of commemoratives on Maputo Protocol
Addis Ababa, July 15, 2023 (FBC) - The African Union Commission has kicked off a series of activities to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and…
Conducive regulatory policies needed to Africa’s energy transition: experts
Addis Ababa, July 14, 2023 (FBC) - Infrastructure experts have reiterated the need for conducive policy and business environment in Africa, which they say, is a critical first step to…
43rd Ordinary Session of AU Executive Council kicks off in Nairobi
Addis Ababa, July 13, 2023 (FBC) - The 43rd Ordinary Session of the Executive Council Session of the African Union kicked off in Nairobi, Kenya earlier today.
A high-level delegation led…
Africa deserves outstanding Climate Finance: Jennifer Morgan
Addis Ababa, July 12, 2023 (FBC) – State Secretary and Special Envoy for International Climate Action at the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, Jennifer Lee Morgan, said that Africa, the…
AUC Gravely concerned on expulsion of sub-Saharan Migrants in Libyan Desert: Special Rapporteur
Addis Ababa, July 11, 2023 (FBC) – Commissioner Maya Sahli Fadel, the Special Rapporteur on Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Internally Displaced Persons and Migrants in Africa and Commissioner in…