Yearly Archives: 2021

Fifth Committee Approves Secretary-General’s proposed $3.12 Billion Programme Budget for 2022, Concluding Main Part of Seventy-Sixth Session

Delegates Agree on 2022-2024 Scale of Assessments, Yet Argue Over Financing for Independent Mechanism Investigating Serious Crimes in SyriaThe Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) wrapped up the main part of its seventy-sixth session on 23 De...

New Study Suggests Infection from Omicron Variant Can Enhance Immunity to Delta

Researchers in South Africa have discovered that people who have been infected with the omicron variant of the coronavirus develop enhanced immunity to the older delta variant.The conclusion is the result of a new study conducted at Durban-based Africa...

Cameroon Releases MSF Health Workers Held After Helping Rebel Leader

YAOUNDE — Cameroon's military has released health workers detained for several days who were working for the aid group Doctors Without Borders, known by its French acronym MSF. The military says the workers were helping a wounded rebel leader, who also...

Sudan Officials Say Defunct Mine Collapses, Kills 38 People

Sudanese authorities said at least 38 people were killed Tuesday when a defunct gold mine collapsed in West Kordofan province.The country's state-run mining company said in a statement the collapse of the closed, non-functioning mine happened in the vi...

Un ancien dignitaire marocain lance un nouveau livre sur la voie du développement de la Chine à Pékin

PÉKIN, 27 décembre 2021 /PRNewswire/ — L’édition française du nouveau livre de Fathallah Oualalou, ancien ministre de l’économie et des finances du Maroc, ancien ministre de l’économie et des finances du Maroc, chercheur supérieur au Centre de politique pour le nouveau Sud, économiste, intitulé « La Chine et l’espace arabo-africain» a été publiée en France. L’auteur considère que les […]

Moroccan Former Statesmen’s New Book on China’s Development Path Launched in Beijing

BEIJING, Dec. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — La Chine & l‘espace arabo-africain, the French version of the book titled “China and Arabic & African Regions Pursuing the Belt and Road Initiative” authored by the Economist Fathallah Oualalou, Former Minister of Economy and Finance of Morocco and Senior Fellow at the Policy Center for the New South, came out in […]

Secretary-General Condemns Looting, Reported Violence around El Fasher Base of Former African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:The Secretary-General condemns the looting and reported violence occurring around the former United Nations logistics base in El Fasher since 24 Decembe...

2021 Year in Review: ‘We underestimate this virus at our peril’

Despite the almost miraculous development of effective vaccines against COVID-19 in 2020, the virus continued to spread and mutate throughout the last year, with much of the blame placed on a lack of effective global collaboration as a key reason for t...

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Agriculture Ministry Directed to Prepare for Potential Locust Outbreaks

Windhoek: The Cabinet has instructed the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform to initiate community awareness efforts regarding the outbreak and management of locusts and other pests. This directive was announced by Minister of In...
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Vice-President Assesses Works at Luau Photovoltaic Plant

Luanda: The Vice-President of Angola, Esperan§a da Costa, assessed on Thursday, the construction works of the Luau Hybrid Photovoltaic Plant, located in the eastern province of Moxico, which will have a production capacity of more than 32.2 MW of ener...

Mixed Reactions as NEMA Rolls Out Uhuru Owino Remediation Process

Mombasa: The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) today embarked on a remediation and restoration initiative in Uhuru Owino, an area that has long suffered from the effects of lead poisoning. However, the process has sparked mixed reaction...

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