The Governments of the United States of America and Egypt co-hosted an event in conjunction with President Biden’s visit to COP27. COP27 President Sameh Shoukry and U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry presided over the event, which ...
Without coordinated action, this year’s “crisis of affordability” threatens to become a dire global food shortage in 2023, the UN chief told the G20 Summit in Indonesia on Tuesday.The world is on its way to “a raging food catastrophe”, Secretary-Genera...
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Group of 20 (G20) session on the food and energy crises, in Bali today:We are on the way to a raging food catastrophe. People in five separate places are facing famine. Simultaneousl...
The Day of 8 Billion, officially marked on Tuesday, is a milestone moment for human longevity, according to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), “signalling major improvements in public health”, but it also comes with warnings of worsening economic inequali...
LONDON– Britain and France, yesterday, signed an agreement, aimed at fighting against illegal migration via the English Channel, which has long been a point of friction between the two countries.Britain will commit 72.2 million euros (about 74.3 millio...
MODERATOR: Good afternoon, everybody. Welcome to today’s call on the situation in Ethiopia. Today’s call is on background to a senior State Department official and embargoed until its conclusion. We are joined – for your information and not for rep...
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has told lawmakers in parliament he is committed to a peace deal struck with Tigrayan leadership in South Africa earlier this month to end two years of deadly conflict in northern Tigray region.In his address to par...
The Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) and Agape Youth Movement will host a webinar on children’s involvement on climate change action.The webinar seeks to achieve the following objectives:• To showcase programmes that activate chil...
Mexico City: Mexico has initiated legal action against Google, accusing the tech giant of renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America" on Google Maps for American users. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced the lawsuit on Friday, stat...
As the North East First Division (NEFD) football league approaches its conclusion with just five games remaining:s the North East First Division (NEFD) football league approaches its conclusion with just five games remaining, this weekend's spotlight ...
Oshakati: Gerhard 'Washa-Washa' Hengari, coach of the Mighty Gunners, has said his team is not currently focused on the Debmarine Namibia Premier Football League standings or a direct title bid. Instead, their primary objective is to deliver strong pe...
