Ethiopia Exceeds Sub-Saharan Average in Several Areas of Doing Business, Despite Challenges
A new World Bank Group report finds that, compared to other economies in Sub-Saharan Africa, Ethiopia offers an enabling regulatory environment in several areas of doing business. Doing Business 2016: Measuring Regulatory Quality and Efficiency finds that Ethiopia does relatively well on the indicators related to Dealing with Construction Permits and Enforcing Contracts. However, challenges […]
Three East African States Going to War – in Yemen!
At least three East African nations Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan are reported to be directly involved in the war raging in Yemen, a country a short distance from the Horn of Africa. Sudan recently acknowledged that it has dispatched a battalion of troops to Yemen to join a Saudi Arabia-led coalition fighting the al-Houthi rebel […]
Building the Capacities for Guinea’s SRs Will Be Challenging
The lack of capacity of sub-recipients is a long-standing problem in Guinea. In September 2015, the Global Fund signed a $62.7 million HIV grant with Guinea. When the Guinea country coordinating mechanism submitted the concept note for the HIV grant in August 2014, the SRs had not yet been identified. The CCM oversight committee started […]
Algeria, Egypt, Italy to Meet in Algiers Over Libyan Crisis
A tripartite meeting between Algeria, Egypt and Italy will take place in Algiers on Monday to examine the situation in Libya, said Sunday the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement. The meeting, which is part of the consultations between the three countries, will bring together Minister of Maghreb Affairs, African Union and Arab League […]
Russian Plane Was Destroyed Mid-Air, Search Operation Nears End
A Russian aviation official said that the Russian plane that crashed in the Sinai desert on Saturday was destroyed in mid-air, as a deadline for the search operations at the site of the fatal crash nears expiry, a Russian minister said. Russian Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puchkov said Monday that search operations will conclude at 10:00 […]
Parts of Southern Africa Are Within Tantalising Reach of Eliminating Malaria
There has been a concerted international effort since the early 2000s to tackle malaria. This has led to dramatic reductions in the disease. World Health Organisation estimates show that in 2015 there were 214 million malaria cases and 438,000 deaths globally. This is a 37% decrease in the incidence rate of malaria compared to 15 […]
Deploring Recent Violence, UN Envoy Says ‘Dialogue Is Only Way Out of This Crisis’
Following a series of incidents earlier this week in the Central African Republic (CAR) capital of Bangui, the top United Nation official in the crisis-riven country strongly deplored the use of violence to resolve differences and had called on all Central Africans to exercise restraint “to avoid an increase of violence with serious consequences.” In […]
State Secretary of Interior in Dili for CPLP Meeting
The State Secretary of Interior for Civil Protection and Fire Service, Eugénio Laborinho, is in Dili, East Timor’s Republic, where he participates in the IV Meeting of Ministers of Interior and Home Affairs of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP). The meeting will assess the implementation degree of the conclusions and recommendations of the […]
Ban Welcomes African Union Decision On Addressing Political and Security Crisis
In a phone call today, United Nations Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon and Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, discussed the situation in Burundi, with Mr. Ban welcoming recent decision by the AU Peace and Security Council on addressing the country’s political impasse. According to a statement issued by Mr. Ban’s spokesperson, the […]
Belgium Donates 1.5 Million Euros for Burundian Refugees in Rwanda
The embassy of Belgium in Rwanda has announced a donation of 1.5m Euros (Rwf1.212 billion) for Burundian refugees in the country. Part of the funds (€1m) will be channeled to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) while the rest will go to the World Food Programme (WFP). Arnout Pauwels, the Belgium ambassador to […]
