diplomacy&development

The project will contribute to the implementation of the economic recovery plans adopted by the G5 Sahel countries The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) approved, Tuesday March 16 in Abidjan, a donation of four million US dollars to finance the Project to support the resilience of businesses of young people in the G5 Sahel countries (PAREJ).  The objective of the project is to support the resumption or expansion of the activities of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) led by young people and which have been affected by the crisis linked to the Covid-19 pandemic. The project will contribute to the implementation of the economic recovery plans adopted by the G5 Sahel countries. This operation constitutes a complementary support to the operations already approved by the African Development Bank to support the efforts of the member countries of the G5 Sahel (Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Chad) as part of the fight against the

Customers to benefit from an even denser network. Acquisition significantly strengthens Hapag-Lloyd´s (Hapag-Lloyd.com) position in the African market; customers to benefit from an even denser network. Today, Hapag-Lloyd and NileDutch have signed a sale and purchase agreement where Hapag-Lloyd acquires all shares of the Dutch container shipping company Nile Dutch Investments B.V. (NileDutch). With over 40 years of expertise, NileDutch is one the leading providers of container services from and to West Africa. The company is present in 85 locations across the world and has 16 own offices in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Singapore, China, Angola, Congo and Cameroon. With 10 liner services, around 35,000 TEU of transport capacity and a container fleet of around 80,000 TEU, the company connects Europe, Asia and Latin America with West and South Africa. Headquartered in Rotterdam, NileDutch has some 350 employees worldwide with particular expertise in the African market. “Africa is an i

  With this great responsibility they will ensure easy access to affordable, quality healthcare for local and expat communities. With over sixty years of local experience, Hollard Cigna have demonstrated their commitment to the people of DRC and have an excellent track record of adhering to local regulations. With this partnership, SFA will become one of the main insurance provider of international health insurance in DRC. With this great responsibility they will ensure easy access to affordable, quality healthcare for local and expat communities. With Over 2,000 top-quality healthcare providers, Hollard Cigna Healthcare is already providing similar services in the region with coverage in neighbouring countries such as Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya. The Hollard Cigna family boasts dedicated staff services with more than 250,000 employees across Africa, and coverage in more than 20 African countries. Their Established infrastructure with dedicated claims teams, medical board and fraud unit

Following the solemn undertaking of six newly elected judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on 10 March 2021 and the Presidency's election on 11 March 2021, the Presidency of the Court has assigned the judges to the three judicial divisions. The Presidency also recomposed a number of Chambers where necessary, dissolved Pre-Trial Chamber III as well as Trial Chambers I, III, VI and VII and assigned the respective situations and cases currently before the Court to the remaining Chambers. The Presidency also decided that several cases do not currently require assignment to a trial chamber. The assignments as well as the re-composition of Chambers will be effective immediately. The Appeals Division will be constituted as follows: Judges  Piotr Hofmański, Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza, Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, Solomy Balungi Bossa and Gocha Lordkipanidze. The Trial Division will be constituted as follows: Judges Bertram Schmitt, Chang‑ho Chung, Kimberly Prost, Joanna Korn

Peris Mukoko, 2021 Women’s Executive Leadership Scholarships Kenyan Recipient This amazing opportunity qualifies two women from Africa to join the remaining ten women from around the world, who will each receive a £10,000 scholarship for leadership development support. As more and more leading women spearhead through the sports industry, Rugby Africa (RugbyAfrique.com) has positioned itself to continue boosting women’s involvement in the game, including leadership, by announcing on International Women’s Day, Africa’s first two recipients of the 2021 Women’s Executive Leadership Scholarships. This amazing opportunity qualifies two women from Africa to join the remaining ten women from around the world, who will each receive a £10,000 scholarship for leadership development support for formal or informal education, conferences, forums, mentoring and best practice study tours. Each scholarship will be tailored to meet the professional development needs of the successful applicants. The sch

The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has published its findings on Finland and Latvia, the two countries it examined during its session held virtually from 15 February to 5 March 2021.   The findings contain positive aspects of how the respective States are implementing the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, highlight matters of concern and make recommendations. During the dialogues, the Committee also asked the two States about measures taken to mitigate the impact of COVID-19, with respect to issues such as unemployment, poverty, access to healthcare and education. They also asked what steps had been introduced to protect people in the most vulnerable situations who have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic. The Committee urged States to facilitate universal and equitable access to COVID-19 testing, treatment and vaccination including by supporting proposals for a temporary waiver for some intellectual property rights for vaccines. Besid

The fund has raised more than US$ 242 million from more than 661,000 individuals, corporations, and other organizations to support WHO and partners’ global COVID-19 response. The fund helps WHO to deploy lifesaving supplies, information and research to countries across the globe. An additional US$ 1.96 billion is needed for WHO in 2021 to continue coordinating global pandemic response, more than 60% will go towards requirements for the Access to COVID-19 tools, including diagnostics, treatments and vaccines. One year ago WHO created the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund to respond to the unprecedented show of support by individuals and companies to help WHO in the fight against COVID-19.  Powered by the UN Foundation and the Swiss Philanthropy Foundation, it was developed as an innovative platform to enable private companies, individuals and other organizations to contribute directly to WHO’s efforts to prevent, detect, and respond to COVID-19 around the world. The fund’s first year ha