Category: COVER

President Chairs Follow-up Meeting on Airport Redevelopment Project

Seychelles,President Wavel Ramkalawan this afternoon chaired a follow-up meeting to review progress on the Airport Redevelopment Project according to an official statement issued by the Office of the President in Victoria,Friday. The meeting,the statement said, follows an initial site visit and working session chaired by the President at the Seychelles International Airport on 31st July, during which the committee committed to reconvening one month later to assess developments and further expand on the proposals put forward. Also in attendance, the statement  disclosed,were Vice-President Ahmed Afif, the Minister for Transport, the…

New Report by Africa Union High Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows Secretariat Says Africa Lags Behind in the Fight Against IFFs

The Secretariat of the African Union High Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows released a new report, Successes and Challenges of Implementing the Recommendations of the African Union High Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows, which indicates that most African countries fall short of meeting the institutional, policy and law enforcement requirements to effectively contain IFFs says an official statement issued in Addis Ababa,Friday. The report, launched on Wednesday, August 27, 2025, shows that the continent lacks an effective coordination mechanism for a coherent and coordinated action against the scourge of…

Statement of the Bureau of the General Assembly’s Committee on the Exercise of the InalIenable Rights of the Palestinian People

Statement UN Palestinian Rights Committee Bureau Calls for Urgent Action to End Gaza Famine New York, 27 August 2025 – A new Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis officially confirmed famine in Gaza Governorate, with more than half a million people facing starvation, destitution, and preventable death. “The Gaza Famine”, as the UN Relief Chief called it, is only getting worse. If nothing is done to end the Israeli blockade and to ensure immediate and unfettered humanitarian aid to the Palestinian civilian population, famine is projected to spread to Deir al‑Balah and Khan Younis in…

Mahama courts Singapore investors, touts 24-hour economy as gateway to $3.4 trillion AfCFTA market

President John Dramani Mahama on Tuesday used the opening of the 8th Africa–Singapore Business Forum to pitch Ghana as a “reliable gateway” to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), calling Africa “investable” and urging deeper South–South partnerships amid a more fragmented global economy. “We are here to learn, to partner, and to deliver,” President Mahama said at his first engagement on a three-day state visit to Singapore. “Africa is investable, and Ghana is your reliable gateway to the continent.” Framing Africa and Asia as the world’s “two youngest, fastest‑urbanising…

AfDB Commits to Support African Universities…..As TICAD 9 Holds in Tokyo

Universities are essential partners in Africa’s development, and the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) is committed to supporting them as centres of innovation that can attract not only Bank financing but also private investment and venture capital, Vice-President for Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery, Nnenna Nwabufo, said in an official statement issued  in Tokyo,Tuesday. She was speaking at a symposium held Saturday 23 August, on the sidelines of the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9). The event was organised by the University of Tokyo and co-hosted by the…

Israel Kills 740 Palestinians, Including 152 Aid Seekers, in 7 Days

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s Media Observatory for Israeli Crimes Against Palestinians recorded 740 Palestinian martyrs between August 19 and 25, 2025, including 438 killed last week, 152 among them were waiting for aid. Four bodies were recovered, 298 martyrs whose information was confirmed, and 2,043 wounded an official statement issued in Jeddah,Teusday has disclosed. The Observatory also recorded 63,715 Palestinian deaths between October 7, 2023, and August 25, 2025, in addition to 166,963 wounded during the same period. For the first time, the United Nations declared a state of…

Africa’s Private Sector Gets a $5.5 billion Assistance Booster Under EPA6…..As Japan-AfDB Sign MOU at TICAD9

The government of Japan and the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding launching the sixth phase of the Enhanced Private Sector Assistance (EPSA6) agreement, which provides a framework for critical resource mobilization and development partnership for African countries according to an official statement issued in Tokyo,Friday. Under EPSA6, the statement said,the Bank and JICA will work together to support regional member countries for the period 2026-2028, with a financial package of up to $5.5 billion – half a billion more than EPSA5 – while ensuring…

Intra-African Trade Fair 2025 Welcomes Tropical General Investment Group as Official Premier Partner

Intra-African Trade Fair 2025 (IATF2025), Africa’s premier trade and investment platform, has formally welcomed Tropical General Investment Group (TGI) as an Official Premier Partner according to an official statement  issued  in Algiers,Saturday. As a leading multinational conglomerate, the statement said,TGI is driving value addition and promoting inclusivity through manufacturing and strategic investments across emerging markets. TGI,it added, will play a pivotal role in advancing the mission of IATF2025 which aims to boost trade and investment in Africa. The event is scheduled to take place in Algiers, Algeria from 4-10 September…

OIC General Secretariat Condemns the Israeli Occupation’s Violations against the Orthodox Patriarchate in Occupied Al-Quds

The General Secretariat of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has strongly condemned the Israeli occupation authorities’ recent decision to freeze the bank accounts of the Orthodox Patriarchate in occupied Al-Quds and impose steep taxes on its properties says an official statement issued in Jeddah,Saturday. This action,the statement noted, is viewed as part of a broader pattern of assaults on both Islamic and Christian sacred sites, constituting a blatant violation of United Nations and UNESCO resolutions, as well as other pertinent international agreements. The OIC,it stated, underscores the alarming implications…

Joint Statement by the Foreign Ministers of 31 Arab and Islamic Countries and the Secretaries-General of the League of Arab States, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and the Gulf Cooperation Council

The Foreign Ministers of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, the Republic of Chad, the Union of the Comoros, the Republic of Djibouti, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Republic of The Gambia, the Republic of Indonesia, Republic of Iraq,  the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the State of Kuwait, the Republic of Lebanon, the State of Libya, the Republic of Maldives, the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, the Kingdom of Morocco, the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Sultanate of Oman, the Islamic…