Women politicians, clan leaders, youth groups, civil society organisations and key decision makers in Galmudug State came together last week in a dialogue on inclusive political participation in Somalia’s ongoing parliamentary elections. The di...

Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Yael Lempert visited Tunisia and Libya October 19-21.  During her trip to Tunisia, Acting Assistant Secretary Lempert met with Tunisian government officials, including Foreign Minister...

Egypt is IFAD’s largest recipient of financial assistance in Near East and North Africa, and was one of the first countries to receive the Fund’s financing; the IFAD delegation will visit IFAD-supported projects in the country and meet wi...

Music. Some impromptu dancing. And tons of camaraderie. United Nations Day in Juba, South Sudan, wasn’t a typical celebration this year. It was a heartfelt coming together of UN personnel, government representatives, civil society organizations...

U.S. Ambassador Jonathan R. Cohen welcomed the arrival of the third shipment in three weeks of Pfizer’s Coronavirus vaccines to Cairo on October 22.  This shipment of an additional 1.4 million Pfizer doses, part of a 500-million-...

On 14 September 2021, UNESCO, in partnership with the European Union, organized an online conference to strengthen global cooperation in the fight against illicit trafficking of cultural property. This conference brought together all stakeholders in ...

The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), in collaboration with the Southwest State of Somalia, has held a forum to devise ways to promote women’s representation and participation in politics in Somalia. A two-day forum held in Baidoa, org...

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad Othmane Jerandi is participating Thursday in Tripoli in Libya Stabilisation Conference. This will be an opportunity to convey a message of support from President Kaïs Saïed to Liby...

The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa, through the Expanded Special Project for the Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (ESPEN), is making available new analytical tools in the NTD Data Portal allowing N...

The low levels of compliance by public entities is a serious cause for concern as it leaves gap for graft, while businesses should not look at making super profits, but should adhere to the laws that are meant to curb corruption, Vice President Const...

George Maponga Masvingo Bureau The Second Republic will continue prioritising the completion of infrastructural projects to stimulate economic growth and ensure the practice cascades to all institutions and sectors across the country for the speedy r...

Mashudu Netsianda Bulawayo Bureau For United States-based Dr Tatenda Shopera, his humble upbringing coupled with early life struggles punctuated by resilience, hard work, self-motivation and determination to pursue his childhood dream, played a criti...

Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter Zimbabwe has earned nearly US$5 billion through mineral exports and is on course to have raked in US$5,5 billion by year-end, Deputy Minister of Mines and Mining Development Polite Kambamura told the National Asse...

Tendai Rupapa Senior Reporter FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa yesterday took her educative Gota/Nhanga/Ixiba programme to Harare’s mixed race community in fulfilment of her promise to leave no-one behind as she strives to teach children self-control,...

Herald Reporter THE Government is in the process of refining its diaspora policy to ensure that citizens based in different parts of the world are not left out in the national development agenda. The policy review is anchored on President Mnangagwaâ€...