Africa

VICTORIA, Seychelles, July 17, 2026/APO Group/ — Mr Kenneth Racombo, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Seychelles to the Kingdom of Belgium, represented the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Diaspora, Ambassador Barry Faure, at the 121st Session of the Council of Ministers of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), held from 15…

CAIRO, Egypt, July 17, 2026/APO Group/ — The Government of Egypt and the African Union Commission alongside other key stakeholders and partners are pleased to announce new dates for the inaugural Alamein Africa Forum (www.AlameinForum.com). The Forum which was earlier scheduled to hold in June 2026 was postponed following concerns about the evolving public health…

KAMPALA, Uganda, July 17, 2026/APO Group/ — Brussels, Belgium – The Deputy Speaker of Parliament and President of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) Parliamentary Assembly, Thomas Tayebwa, has urged OACPS member states to make trade, industrialisation and value addition central to their development agenda. Tayebwa made the remarks while addressing the…

BRAZZAVILLE, Congo (Republic of the), July 17, 2026/APO Group/ — Following the detection of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in environmental surveillance samples in Blantyre, and its subsequent confirmation among children in the community, Malawi rapidly activated a comprehensive outbreak response. The Ministry of Health, with support from the World Health Organization (WHO), the…

MONROVIA, Liberia, July 17, 2026/APO Group/ — UN Women Liberia, with support from the Governments of Norway and Sweden, has officially launched the Liberia Care Snapshot, a landmark rapid assessment that highlights the critical role of paid and unpaid care work in driving inclusive economic growth and advancing women’s economic empowerment. The launch follows the…

KAMPALA, Uganda, July 17, 2026/APO Group/ — Parliament has endorsed two National Resistance Movement (NRM) candidates to fill Uganda’s vacant positions in the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) after adopting the report of the Parliamentary Verification Committee. The vacancies arose following the election of former EALA representatives Hon. James Kakooza and Hon. Dennis Namara to…