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How innovation led to a catnip plant-based mosquito repellent to fight malaria in eastern Africa

The project also had a strong legitimacy-building function, in that the project was accepted as fair and rightful by the local community and by Burundian government authorities. The project built its legitimacy by creating jobs and by including...

Floods Prompt AU Forces Withdrawal in Somalia

(MENAFN) The African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) announced on Tuesday that its forces had been safely withdrawn from a military base northeast of Mogadishu due to intense flooding in the region. During the Monday...

From the frontlines of climate change, this podcast offers reasons for hope

The second season of Resilience kicked off in October. What are a couple of the most inspiring examples of climate adaptation that you came across this season? There are so many. But to name a few, in Burundi, we learned about a relatively...

13th Macao International Travel (Industry) Expo facilities over 10,000 business matching sessions as an international platform

MACAU, April 30 - 【MGTO】Wonderful highlights of 13th Macao International Travel (Industry) Expo The 13th Macao International Travel (Industry) Expo (referred to as the “Expo” or “MITE”) culminated in success on Sunday (27 April). 59 contracts were...

Russia initiates first epidemic reply exercises in Africa

(MENAFN) Russia’s health agency, Rospotrebnadzor, has partnered with Ethiopia’s Health Ministry to launch the first-ever epidemic response drills in Africa, aimed at improving the continent’s preparedness for sanitary and epidemiological...

Celebrate International Day of No Pesticide Use through Agroecology!

Clémence Nibaruta, alongside other smallholder farmers in Burundi, experiments and employs agroecological practices in order to improve their livelihood sustainably and to gain resilience against climate change. (Photo: Jana Schindler/Oxfam) Many...

13th Macao International Travel (Industry) Expo commences to unveil business opportunities Numbers of exhibitors and booths reach new heights

MACAU, April 25 - The 13th Macao International Travel (Industry) Expo (referred to as the “Expo” or “MITE”) grandly opened today (25 April). Under the theme of “Explore MITE, Experience the World”, MITE presents six major highlights and brings...

DRC Government, AFC/M23 Rebels Eye Truce Following Doha Talks

(MENAFN) The Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC/M23), which includes the M23 rebel group, has committed to working toward a ceasefire with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government following peace talks mediated by Qatar in Doha, according to a...

Presentation of Credentials Ceremony, 26 November 2024

The following foreign Heads of Mission presented their credentials to President Tharman Shanmugaratnam in separate ceremonies at the Istana today: (a) The Ambassador of the Federative Republic of Brazil, His Excellency Luciano Mazza de Andrade (b)...

Severe Flooding in DR Congo’s Tanganyika Province Displaces Nearly 10,000: UNHCR

(MENAFN) Severe flooding in Tanganyika province, Democratic Republic of Congo, has displaced nearly 10,000 people, following weeks of torrential rain, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) reported on Tuesday. "This unfolding emergency reflects the double...

Philippines Reports 1 Death from Mpox

(MENAFN) Medical authorities in Davao City, located in the southern region of the Philippines, officially verified on Friday that two individuals had contracted mpox, with one succumbing to health complications, based on an official public...

Fifty Governments Stand Firm on the Drive for Economic Resilience

Rotterdam, the Netherlands, April 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) today hosted an inaugural Ambassadors’ Forum galvanizing global support for accelerating adaptation at speed and at scale. The event, hosted at...

China launches clinical trials for first homegrown Mpox vaccine

(MENAFN) China has officially launched clinical trials for its first homegrown mpox vaccine, according to state media reports on Wednesday. This development comes in response to increasing global concerns regarding the virus's transmission. The...

China Initiates Clinical Trials for First Homegrown Mpox Vaccine

(MENAFN) China has initiated clinical trials for its first domestically created mpox vaccine, as reported by state media on Wednesday. This move comes in response to the increasing global worries regarding the virus's spread. The vaccine was...

Minister Ronald Lamola: Opening of Aziz Pahad Inaugural Annual Peace, Security and Human Rights Dialogue

Theme: Constitutionalism as the Foundation of Nation Building and Social Cohesion: A Reflection of 30 Years of Freedom, Equity and Justice in a Post Apartheid South Africa. Former President Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki and First Lady Mam Zanele Mbeki,...

Regula Reaches 15,000 ID Templates in Its Industry’s Largest Database, Revealing New Document Trends

RESTON, Va., March 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Regula, a global developer of forensic devices and identity verification solutions, now has 15,000 templates in its identity document template database, the most comprehensive in the world. This...

Members conclude Sixth Review of SPS Agreement, note record notifications

Members are required to review the operation and implementation of the SPS Agreement periodically, as specified under Article 12.7 of the Agreement. The Agreement was first reviewed three years after its entry into force in 1995. Subsequently, a...

Minister Angie Motshekga: Debate on events in DRC

​The Speaker/Chairperson Ministers and Deputy Ministers Members of Parliament Ladies and Gentlemen Allow me to thank the Speaker for allowing us time and space to debate this very important and yet tragic matter which attracted a lot of public...

Peace in the DRC requires leadership and collective will

Dear Fellow South African, In the last two weeks, 14 of our soldiers have been killed in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after coming under attack. They were killed in violation of a ceasefire agreement between the DRC and...

Historic summit brings hope for peace in the DRC

Dear Fellow South African, I have just returned from a Heads of State summit in Tanzania on the conflict in the eastern DRC. The outcomes of the summit provide a beacon of hope for the troubled eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The historic...