Month: June 2020

The African Development Bank, Ministry of Finance and Planning and Who Sign a Grant-Based Partnership Agreement to Support the COVID-19 Response and Strengthen Health Systems for Emergency Preparedness in South Sudan

[WHO] Juba, 24 June 2020 – The African Development Bank (AfDB), Ministry of Health, Ministry of Finance and Planning and the World Health Organization (WHO) have signed a $4.1 million grant-based partnership agreement for an AfDB-financed project to support the emergency response for COVID-19 and strengthen the health system capacity for emergency preparedness in South Sudan.

Egypt Should Stop Beating War Drums

[Reporter] For the record, the Blue Nile River starts in and flows from the highlands of Ethiopia not from Egypt. Therefore, Ethiopia needs no permission from Egypt or any other nation to use her national resources. No fair minded person or nation, would ask Ethiopia to surrender her sovereign right to a belligerent nation such as Egypt. As tax paying American citizen, I am shocked and disappointed to learn that the Trump administration decided to side with Egypt and order Ethiopia not proceed with the Renaissance Da