November 22, 2022

The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and International Labour Organization (ILO) launched a first regional Training Workshop on Improving Capacities of Labour Attachés and Embassy Officials Working on Labour Migration Governance in the IGAD Region. The overall objective of the five days training is to improve capacities of labour attachés and consular and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) officials assuming this function for IGAD Member States to improve labour migration governance and protection of migrant workers in the Middle East. On his opening remarks, Mr. Nigussu Tilahun State Minister, Ministry of Labour and Skills of F.D.R of Ethiopia disclosed that

UNITED NATIONS— UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced the appointment of Mohamed Ag Ayoya of Mali as the new resident coordinator for the Central African Republic.   The resident coordinator is the highest-ranking representative of the UN development system at the country level.   Ayoya is also appointed as the UN secretary-general’s new deputy special representative for the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), and will serve as humanitarian coordinator for the country as well, the UN chief’s press office said in a statement.   He succeeds Denise Brown of Canada who was appointed as the

West African leaders met in Accra Tuesday to discuss terrorism and worsening security in the region. The Accra Initiative members, which include Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Togo, are discussing preventing spillover of terrorism from the Sahel. European forces have been withdrawing from the region while Russian influence has been growing. The Accra Initiative is a cooperative and collaborative security mechanism between seven West African countries as they face increasing threats and attacks from Islamist militants across their northern borders in Burkina Faso and Niger. Addressing the maiden high-level counter terrorism conference of the Accra Initiative, Ghana’s President Nana