A joint press conference of the United Nations Security Council took place Tuesday in Dakar for a resolution on women, peace and security. Conference attendees included Mohamed Ibn Chambas, chief of the United Nations Office of West Africa; Diana Ofwona, UN WOMEN regional director for West Africa; and Aminata Dibba, director of the ECOWAS Center for Gender Development. Read More »

The Nigeria Energy Calculator, a web tool that will predict energy supply and demand as well as carbon dioxide emissions in Nigeria, was unveiled Oct. 28 in Abuja. King also expressed his eagerness to witness Nigeria's gains in green power. A focus of the UN Conference will be rising global temperatures and heads of state will discuss legal agreements that will reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Read More »

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization compiled and released new guidelines Tuesday to help governments with their agricultural censuses that are set to launch in 2016. The guidelines, which are updated every 10 years, are customized for the needs of individual countries. The censuses are used to evaluate the overall structure and conditions of the agriculture sector. Read More »

A Liberian review mission by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) wrapped up Oct. 30. Carlo Sdralevich conducted a review of the Liberian government's economic program, which is backed by the IMF, and conducted its Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement. The mission also revealed that the nation is still feeling the economic strain caused by the Ebola outbreak. Read More »

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Trade Organization recently partnered to promote international food trade and safety. Graziano da Silva pointed out the partnership would help the world's nations stay on track toward sustainable development. The 10th WTO Ministerial Conference will take place in Nairobi Dec. 15 to Dec. 18. Read More »

Ministers of finance from the continent called for an "agricultural transformation" at the Feeding Africa Conference Oct. 23.   Christopher Mvunga, deputy minister of finance for Zambia, said commercially borrowed funds could be best used for updating agricultural infrastructure. Zambia has spent $250 million of the $1.5 billion it has accrued from international sovereign bonds. Read More »

The Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa has been set for April 16 to Apr. 17, 2016 and the chairman of the Kofi Annan Foundation and former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has been confirmed as the event's keynote speaker. The Tana Forum takes place each year in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. Its goal is to gather African heads of state, government leaders and organisations. Read More »

The Peace and Security Council of the African Union convened its 549th meeting on Oct. 9. At the meeting, the organization reviewed information from its recent Retreat on Enhancement of Cooperation, during which its members worked alongside representatives of the Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and the Regional Mechanisms for Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution (RMs). Read More »

Bankers, bank employees and bank stakeholders from across the continent attended a banking services and Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) consultation workshop Nov. 4 in Abuja. The event was organized by the Department of Trade and Industry of the African Union Commission and the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Read More »

This year's event, titled "Intellectual Property for an Emerging Africa," was attended by Mauritius President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, Senegal Prime Minister Mahammed Boun Abdallah Dionne and World Intellectual Property Organization Director General Francis Gurry. The three leaders highlighted how crucial intellectual property is to spurring innovation and creativity on the continent. Read More »

The United Nations Foundation recognized the Africa Against Ebola Trust with its 2015 Global Leadership Award Nov. 3 in New York City. The Africa Against Ebola Solidarity Trust fights against the Ebola disease. The Trust and AU have partnered to contribute $30 million to the cause and to deploy more than 850 healthcare workers to affected areas in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Read More »

With the signing of an exclusive five-year contract, Golar LNG Limited has become the provider of Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) services for West African Gas Limited (WAGL). The services are necessary to support West African Gas' Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) import operations in Ghana. WAGL has the option to extend the contract for an additional five years. Read More »

The African Securities Exchanges Association (ASEA) has set its annual conference for Nov. 15 to Nov. 17 in Johannesburg. With the theme of "Africa Evermore: Growth for Sustainability," the conference will be hosted by the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), the continent’s largest exchange. ASEA oversees 25 securities exchanges including those in Nigeria and Ghana. Read More »

The African Union Commission and the African Minerals Development Centre launched a new program to back small-scale miners as well as public entities and communities operating in the low-value minerals and materials sector. The initiative was spearheaded by the African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States and funded through the European Union and United Nations. Read More »

Africanstates.info has a wealth of information about investment opportunities in all of the continent's 54 countries. The information on the website allows investors with little or no knowledge of what is available in Africa to be fully informed about the continent's offerings. Africanstates.info includes overviews of companies and locations of their respective investments. Read More »

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is urging West African nations to integrate Ebola responders into their health systems. “Ebola-affected countries face many challenges in strengthening their healthcare systems,” Alasan Senghore said. “Trained Red Cross volunteers have transferrable skills which can be used in future disease outbreaks. Read More »

The Global Development's Frontier 100 Forum focused on the rapid growth of Africa's private sector and the continent's new role as the home to several leading companies. The theme for the invitation-only event was “African Business in the World-Class Space." The forum's keynote speaker was Solomon Asamoah, African Development Bank’s vice president of infrastructure. Read More »

Benin, Cameroon, Gabon, Niger and the Gambia. Lehmann is a senior career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He was the assistant secretary of the Consular Operations Branch and served as minister counselor for the Australian Embassy. Read More »

The 16th United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) General Conference will take place Nov. 30 to Dec. 4 at the Vienna International Centre in Austria. The main topic for the conference will be sustainable industrialization and its role in the new United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Attendees will include Austrian President Heinz Fischer. Read More »

Benin's Ministry of Justice is hosting a two-day workshop in Cotonou based on “Promoting the Ratification of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families,” a study recently conducted by researchers from the International Organization of Migration and the Benin Ministry’s Directorate of Human Rights. Read More »