Press Releases

President Cyril Ramaphosa: 17th BRICS Leaders' Summit - Intervention on peace, pecurity and global governance

Your Excellency, President Lula da Silva, Fellow BRICS Leaders, Honourable Ministers, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank you, President Lula, for your warm welcome and for hosting us, as Chair of the 17th BRICS Summit, in...

Linyi products cultivate foundations for China-Africa trade hub in Angola

LINYI, China, July 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- From July 4 to 6, the Linyi Trade City (Angola) High-Quality Products Fair 2025 took center stage at the Angola International Real Estate Trade Fair (FINI 2025). This marked another large-scale...

Rwanda Supports M23 Rebel Withdrawal Decision

(MENAFN) On Sunday, Rwandan authorities expressed their approval of the M23 rebel group’s decision to pull back from the key mining city of Walikale and the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) move to cease military actions in the current war in...

JOY MARIE SMALLWOOD SELECTED AS TOP CREATIVE DIRECTOR BY IAOTP

Joy Marie Smallwood will be honored at the International Association of Top Professionals annual awards gala in Las Vegas NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, August 28, 2025 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Joy Marie Smallwood, Creative Director at DRC Ventures,...

Minister Ronald Lamola: International Relations and Cooperation Dept Budget Vote 2025/26

House Chairperson, Honourable Members, We’re tabling a budget today, just over a year since the formation of the GNU. We continue to make progress in our international relations work. Honourable Members, I have just returned from Sevilla in Spain,...

Ramaphosa Urges Stronger BRICS Role in Global Peace

(MENAFN) South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on BRICS member states to take a more proactive stance in addressing international disputes and influencing the structure of global institutions. During his speech at the opening session...

Alliance Fleuve Congo declares withdrawal from Walikale

(MENAFN) On Saturday, the Alliance Fleuve Congo, an armed coalition that includes M23 rebels, declared its withdrawal from the town of Walikale and its nearby areas in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday. This move came after the...

FARDC-Militia Clashes Prompt Emergency Meeting in DR Congo’s Uvira

(MENAFN) An emergency session is scheduled for Wednesday in Uvira, South Kivu Province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), following recent fatal confrontations between the national army and local militias, the provincial government...

Minister Ronald Lamola: Pre-Budget International Relations and Cooperation Media Briefing

Africa: Implementing Agenda 2063 Our foreign policy is an extension of our domestic imperatives on human rights and resolving the triple challenges of inequality, poverty and unemployment. Through attracting Foreign Direct Investment, we intend to...

Rwanda, Congo ink deal to end decades long conflict

(MENAFN) Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) have reached a peace agreement aimed at ending a conflict that has lasted for decades, with US President Donald Trump asserting that the deal grants the United States rights to...

Statement on the Cabinet meeting of Wednesday, 25 June 2025

A. Issues in the environment 1. National Dialogue 1.1 70 Years of the Freedom Charter 1.1.1 On this day, 70 years ago viz. 26th of June 1955, more than 3000 delegates from various racial and social backgrounds, gathered in Kliptown, Johannesburg...

First European Participants Randomized in AskBio Phase 2 Gene Therapy Trial of AB-1005 for Parkinson’s Disease

Research Triangle Park, N.C., Sept. 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AB-1005, a glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) investigational gene therapy, is being evaluated for the treatment of moderate-stage Parkinson’s disease in the...

UN: DR Congo Grapples with Acute Humanitarian Emergencies

(MENAFN) A top United Nations official issued a stark warning Friday, declaring that the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is in the grip of one of the world’s most severe humanitarian disasters, as escalating violence and insecurity continue...

UN Official Warns of Deepening Crisis in DR Congo

(MENAFN) A high-ranking representative from the United Nations issued a stark alert on Friday, emphasizing that the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is enduring one of the gravest humanitarian disasters worldwide, as relentless unrest and...

ICRC president: When the rules of war are applied selectively, they lose their protective power

Ladies and gentlemen, dear colleagues, It is a great honour and pleasure to be among you today. I wanted to be here to speak about the importance and power of the normative. And this is where it is necessary to be brought back to because of the...

Agriculture on launch of 2nd phase of Africa Phytosanitary Programme

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), in collaboration with the Government of South Africa, represented by the Department of Agriculture, launched the second...

Defence clarifies status of Oryx helicopters

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) wishes to clarify that none of its Oryx helicopters are abandoned in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as alleged by some media sources. Such allegations are misleading and do not reflect...

Lake Tanganyika Basin countries launch initiative to protect biodiversity, halt land degradation

Dar es Salaam, 26 February 2025 – The governments of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania and Zambia have launched a five-year project to assess and address transboundary threats to the biodiversity of the Lake Tanganyika Basin. The...

Documents signed between Azerbaijan and Rwanda exchanged, Presidents made press statements

AZERBAIJAN, September 20 - On September 20, a ceremony was held in Baku to exchange documents signed between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Rwanda, with the participation of President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and President of...

UN Raises Alarm as Global Displacement Hits Unprecedented Peak

(MENAFN) More than 122 million people are currently uprooted worldwide, forced to escape conflicts they did not initiate and climate disasters they did not create, only to face tightening borders, shrinking humanitarian aid, and weakening global...