Africa: 150 million people driven into poverty by high healthcare bills — WHO report

Most African countries continue to rely heavily on out-of-pocket payments to fund their health services, warns a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional office for Africa, urging governments to reduce the financial strains that high health-care costs place on their population. The report, released on Universal Health Coverage Day, found that over […]

Egypt, Greece ink MoU on periodic financial dialogue

Egypt and Greece have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to launch a periodic dialogue between their ministries of Finance in order to exchange views on financial policy issues and topics, mechanisms of developing technical cooperation, the Egyptian Finance Ministry said in a statement. Mohammed Moait, Egypt’s Finance Minister signed the deal with his hosting […]

UN Secretary General Honors Moroccan Peacekeepers in Central African Republic

Commemorating United Nations Day alongside UN peacekeepers in the Central African Republic, Secretary-General António Guterres paid tribute to the sacrifices made by uniformed personnel in the service of peace, including the Moroccan contingent, which lost some of its members in the line of duty. Guterres, who visited the Bangassou local base of the UN Multidimensional […]