“Isabel martinez de peron” Waa Haweynadii Ugu Horaysay Ee Dunida Noqota Madax-Wayne, Taariikhda Aadnaha, Kama Hadlayno Hogaamiyaasha Boqortooyooyinka Dumarka Ahaa ( Female Of Monarchs) Se Waxaan Ka Hadlaynaa Nidaamka Hogaaminta Dawladaha Madaxtooyooyinka Ee Dumarka “ Female Head’s Of Government”

Isabela Waxay Ahayd Madax-Weynihii 42-aad Ee Dalka Argentina , Sanadihii 1974- Ilaa 1976-Dii.

Isbela Waxay Ahayd Xaaskii 3-aad Ee Madaxweyne “Juan Peron” Sidoo Kale Waxay Ahayd Madax-Wayne Ku Xigeenkiisa, Waxaanay Talada Qabatay Dalkaasi Kadib Markii Uu Xaajigeedu Xijaabtay.

Waxay Ahayd Mid Kamida Madaxdii Dumarka Ahaa’ Caalamka Soo Maray Kuwoodii Ugu Quruxda Badnaa, Uguna Xaragada Iyo Lebiska Wacnaa Ee Ugu Soo Jiidashada Badnaa, Dhalin Yaradii Dalkaasi Ayaa Dhamaan Jacayl U Qaaday Oo Aad Uga Helay Sidoo Kale’ Dacaayado Ayaa Ka Faafay’ Ku Dhawaad 2- Sano Markay Haysay Xilka, Waxaa Ugu Dambayn Awood Kaga Qaaday Taladii Dalkaasi Milatarigii Dalkaasi, Kadibna Xabsiga Ayay U Taxaabeen’ 5-Sano Oo Xadhiga Kadib Ugu Dambayn Waxay U Wareegtay Dalka Spain .

Waana Taariikhda Gabadhii Ugu Horysay Ee Dunida Gaadhay Mansabka Madax-Wayne’ Halka Ay Ra’iisal Wasaarihii Ugu Horeeyey Oo Ah Qof Dumara Ay Noqotay “Sirimavo Bandaranaike”Sanadkii 1960-Kii Laguna Doortay Doorasho Guud (General Election ) Ee Dalka “Sri Lanka ”.

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Egypt has stepped up its rhetoric against Ethiopia after negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) reached a deadlock.

Addis Ababa is building the dam on the Blue Nile, which Cairo says threatens its share of water.

The Egyptian ministry of water resources and irrigation said that talks with Sudan and Ethiopia on the operation of the hydropower dam have reached a stalemate as a result of “inflexibility” by Addis Ababa, and called for international mediation.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi stressed on Saturday that Egypt is committed to preserving the country’s water share of the Nile river.

“We will continue to take all necessary political procedures in the framework of international law to guarantee this right,” said Sisi.

In 2011, Addis Ababa announced the construction of the $4 billion dam to be the centerpiece of Ethiopia’s bid to become Africa’s biggest power exporter, generating more than 6,000 megawatts.

Egypt fears that the dam will damage its limited share of the Nile water, about 55.5 billion cubic meters, which the country needs for more than 90 percent for its supply of drinking water, irrigation for agriculture and industry.

Egypt’s parliamentary African Affairs Committee said it intends to launch major diplomatic moves, starting with summoning Ethiopia’s ambassador to the parliament to inform him about Egypt’s concerns.

Committee Chairman MP Tareq Radwan said they also intend to file complaints with regional and international human rights organizations and send a series of communiques to parliaments around the world over Ethiopia’s violations of international law.

The committee regretted the deadlock, saying the Ethiopian stance contradicts the fifth article of the Declaration of Principles Agreement signed on March 23, 2015. It also violates international legislation regarding constructing and managing dams over common rivers.

For eight years, Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan have been engaged in tripartite talks to reach a final agreement on the rules of filling and operating GERD, without reaching any result.

Egypt said it hoped the US would mediate especially after the White House announced that it “supports… ongoing negotiations to reach a cooperative, sustainable, and mutually beneficial agreement on filling and operating” the dam.

Egyptian Presidential Spokesman Bassam Rady said his country welcomes the White House statement, pointing that the failure of the negotiations to reach tangible progress reflects the need for an effective international role to bring the views of the three countries closer.

The spokesman stressed the importance of reaching a fair and balanced agreement in a manner that allows all three states to benefit from their water resources without harming the interests and rights of other parties.

However, Cairo’s decision to internationalize the crisis remains a “very complicated” task, according to political expert Malik Awni, who explained to Asharq Al-Awsat that Egypt could be forced to make major concessions.

He also ruled out the option of international arbitration, which requires the consent of concerned parties, including Ethiopia.

Asharq AL-awsat

Three years ago, with the referendum of June 23, 2016, the British people decided with a percentage of almost 52% and with 71.8% participation the exit of Great Britain from the European Union. This great result was undoubtedly the first major, painful defeat for the under German-controlled European Union of banks and multinationals.

However, the exit of Great Britain from the European Union, which was scheduled to take place on 29 March 2019, after exactly two years before had been activated the article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon, which allows members-states to leave the union, ultimately it did not happen because of a failure to reach an agreement with the Brussels establishment. And no agreement was reached because of the arrogant intransigence of the Brussels conclave, which is trying with abundant overweening to humiliate Great Britain and thus use it as a scarecrow to other countries wishing to escape the German prison of the European Union.

According to statements by new Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Brexit will happen definitively on October 31, 2019, either with an agreement or without an agreement. And this because an irregular Brexit is preferable to a bad deal that will obviously work against Great Britain and the British people. At the same time, this act of exit, which will liberate Great Britain from the shackles of the European Union, shows, on the one hand, full respect for the will of the British people and on the other hand conflicts with those who are trying in various ways to delay or even cancel the proud Brexit.

It is more than certain that with Brexit is not going to be the end of the world for Great Britain as it did not happen when it chose to stay out of the eurozone. And, as eminent experts say, the British economy after a short problematic period will be significantly strengthened from a competitive point of view. So there is no doubt for any perspicacious observer and analyst that in the medium and long term, Great Britain, which will fully regain the ability to pursue national policy in all areas, will prosper out of an undemocratic and highly bureaucratic plan in which Germany has a dominant role.

However, the supporters of the stay of Great Britain in the European Union essentially want the British people’s will to be annulled and the referendum thrown into the trash following the result of which did not cause any immediate economic crisis as they were warning. So they are constantly sowing terror, assuring that the consequences of Brexit without a deal will be nightmarish and chaotic, much worse than even Hitler’s bombs. So they are talking about developments and events that will even endanger the same the unity of the country, huge deficits in food, medicine and fuel that will lead the British to rush like the crazy people to supermarkets, gas stations and pharmacies, “blackout” at ports and airports of the country, destruction of British businesses, decisive blows to the exports and the financial sector, particularly negative impacts on the tourism industry that will transform travel plans millions of people in a hell of delays, cancellations and bureaucracy etc.

But all this logically will not be the case because the responsible government of Boris Johnson for the future of the British economy and the British people, I believe it will take the appropriate measures with prudent and decisive action, drawing up a well-coordinated exit plan that will minimize any negative effects of Brexit. This is also confirmed by the statements made on 1 August 2019 by the Minister of Finance of Great Britain Sajid Javid: “Our economy is fundamentally strong, so today we can make many choices. We can choose to both invest in our schools, our hospitals, our fantastic police, for example, but we can also prepare to exit the EU. And, if that means leaving with no deal, that’s exactly what we’re going to do.”

At the same time, Brexit will not only have negative impacts on Great Britain, but also on the European Union. Brexit undoubtedly threatens the unity of the union and creates an example of secession that other countries are likely to follow in the future (Domino Effect), while the lack of Great Britain financial contribution (around ten billion annually) will significantly affect the community budget. At the same time the Great Britain’s major trading partners (Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain and Belgium) will be significantly affected, while the European Union as a whole will cease to have the largest share of world GDP and be the largest trading power internationally, giving its position in the US and China.

The blow for the European Union from Brexit, and indeed without an agreement, and given the USA’s solidarity that accompanies it and translates into a major privileged bilateral Great Britain-USA trade agreement, is much more than crucial and can prove fatal for the European Union and the Eurozone, at a time when the latter is experiencing a prolonged economic and political crisis, which has been on the rise lately.

So in the face of heightened power competition between world powers (US, China, Russia, EU) it is more than obvious that the Donald Trump government and the American deep state have decided to curb German influence in the area of the western camp and prevent decisively the enforcement of German wills in European space.

Today’s vision against the rotten, totalitarian and highly neoliberal German European Union, which is the most failed experiment of economic and political union between different nation-states in history, can only be the equal co-operation of free European peoples and sovereign independent democratic countries from one end of Europe to the other.

In closing, I would like to stress emphatically that any short-term negative effects of Brexit can in no way stand an insurmountable obstacle in the face of the will of the British people, who have been trained many centuries with the democratic traditions and with the precepts of freedom and independence, to liberate his country from the iron shackles of the European Union. Those who, moreover, rejoice at the parliamentary hurdles and difficulties that lie ahead of proud Brexit or are calling for a second referendum in order to emerge what they want, that is, actually to blackmail democracy, have to know that the ultimate winner will be the sovereign people and the decision they took three years ago.

Curriculum vitae

Isidoros Karderinis was born in Athens in 1967. He is a novelist, poet and columnist. He has studied economics and has completed postgraduate studies in the tourism economy. His articles have been published in newspapers, magazines and sites worldwide. His poems have been translated into English, French and Spanish and published in poetry anthologies, in literary magazines and literary sections of newspapers. He has published seven poetry books and three novels. His books have been published in USA, Great Britain, Spain and Italy.

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Turkiga oo jawaab kulul ka bixiyay hanjabaad uga timi Donald Trump

Madaxweyne Trump ayaa Isniintii ku gooddiyay inuu burburin doono dhaqaalaha Turkiga

Ku xigeenka afhayeenka baarlamaanka dalka Turkiga ayaa ka falceliyay hanjabaaddii uu madaxweynaha Mareykanka u jeediyay waddankaas ee ku aaddaneyd howlgallada uu turkiga qorsheynayo inuu ka fuliyo Suuriya, sida ay qortay Wakaaladda wararka ee Anadolu.

“Waddankeennu ma aha dal ay edeb bari karaan talisyo shisheeye mana aha waddan jilbaha u dhiganaya waddan kale”, sidaas waxaa yiri Levent Gok, oo la hadlayay xildhibaannada baarlamaanka Turkiga.

Isagoo hoosta ka xarriiqay in Turkiga uu yahay waddan madax bannaan, ayuu Gok sheegay in dalkiisu “uu xal u heli karo dhibaatooyinkiisa gaarka ah”.

“Mareykanka iyo dalalka kaleba waa inay ogaadaan in Turkiga uu wali heysto qalabka iyo dadnimada uu isagoo xorriyaddiisa raadinaya kula dagaallamay boqortooyooyinkii hore”.

Madaxweyne Donald Trump ayaa Isniintii ku gooddiyay inuu burburin doono dhaqaalaha Turkiga, haddii ay xukuumadda Ankara tallaabo uu ku tilmaamay “inay ku xadgudubto Suuriya”, xilli uu jiro qorshe ay Turkiga ugu diyaar garoobayaan howlgal ay ka fulinayaan waqooyiga Suuriga.

Dad badan ayaa ku barakacay dagaalka Suuriya

Ankara ayaa dooneysa inay halkaas ka abuurto khad ka caaggan dagaallada oo loogu talagalay in hoy looga dhigo dadka qaxootiga ah.

“Sida aan horayba si adag ugu sheegay, haddana aan ku celinayo, haddii Turkigu ay sameeyaan wax kasta oo aniga, caqligeyga weyn aan ugu arko inuu xad gudub yahay, waxaan si buuxda u burburin doonaa dhulkana la simi doonaa dhaqaalaha Turkiga(sidaasna horay waan u sameeyay)”, ayuu yri Trump oo qoraal soo dhigay bartiisa Twitter-ka.

Ka bixitaanka ciidamada Mareykanka ee Suuriga

Arrintan ayaa kusoo aadday xilli uu dhawaan madaxweyne Trump ku dhawaaqay in ciidamada Mareykanka ee Suuriga ku sugan laga soo saari doono.

Go’aanka uu Trump ciidammadiisa kula soo baxay waxaa xitaa si weyn u cambaareeyay masuliyiinta xisbiga Jamhuuriga oo uu Trump ka tirsan yahay.

Kurdiyiinta ayaa bixitaanka ciidammada Mareykanka ku tilmaamay inay tahay “waran dhabarka uga dhacay”

Dadka dhaliila siyaasadda Trump ayaa ku doodaya in bixitanaka ciidammada Mareykanka ay ka dhigtay Kurdiyiinta kuwa u nugul weerar uga yimaada Turkiga oo kooxdan u arka inay tahay argagixiso.

Wasiirka arrimaha dibedda ee Turkiga ayaa sheegay in “la dhameystiray diyaargarowga howlgallada xasilinta gobolka oo muhiim u ah nabadda Suuriya iyo deriskeeda”

Balse Mr Trump ayaa uga digay Turkiga inaysan ka faa’iideysan go’aankiisa ku aaddan la bixitaanka ciidamada Suuriya ka jooga.

Turkiga iyo Mareykanka oo ka wada tirsan isbahaysiga NATO ayuu dhawaanahan xiriirkooda soo xumaanayay.

Dhakhtarkii ka caawiyay CIA-da inay helaan Cusama Bin Laden

Dr Afridi ayaa beeniyay eedeymaha loo soo jeediyay

Maxkamad ku taal dalka Pakistan ayaa lagu wadaa in ay billowdo dhageysiga racfaan la doonayo in xabsiga looga sii daayo dhakhtar ku eedeysan in Mareykanka uu ka caawiyay in uu dilo hoggaamiyihii Al-Qaacida Cusama Bin Laden.

Maxkamadda sare Peshawar ayaa maanta dhageysan doonto dacwadda Shakil Afridi, waana markii ugu horreysay oo dacwaddaasi lagu dhageysan doono meel caadi ah oo dadka u furan.

Dhakhtarkaasi ayaanan waligii si rasmi ah dacwad loogu soo oogin doorkii uu ku lahaa hawlgalkii sanadkii 2011-kii lagu bartilmaameedsaday Bin Laden oo ahaa ninka aadka uu Mareykanka u doondoodnayay.

Dr Afridi ayaa waligii ku doodayay in loo diiday in uu helo caddaalad.

Xarigiisa ayaa waxaa ka dhashay muran weyn kaa oo sababay in Mareykanku uu kaalmadii dhaqaale ka jaro dalkaasi Pakistan.

Madaxweynaha Mareykanka Donald Trump ayaa sanadkii 2016 xilli uu ku jiray olalaha doorashada ballan qaaday in Dr Afridi la soo dayn doono laba daqiiqo gudahood haddii isaga la doorto, haseyeeshee taasi ayaanan wali dhicin.

Muddo 10 sano ah ayuu Bin laden dhuumaaleysanayay

In kastoo dhakhtarkaasi gudaha Mareykanka looga aqoonsan yahay halyay geesi ah, dadka reer Pakistan intooda badan waxay u arkaan khaa’in waji gebax ku riday dalkiisa. Ciidamada Mareykanka ayay u suurtagashay in ay yimaadaan gudaha dalka Pakistan oo ay dilaan Cusama Bin Laden oo waliba ay meydkiisa qaataan iyaga oo aan wax dhibaato ah arrintaasi kala kulmin.

Waxaa dilka Bin Laden ka dhashay su’aal ah milatariga dalkaasi Pakistan miyuu wax ka ogaa joogitaanka Bin Laden ee gudaha dalkaasi Pakistan.

Muxuu yahay Shakil Afridi?

Dr Afridi ayaa ah dhakhtar ka hawlgali jiray degmada uu qabaa’ilka maamulo ee Khaybar, waxa uuna ahaa madaxa adeegyada caafimaad ee mas’uulka ka ahaa mashruucyo tallaal oo Mareykanka uu maalgeliyay.

Maadaama uu ahaa shaqaale dowladeed, waxa uu billaabay mashruuc dadka looga tallaalayo cudurka cagaarshowga. Meelaha uu mashruucaasi ka fulinayay waxaa ka mid ah magaalada ay ciidamadu deggan yihiin ee Abbottabad, halkaasi oo markii dambe ay caddaatay in Bin Laden uu ku noolaa oo ay ciidamadu ka war qabeen.

Qorshaha mukhaabaraadka Mareykanka ayaa ahaa in ay baaraan hidasidha mid ka mid ah carruurta ku nool gudaha magaalada Abbottabad si baaritaankaasi loogu ogaado in ay ehel la yihiin Bin Laden iyo in kale.

Waxaa la rumeysan yahay in mid ka mid ah hawlwadeennada la shaqeeya Dr Afridi uu booqday guriga uu deganaa Bin Laden oo uu cannug ka soo qaaday dhiig balse lama xaqiijin karayo in dhiigaasi uu sahlay in mukhaabaraadka Mareykanka ay ogaadaan in Cusama uu halkaasi ku nool yahay iyo in kale.

Dr Afridi ayaa xabsiga la dhigay 23-kii May 2011, waa muddo 20 maalmood ah ka dib markii la dilay Bin Laden. Waxaa la rumeysan yahay in xilligaasi uu ku jiray da’da afartameeyada.

Wax badan lagama oga nolashiisa gaarka ah balse waxaa la ogyahay in uu ka soo jeedo qoys ladan isla markaana uu ka soo qalin jebiyay mac’hadka caafimaadka ee Kheybar sanadkii 1990. Qoyskiisa ayaa dhuumaaleysi ku jiray tan iyo markii Dr Afridi la xiray, waxayna ka baqayeen in kooxaha mintidiinta ahi ay soo weeraraan.

Xaaskiisa ayaa intii aysan dhuuman ahayd maamulaha iskool ay leedahay dowladda. Dr Afridi ayaa xilligaasi haystay laba wiil iyo gabar, kuwaasi oo hadda ah qaan gaar.

Bishii Janaayo ee sandkii 2012, saraakiisha Mareykanka ayaa shaaciyay in Dr Afridi uu la shaqeynayay mukhaabaraadka Mareykanka.

Balse lama xaqiijin karayo waxa uu ka ogaa shaqada uu u hayay sirdoonka Mareykanka ee CIA-da.

Sida lagu sheegay baaritaan ay sameysay dowladda Pakistan, Dr Afridi waxba kama uusan ogayn cidda uu bartilmaameedku ahaa markii uu billaabayay shaqada CIA-da.

Ciidammada Pakistan iyo shacab ku sugan gurigii lagu dilay Bin laden 2011-kii

Maxaa lagu haystaa?

Inkastoo markii hore lagu soo eedeeyay khiyaano qaran, haddana Dr Afridi ayaa xsaanadkii 2012 lagu xukumay 33 sano oo xabsi ah balse markii dambe ayaa 23 sano lagu soo koobay ka dib racfaan uu ka qaatay xukunkaasi.

Dr Afridi ayaa lagu helay dambi ah in uu aasaasay koox islaami ah oo lagu magacaabo Lashkar Al-Islaam oo dalkaasi Pakistan mamnuuc ka ah.

Dr Afridi ayaa sidoo kale lagu eedeeyay in uu gurmad caafimaad oo deg deg ah u fidiyay dagaalyahannada kooxdaasi isla markaana uu mintidiinta kooxdaasi u ogolaaday in ay shirar ku qabsadaan gudaha cusbital ay dowladda leedahay oo uu isaga madax ka ahaa.

Qoyskiisa ayaa dhammaan eedeymahaasi beeniyay waxaa qareennada u doodayay ay sheegeen in lacagta kaliya ee uu siiyay kooxdaasi ay ahayd mid madax furasho ah oo gaareysa 6,375 doolar oo uu naftiisa ku badbaadinayay ka dib markii sanadkii 2008 ay qafaasheen mintidiin ka tirsan kooxdaasi.

Sanadkii 2012 ayaa sida la sheegay wuxuu mar la hadlay telefishinka Fox News, wuxuuna u sheegay in ay qafaasheen sirdoonka Pakistan isla markaana ay jirdil ku sameeyeen.

Muddo sanad ah ka dib, Dr Afridi waxaa u suurtagashay in waraaq uu gacanta ku soo qoray uu soo gaarsiiyo qareennadiisa, waxa uuna u sheegay in loo diiday caddaalad.

Maxaa loogu soo eedeyn waayay in uu Mareykanka ka caawiyay dilka Bin Laden?

Arrintaasi ma cadda, balse arrintaasi Bin Laden ayaa ah wajigabax ku noqotay dowladda Pakistan.

Inasktoo mas’uuliyiinta reer Pakistan ay aad uga caroodeen waxa ay ku tilmaameen xad gudub lagu sameeyay madax-bannaanidooda, haddana sirdoonka Pakistan ayaa qirtay in aysan waxba ka ogayn in Cusaama Bin Laden oo ahaa hoggaamiyaha Al-Qaacidda uu halkaasi ku noolaa muddo sanado ah.

John Brennan oo xilligaasi ahaa madaxa la dagaalanka argagixisada ee Aqalka Cad ee Mareykanka looga arrimiyo ayaa sheegay in ay tahay wax aan la qaadan karin in la yirahdo Bin Laden wuxuu halkaa ku noolaa muddo isaga oo aan gacan ka heleyn maamulka dalkaasi, eedeyntaasi oo xukuumadda Islamabad ay beenisay.

Balse in Dr Afridi loo maxkamadeeyo in uu gacan siiyay Mareykanka ayaaba sumcad ahaan uga sii dari lahayd dowladda Pakistan.

Maxaa hadda loo maxkamadeynayaa?

Maxkamadeynta Dr Afridi ayaa loo cuskanayaa sharci gooni u ah deegaannada qabaa’ilka uu ka taliyo ee ku yaal xudduudda dalalka Pakistan iyo Afqaanistaan.

Maxkamadaha deegaanadan oo ay qabaa’ilku maamulaan ayaa waxaa guddoominaya mas’uuliyiin ka tirsan maamulka dowladda waxaana gacan siinaya odeyaal dhaqameedyada qabaa’ilka. Hannaankan maxkamadeed ayaa la sheegayaa in uu aad u baal marsan yahay hannaanka caddaaladda ee dalkaasi.

Guriga uu ku noolaa Bin Laden ka hor inta aan la duminin

Maxkamadeynta noocaasi ah ayaa ah sida kaliya ee dowladda Pakistan ay ku maxkamadeyn karto Dr Afridi, si looga qariyo shacab weynaha dalkaasi.

Balse saandkii hore ayaa la isku daray maamulka degaannada qabaa’ilka maamulo iyo maamulka dowlaiga ah ee gobolka Kheybar, taa oo ka dhigan in dhammaan kiisaskii ay dhageysanayeen maxkamadaha qabaa’ilka loo soo wareejiyo maxkamadaha caadiga ah ee dalkaasi Pakistan.

Maxkamadeynta Dr Afridi ee maanta ayaa laga yaabaa in ay horseedo in la dhimo ama la kordhiyo sanaddadii horey loogu xukumay.

Tan iyo markii sanadkii hore Dr Afridi laga sii daayay xabsi ku yaal Peshawar lana geeyay mid ku yaal Punjab, waxaa soo baxayay hadal hayn ah in dhakhtarka la sii dayn doono, gaar ahaanna lagu badalan doono Aafia Siddiqui, oo ah nin sida la sheegay Al-Qaacidda la shaqeyn jiray oo hadda u xiran Mareykanka.

PRESS RELEASE
UNHCR and South African government continue to collaborate on refugees and asylum seekers’ issues
South Africa is hosting close to 268,000 refugees and asylum seekers, mainly from Somalia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Ethiopia, among others
PRETORIA, South Africa, October 9, 2019/ — Some refugees and asylum seekers, including women and children, have been gathering in front of UNHCR offices in Pretoria and Cape Town since 08 October. We acknowledge the issues they raised, including employment and self-reliance, documentation, and personal security concerns.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is working closely with the South African authorities to continue providing protection through the issuance of appropriate identity documentation, to facilitate access to health care, education and employment opportunities for all refugees and asylum seekers. We have also been increasing our capacity and that of our partner organizations to meet immediate needs as well as engage with persons of concern through community outreach activities.

We are grateful to the South African government for the on-going collaboration with UNHCR in the provision of international protection to those in need as well as finding immediate and long-term solutions for refugees and asylum seekers – most living in host communities who also face many socio-economic challenges.

South Africa is hosting close to 268,000 refugees and asylum seekers, mainly from Somalia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Ethiopia, among others.

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PRESS RELEASE
Kenya to host symposium on strengthening capacities of public institutions in East Africa
Economic Affairs Officer, Eunice Ajambo, is one of those representing the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) at the symposium
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, October 9, 2019/ — Kenya will next week host a three-day symposium on Strengthening Capacities of Public Institutions for Transformation, Innovation and Ethical Leadership to Realize the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Agenda 2063 in East Africa.

The symposium, which is being organized by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), in collaboration with the Kenyan government and the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), seeks to strengthen the capacities of government officials in East Africa to transform their public institutions and accelerate the achievement of the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063.

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), a key partner of the African Union, will participate in the symposium.

Economic Affairs Officer, Eunice Ajambo, is one of those representing the ECA at the symposium.

“The achievement of Agendas 2030 and 2063 is wholly hinged on public service. All the development goals require the provision of public services, or the implementation of policy that requires public service to coordinate, mediate or provide,” says Ms. Ajambo.

“From the perspective of the ordinary African, we are asking ourselves, what is the scorecard on how well are we doing, to deliver to them come 2030? What is the status of our institutions? How effectively are we sourcing, and efficiently utilizing resources towards public investment? What is the role of, and the feedback from the average African public servant? It is about principles of accountability, transparency, participation, inclusiveness, responsiveness. It is about the place of innovation. And public service motivation is a must.”

The symposium aims to reflect on how best to mobilize, organize and equip institutions to effectively promote sustainable development by taking stock of progress made in the implementation of both agendas.

It will also provide an opportunity to discuss how to promote government innovation for social inclusion of vulnerable groups, with a focus on youth, gender and persons with disabilities. It will also engage with the task force of schools of public administration from East Africa under the Global Initiative of Schools of Public Administration to Implement the SDGs with the aim to develop and update public service training curricula and public service performance management frameworks, integrating key competencies and skills needed for public servants to implement the 2030 Agenda.

Organizers say the 2063 Agenda and the 2030 Agenda will not be realized unless public institutions in Africa become more effective, accountable and inclusive and unless services are delivered in a more equitable manner, considering the needs of the most vulnerable groups in society.

“This is about promoting, supporting, and strengthening the capacities, and the enabling environment in which public services can be effectively and efficiently delivered and provided by all relevant actors,” adds Ms. Ajambo.

While countries in East Africa have registered great progress in establishing democratic governance systems, including by regularly holding elections, significant efforts and country-level commitments are needed to consolidate good governance and build lasting peace. East African countries highlighted, through the Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) they presented at the High-level Political Forum (HLPF) in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 that: “weak multi-sectoral implementation planning” and national to local “community engagement” are still major challenges.

The symposium will be held from 16 to 18 October 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya at the Kenya School of Government.

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