25 may 2023

Agenda 2063 is the blueprint and master plan for transforming Africa into the global powerhouse of the future. It is the strategic framework for delivering on Africa’s goal for inclusive and sustainable development and is a concrete manifestation of the pan-African drive for unity, self-determination, freedom, progress and collective prosperity pursued under Pan-Africanism and African Renaissance. H.E. Mr. Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda, was appointed to lead the AU institutional reforms process. He appointed a pan-African committee of experts to review and submit proposals for a system of governance for the AU that would ensure the organisation was better placed to address the challenges facing the continent with the aim of implementing programmes that have the highest impact on Africa’s growth and development so as to deliver on the vision of Agenda 2063. MEDIA ADVISORY 60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE OAU-AU: MEDIA URGED TO SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITY IN SHAPING THE NARRATIVE ABOUT AFRICA, BY TELLING THE STORY ON THE JOURNEY OF THE CONTINENT SINCE 25 MAY 1963 Slogan: “Our Africa Our Future” WHAT: COMMEMORATION OF AFRICA DAY, MAY 25, 2023 • Legendary celebration this year of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) now the African Union (AU) • This 60th anniversary is being celebrated under the slogan: “Our Africa Our Future” using the hashtag #OurAfricaOurFuture WHEN: On 25 May 2023, the Pan African Organisation...

May 25th is the 145th day in the Gregorian calendar. On this day the SpaceX Dragon became the first commercial spacecraft to connect with the International Space Station; the first Star Wars movie was released in theaters, and the now famous Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri was dedicated. Famous May 25th birthdays include Ralph Waldo Emerson, actress Anne Heche, and musician Paul Weller. Today is National Wine Day.

May 25 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's Neuralink received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for its first-in-human clinical trial, a critical milestone for the brain-implant startup as it faces U.S. probes over its handling of animal experiments. The FDA approval "represents an important first step that will one day allow our technology to help many people," Neuralink said in a tweet on Thursday, without disclosing details of the planned study. It added it is not recruiting for the trial yet and said more details would be available soon. loading The FDA acknowledged in a statement that the agency cleared Neuralink to use its brain implant and surgical robot for trials on patients but declined to provide more details. Neuralink and Musk did not respond to Reuters requests for comment. The critical milestone comes as Neuralink faces federal scrutiny following Reuters reports about the company's animal experiments. Neuralink employees told Reuters last year that the company was In one instance in 2021, the company implanted 25 out of 60 pigs with the wrong-sized devices. All the pigs were subsequently killed - an error that employees said could have been easily avoided with more preparation. In May, U.S. lawmakers urged regulators to The Department of Transportation is separately Neuralink logo and Elon Musk photo are seen in this illustration taken, December 19, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo/File Photo Neuralink is also The probe was launched amid ...

Here is the situation as it stands on Thursday, May 25, 2023. Fighting • Moscow said its forces • Ilya Ponomarev, a representative of the • About 20,000 Wagner Group fighters were killed in the battle for the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, according to Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Russian mercenary force. • The United Kingdom’s defence ministry said Russia’s military had “struggled to enforce discipline in its ranks throughout its operations in Ukraine, but its issues have highly likely worsened following the forced • Russia said it scrambled an • The United Nations said the number of • Ukraine’s defence ministry’s intelligence unit said Russian troops were still using three units of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant as a military base. Diplomacy • The United States said it was “deeply concerned” by a meeting between a leading UN official for children and Russia’s ombudsman for children’s rights, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court. • Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba urged African countries to abandon their • Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said that “sensational pressure” from the West was taking Russia-China ties to an “unprecedented high” as officials from the two countries • Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said that while Tbilisi supports Ukraine, further sanctions on Russia would destroy the economy and damage the interests of people in his country. • UK Defence Minister Ben Wallace made a surprise visit to K...

May 25th is the 145th day in the Gregorian calendar. On this day the SpaceX Dragon became the first commercial spacecraft to connect with the International Space Station; the first Star Wars movie was released in theaters, and the now famous Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri was dedicated. Famous May 25th birthdays include Ralph Waldo Emerson, actress Anne Heche, and musician Paul Weller. Today is National Wine Day.

Agenda 2063 is the blueprint and master plan for transforming Africa into the global powerhouse of the future. It is the strategic framework for delivering on Africa’s goal for inclusive and sustainable development and is a concrete manifestation of the pan-African drive for unity, self-determination, freedom, progress and collective prosperity pursued under Pan-Africanism and African Renaissance. H.E. Mr. Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda, was appointed to lead the AU institutional reforms process. He appointed a pan-African committee of experts to review and submit proposals for a system of governance for the AU that would ensure the organisation was better placed to address the challenges facing the continent with the aim of implementing programmes that have the highest impact on Africa’s growth and development so as to deliver on the vision of Agenda 2063. MEDIA ADVISORY 60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE OAU-AU: MEDIA URGED TO SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITY IN SHAPING THE NARRATIVE ABOUT AFRICA, BY TELLING THE STORY ON THE JOURNEY OF THE CONTINENT SINCE 25 MAY 1963 Slogan: “Our Africa Our Future” WHAT: COMMEMORATION OF AFRICA DAY, MAY 25, 2023 • Legendary celebration this year of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) now the African Union (AU) • This 60th anniversary is being celebrated under the slogan: “Our Africa Our Future” using the hashtag #OurAfricaOurFuture WHEN: On 25 May 2023, the Pan African Organisation...

Here is the situation as it stands on Thursday, May 25, 2023. Fighting • Moscow said its forces • Ilya Ponomarev, a representative of the • About 20,000 Wagner Group fighters were killed in the battle for the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, according to Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Russian mercenary force. • The United Kingdom’s defence ministry said Russia’s military had “struggled to enforce discipline in its ranks throughout its operations in Ukraine, but its issues have highly likely worsened following the forced • Russia said it scrambled an • The United Nations said the number of • Ukraine’s defence ministry’s intelligence unit said Russian troops were still using three units of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant as a military base. Diplomacy • The United States said it was “deeply concerned” by a meeting between a leading UN official for children and Russia’s ombudsman for children’s rights, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court. • Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba urged African countries to abandon their • Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said that “sensational pressure” from the West was taking Russia-China ties to an “unprecedented high” as officials from the two countries • Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said that while Tbilisi supports Ukraine, further sanctions on Russia would destroy the economy and damage the interests of people in his country. • UK Defence Minister Ben Wallace made a surprise visit to K...

May 25 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's Neuralink received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for its first-in-human clinical trial, a critical milestone for the brain-implant startup as it faces U.S. probes over its handling of animal experiments. The FDA approval "represents an important first step that will one day allow our technology to help many people," Neuralink said in a tweet on Thursday, without disclosing details of the planned study. It added it is not recruiting for the trial yet and said more details would be available soon. loading The FDA acknowledged in a statement that the agency cleared Neuralink to use its brain implant and surgical robot for trials on patients but declined to provide more details. Neuralink and Musk did not respond to Reuters requests for comment. The critical milestone comes as Neuralink faces federal scrutiny following Reuters reports about the company's animal experiments. Neuralink employees told Reuters last year that the company was In one instance in 2021, the company implanted 25 out of 60 pigs with the wrong-sized devices. All the pigs were subsequently killed - an error that employees said could have been easily avoided with more preparation. In May, U.S. lawmakers urged regulators to The Department of Transportation is separately Neuralink logo and Elon Musk photo are seen in this illustration taken, December 19, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo/File Photo Neuralink is also The probe was launched amid ...

Agenda 2063 is the blueprint and master plan for transforming Africa into the global powerhouse of the future. It is the strategic framework for delivering on Africa’s goal for inclusive and sustainable development and is a concrete manifestation of the pan-African drive for unity, self-determination, freedom, progress and collective prosperity pursued under Pan-Africanism and African Renaissance. H.E. Mr. Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda, was appointed to lead the AU institutional reforms process. He appointed a pan-African committee of experts to review and submit proposals for a system of governance for the AU that would ensure the organisation was better placed to address the challenges facing the continent with the aim of implementing programmes that have the highest impact on Africa’s growth and development so as to deliver on the vision of Agenda 2063. MEDIA ADVISORY 60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE OAU-AU: MEDIA URGED TO SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITY IN SHAPING THE NARRATIVE ABOUT AFRICA, BY TELLING THE STORY ON THE JOURNEY OF THE CONTINENT SINCE 25 MAY 1963 Slogan: “Our Africa Our Future” WHAT: COMMEMORATION OF AFRICA DAY, MAY 25, 2023 • Legendary celebration this year of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) now the African Union (AU) • This 60th anniversary is being celebrated under the slogan: “Our Africa Our Future” using the hashtag #OurAfricaOurFuture WHEN: On 25 May 2023, the Pan African Organisation...

Here is the situation as it stands on Thursday, May 25, 2023. Fighting • Moscow said its forces • Ilya Ponomarev, a representative of the • About 20,000 Wagner Group fighters were killed in the battle for the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, according to Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Russian mercenary force. • The United Kingdom’s defence ministry said Russia’s military had “struggled to enforce discipline in its ranks throughout its operations in Ukraine, but its issues have highly likely worsened following the forced • Russia said it scrambled an • The United Nations said the number of • Ukraine’s defence ministry’s intelligence unit said Russian troops were still using three units of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant as a military base. Diplomacy • The United States said it was “deeply concerned” by a meeting between a leading UN official for children and Russia’s ombudsman for children’s rights, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court. • Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba urged African countries to abandon their • Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said that “sensational pressure” from the West was taking Russia-China ties to an “unprecedented high” as officials from the two countries • Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said that while Tbilisi supports Ukraine, further sanctions on Russia would destroy the economy and damage the interests of people in his country. • UK Defence Minister Ben Wallace made a surprise visit to K...