Trudeau speaks with African Union Commission Chairperson on Sudan

eAwazCanada News

Ottawa – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, regarding the situation in Sudan. Prime Minister Trudeau expressed his deep concern about the ongoing conflict, the impact on civilians – including vulnerable populations – and the risks to regional stability. He highlighted his concern that conflict jeopardized Sudan’s efforts to establish …

Expanding ties with Rwanda, new ambassador to African Union

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Ottawa – Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced Canada’s intention to further strengthen its diplomatic relationship with Rwanda by converting the Canadian office in Kigali into a high commission. Canada will be increasing its diplomatic capacity to help promote its diverse partnerships with Rwanda and the broad range of our shared interests and cooperation within multilateral organizations, such …

Pfizer Canada on Vaccine Equity

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Washington – Pfizer and BioNTech have been firmly committed to equitable and affordable access to COVID-19 vaccines for people around the world since the beginning of the pandemic. First, we started by introducing tiered pricing: We established one tier for wealthier nations, such as Canada, where the price was benchmarked to historical cost of the flu vaccine Middle income countries were …