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Admin l Wednesday, August 3, 2022 LAGOS, Nigeria – The Oyo State Government has congratulated the trio of…

Commonwealth Secretary-General, the Rt Hon Patricia Scotland  has called for greater access to vaccines for developing countries and especially the least developed countries. She was speaking today in Barbados at the UN trade conference UNCTAD15.

Fifteen individuals and groups have been recognised for making a significant impact on communities, countries and regions of the Commonwealth, by creating innovative solutions to pressing development challenges

Foreign Affairs Ministers from across the Commonwealth met yesterday for the 21st annual Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers Meeting (CFAMM). The meeting was held virtually for the second year in a row due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland has called on G20 members to urgently work with the Commonwealth and other partners, particularly the World Health Organization and World Trade Organization, to urgently put in place a robust plan to vaccinate the world’s 42 smallest states and shield them from COVID-19

The drastic increase in public debt burdens caused by the impact of the pandemic has reversed progress towards debt sustainability in many countries across the world. This week, the Commonwealth Secretariat convened a two-day virtual high-level panel discussion identifying problems and solutions for ‘Financing Recovery and Achieving Debt Sustainability in a Post Pandemic Period.

Commonwealth countries are estimated to have lost up to US$345 billion worth of trade in 2020, including $60 billion in intra-Commonwealth trade, according to 2021 Commonwealth Trade Review on “Energising Commonwealth Trade in a Digital World: Paths to Recovery Post-COVID”

Admin l Tuesday, November 03, 2020 LONDON, England – The Commonwealth and UN Technology Bank have formed a new partnership…

Admin l Thursday, October 22, 2020 LONDON, England – The Commonwealth Secretary-General is in close communication with the Nigerian Government…

Admin l Wednesday, October 07, 2020 LONDON, United Kingdom – Commonwealth Finance Ministers today issued their first joint statement in…