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Media invitation: Obangame Express opening ceremony at GAF Command and Staff College:
More than 30 countries from around the world, along with several regional and international organizations, are set to begin the multinational maritime exercise, Obangame Express. The week-long exercise will improve regional cooperation, maritime domain awareness, information-sharing practices, and tactical interdiction expertise, with the goal of increasing the capabilities of Gulf of Guinea and West African nations to counter sea-based illegal activity.
The opening ceremony will take place at 10 a.m. in Accra, Ghana, at the GAF Command and Staff College. Media are asked to arrive at 9:30 a.m., in order to be in place for the seating of the guests at 9:45 a.m.
Media who are interested in covering the event should contact Commander Michael Larbi at 026 436 0795 and Information Officer Sara Veldhuizen Stealy at 024 433 2469 (SMS or call) or 020 856 5036 (WhatsApp) or via email at StealySV@state.gov. Please RSVP no later than 4 p.m. on Wednesday, March 22.
Speakers and attendees to include:
- U.S. Ambassador to Ghana Robert P. Jackson
- Honorable Minister of Defense Dominic Nitiwul
- Honorable Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey
- Honorable Minister of the Interior Ambrose Dery
- Vice Admiral Christopher Grady, Commander U.S. 6th Fleet, and Deputy Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Africa
- Rear Admiral Peter Kofi Faidoo, Chief of Navy Staff, Ghana
- Rear Admiral Djakaridja Konaté, Côte d’Ivoire Chief of Naval Staff
Details: Media will be permitted to cover the opening ceremony, which will be followed by a question and answer session.
Added bonus: Please note that the U.S. Navy 6th Fleet Band will be performing.
B-Roll and photos: Ceremony imagery will be made available to journalists following the opening ceremony for those unable to attend.
The below digital properties will contain event updates and available imagery for download:
- Website: www.c6f.navy.mil
- Facebook: www.facebook.com/USNavalForcesEuropeAfrica
- Twitter: @USNavyEurope
- Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/cne-cna-c6f
- YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/NAVEURNAVAF6F
- DVIDS: www.dvidshub.net/feature/ObangameExpress2017
Background: Exercise Obangame Express is one of three African regional Express series exercises facilitated annually by the U.S. Navy. The objective is to increase regional cooperation, improve Maritime Domain Awareness and expand interoperability among participating forces.
The former Saharan Express exercise has been fully absorbed into Obangame Express this year after a combined exercise in 2016.
The word “Obangame” comes from the Fang language of southern Cameroon and other parts of Central Africa and means “togetherness.” This name was selected by African participants in 2010 to show the importance of regional cooperation between all the Navies of the Gulf of Guinea.
Distributed by APO on behalf of Embassy of the United States – Accra – Ghana.
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Conference on Disarmament Holds First Meeting under the Presidency of Senegal:
The Conference on Disarmament this morning held its first public plenary under the Presidency of Senegal.
Youssoupha Ndiaye, First Secretary at the Permanent Mission of Senegal to the United Nations Office at Geneva, speaking on behalf of the Senegalese Presidency, explained that the Permanent Representative of Senegal could not be at the Conference today due to an ongoing visit to Geneva by the Senegalese President Macky Sall. Senegal acknowledged the efforts of the Romanian and Russian Presidencies to reach an agreement on a programme of work. Like its predecessors, Senegal would try to use an innovative approach in order to move the Conference forward. Senegal invited all Member States of the Conference to conduct a profound introspection on the causes of the ongoing impasse. In Senegal’s opinion, it was primarily the ethical crisis on the international stage that had led to the lack of confidence and trust between different actors. Violations of international conventions elaborated in the Conference and the lack of sanctions for them, as well as the necessity to revise the existing documents and adapt them to current realities, were also factors which had caused the current stalemate.
Mr. Ndiaye stressed that Senegal was calling for a continuous, frank and loyal dialogue among the actors of the international community, who should have the common interest of the entire humanity in mind. As a non-permanent Member State of the Security Council in 2016-2017, Senegal dealt with issues such as the eradication of violent extremism and the respect of international legal instruments in the combat against terrorism and usage of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons. Senegal was pleased to have worked together with the Netherlands on holding, in Dakar on 20 and 21 February 2017, a regional preparatory workshop on the revision of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Recommendations from Dakar would be presented in a working paper which could be used as a roadmap for further regional consultations, to be held in Chile and in Indonesia. Senegal highlighted the unstable security context in Sahel, which was dealing with both ecological and terrorist challenges.
All stakeholders in the Conference and beyond needed to act responsibly, and all parties ought to make some sacrifices. The dialogue on disarmament needed to be strengthened. Finally, Senegal reiterated its readiness to work together with all Member States and the regional groups with the view of supporting the working group on the way ahead.
The next public plenary of the Conference will be held on Tuesday, 28 March at 10 a.m.
Distributed by APO on behalf of United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG).
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The Nigerian Stock Exchange X-Gen News Alert – Cadbury Nigeria Plc.:
Company Name: Cadbury Nigeria Plc. (www.Cadbury.co.uk)
Company Symbol: Cadbury
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Cadbury Nigeria Plc Audited Financial Statements for The Year Ended December 31, 2016
Revenue: December 2016 N29,979M December 2015 N27,825M
(Loss)/Profit Before Tax: December 2016 (N563M) December 2015 1,577M
Taxation: December 2016 266M December 2015 (424m)
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