Following the outbreak of COVID -19, the Executive Secretary in a correspondence dated 6
th March 2020, temporarily suspended all missions by SADC Secretariat and directed that all meetings be held via videoconference or teleconference.The following day, she directed the Deputy Executive Secretary, Corporate Affairs (DES- CA) to expeditiously facilitate the procurement of video conferencing equipment for the Council of Ministers meeting that was to be held from 16
th to 18
th March 2020. The initial meeting was planned to be physically held in the United Republic of Tanzania.A day later, on March 8
th the SADC Secretariat obtained a quotation SO2020-1880 from Inventions Technologies Company Ltd of Tanzania for the supply and installation of video conferencing equipment in Dar es salaam, Tanzania, at cost of $234,270.12 value added tax (VAT) inclusive. The equipment was to be used in the Council of Ministersâ virtual meeting. On the face of it, it all looks like a strai
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Canadian Miner Gets Funding For Tanzania Arbitration
Law360 (February 12, 2021, 6:54 PM EST) Tanzania has been hit with a bid for arbitration by Montero Mining and Exploration Ltd. over the African nation s alleged expropriation of the Wigu Hill rare earth element project, following the Toronto-based company s announcement that it has secured $2.32 million in litigation funding.
Montero said Jan. 8 that it had completed a litigation funding agreement with Omni Bridgeway Canada Ltd. so that it can pursue legal proceedings against the United Republic of Tanzania.
The mining company said it has retained French commercial law firm Jeantet AARPI and lead counsel Thierry Lauriol to represent it as it pursues its dispute over the.
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ISIL Must Be Defeated in Cyberspace, Under-Secretary-General Tells Security Council, as Terrorist Group Takes Advantage of Pandemic-Related Disruptions
Increased online exposure to extremist propaganda and incitement could lead to a sudden rash of terrorist attacks when pandemic-induced movement restrictions ease, the top United Nations counter-terrorism official warned today as the Security Council discussed threats posed by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da esh). We must defeat ISIL in the cyberspace, said Vladimir Voronkov, Under‑Secretary-General for Counter-Terrorism and the head of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism, in his briefing to the 15‑member organ on the Secretary‑General s twelfth biannual strategic report (document S/2021/98) on ISIL threats.