The Africa-America Institute Announces Details for its 38th Annual Awards Gala Ceremony Set to Honor the Remarkable Achievements of Africa, Africans and African Descendants Across Industries 2022 Honorees Include: The Republic of Botswana, Filmmaker and Culture Curator Mahen Bonetti, Rockefeller Foundation Executive Betty Wambui Kibaara and IBM Executive Dr. Solomon Assefa Hosted by Bozoma Saint […]
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Addis Abeba — Athletics has been one of the top global events that made Ethiopia recognized through its world-class athletes; since the Olympic gold medalist Abebe Bikila won his and Africa’s first gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, running barefoot, and later his second gold medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, the […]
Addis Abeba — The Prime Minister’s National Security Adviser, Ambassador Redwan Hussain, said that the Federal Government “is ready to talks anytime, anywhere,” and that “talks should begin without preconditions.” The Ambassador said this during a briefing to Horn of Africa Special Envoys of the UN, the EU & the USA as well as Ambassadors […]
Addis Abeba — In an extraordinary win in its history of athletics, Ethiopia bagged a total of 10 medals, including four gold, four bronze, and two silver at the 18th World Athletics Championship of Eugene, in Oregon, USA. This put Ethiopia second only to the United States in the overall medal table. Competing under Ethiopia’s […]
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has reiterated its commitment to resolving the ongoing industrial action with organised labour. SARS staff have been on strike since May over a wage negotiation impasse. In May, SARS said it did not have the resources to meet the labour demand of CPI plus 7%. After engaging with organised […]
The rise of cryptocurrency in Nigeria is not new. In fact, Nigeria has been a purposive location for the crypto market despite the Central Bank of Nigeria’s crypto ban. Regardless, Nigerians have continued to adopt cryptocurrency at a massive scale. How Popular Is Cryptocurrency In Nigeria? According to the Chainalysis report in 2021, it was […]
Gqeberha protesters block Old Uitenhage Road demanding changes to their living conditions About 300 shack dwellers and homeowners from Kleinskool in Gqeberha blocked the Old Uitenhage Road with burning tyres, rocks and branches before sunrise on Wednesday. They want shacks to get electricity, blocked drains in the area to be cleaned and RDP houses to […]
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Liberia: Weah to Meet Biden
President George M. Weah is expected to officially meet United States President Joe Biden for the first time in Washington DC, nearly 5 years since his government came to power. Liberia is considered one of US strongest allies and a visit to the White House by a sitting Liberian President reflects that relationship, but that […]
This week’s visit to Benin by French President Emmanuel Macron was marked by the release of 30 opposition figures, imprisoned during the April 2021 election campaign. Macron’s host, President Patrice Talon, comfortably won that election, from which the vast majority of opposition candidates were barred. The 30 men were freed during the visit by French […]
Kariega protesters are threatening to intensify their action if City fails to meet their demand About 400 shack dwellers from Area 11 informal settlement, Gunguluza, took to the streets of Kariega in the early hours of Thursday morning. Several electricity poles were uprooted, and a car and truck were set alight. They were demanding electrification […]
The government, public and businesses need to be clearly aware of global events and take them into consideration when making monetary decisions, advised the governor of the Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS) on Thursday. Caroline Abel told a press conference that indications show that current global realities are not going away any time soon. “Global […]
Some local experts fear that small measles outbreaks recently reported in Gauteng may be precursors to much larger outbreaks. This comes against the backdrop of recently released survey findings that confirm that South Africa’s vaccination rates were falling short, even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic-related hard lockdown disrupted routine health services and saw, […]
Shooting aerosols into the stratosphere to reduce solar radiation and to cool the earth’s surface; mining a mineral-rich asteroid belt in space to sustain our technologies; living on the moon … This is what the future could look like amid the effects of climate change and depleting resources. However, there are possible risks that can […]
A $5.7 million programme aimed at creating 90,000 work opportunities in the country’s shea value chain in the next three years was last Thursday launched in Tamale. Dubbed the Shea Business Empowerment Programme (SBEP), it would also support 150 Shea cooperatives and 300 Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana to improve their business capacity, access […]
And a move to depose Tauriq Jenkins as supreme high commissioner of the Goringhaicona Khoi Khoin Indigenous Traditional Council is struck from the urgent roll by High Court A contempt of court case against the company directors for proceeding with construction on the River Club development despite a High Court interdict has been postponed. Also […]
The Director-General of the Internal Audit Agency, Dr Oduro Osae, has advocated that as part of the fight against corruption the Attorney General’s department should be decoupled from the Ministry of Justice. He insisted that he had been making this over the years part of his advocacy towards the fight against graft. The Afrobarometer report […]
Ghana’s Under-20 national team, Black Princesses, yesterday left Accra for France to continue preparations for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. Head Coach Ben Fokuo and his team are expected to face their French counterparts tomorrow as part of preparations for the tournament in Costa Rica. The Princesses will take on USA in their opening […]
Machakos — Maendeleo Chap Chap’s Francis Maliti has withdrawn from the Machakos gubernatorial race and has instead endorsed Wiper Party’s Wavinya Ndeti. In a letter addressed to Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka, Maliti said he deferred his ambition to run for the position to allow the party field one candidate in a show of solidarity. […]