Tunis — Tunisia’s spicy sauce harissa was added on Thursday to the intangible cultural heritage list of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The item “Harissa, knowledge, skills and culinary and social practices” passed the examination at the 17th session of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural […]
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Sahara Foundation has announced the award of $5,000 each as seed funding to African social innovators who have successfully completed its 2022 Sahara Impact Fund (SIF) Fellowship programme. The beneficiaries of the seed funding include CEO of OnePad Reusable Pad, Nigeria, Ayilara Oluchi; CEO of Karakunku Farm, the Gambia, Lamin Ceesay; CEO Delfak Nigeria Limited, […]
ENERGY minister Soda Zhemu has said the nation is embroiled in a funding crisis which has made it impossible to swiftly ease the ongoing power blackouts. Speaking to the media on the current power crisis on Friday, Zhemu said the current average daily demand is around 1600 megawatts against a total available capacity, which is […]
Awka — The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said no fewer than 600 persons died in the 2022 flood in Nigeria, while 1.3 million others were rendered homeless. Chief of UNICEF Field Office, Enugu, Mrs. Juliet Chiluwe, said this occurred in 34 out of the 36 states in the country, between September and October. […]
Cameroon and Tunisia, despite falling short to progress into the knockout phase of FIFA World Cup finals, they retreat home with chest up after disappointing heavyweights Brazil and France respectively. The duo joined Ghana to complete a trio package of African teams flying out of Qatar leaving behind Morocco and Senegal which continue to fly […]
Minister of Health Khaled Abdel Ghaffar said on Friday 02/12/2022 that Egypt ranked fourth regionally and 26th globally in the Medical Tourism Index. Egypt has highly-qualified doctors, excellent hospitals and tourist and ancient attractions in addition to the moderate weather,” he added in a statement. Egypt only lacks unified treatment costs for medical tourists, the […]
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the third review of Seychelles’ economic performance on Thursday, which allows the island nation to draw about $8.6 million under the 32-month Extended Fund Facility (EFF). Seychelles’ finance minister, Naadir Hassan, has welcomed the endorsement of the staff level third review of the economic reform […]
Activists have called for inclusivity of people living with disability, especially women, in fighting against Gender Based Violence (GBV). The call was made during an event organised by Paper Crown Rwanda (PCR) on December 2, which brought together activists, partners and people living with disability. PCR is a feminist non-profit organisation that works with youth […]
As the first Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) meeting for the Global Plastics Treaty concluded today, Greenpeace called on governments to step up for people and climate and stop delaying meaningful negotiations of the Global Plastics Treaty. Graham Forbes, Global Plastic Project Lead at Greenpeace USA, said: “We cannot let oil producing countries, at the behest […]
For Africa to have multiple teams go beyond the group phase to reach the Round of 16 in a World Cup is a milestone. The remarkable result at the 2022 men’s Fifa World Cup in Qatar – which sees Senegal and Morocco move into the knockout stage is Africa’s best performance at the World Cup […]
Sixteen remaining teams are playing in the knock-out phase of the 2022 men’s football Fifa World Cup in Qatar, among them two African teams – Senegal and Morocco. The knock-out phase in Qatar reminds football fans globally of the unmistakable glass ceiling over Africa at football World Cups. Despite spicing the tournaments with outstanding and […]
Goma — Democratic Republic of Congo rebels with the March 23 Movement, known as M23, have denied the military’s accusation they carried out a massacre of civilians as a truce between the sides has broken down. Brigadier General Sylvain Ekenge accused M23 rebels and their Rwandan backers of targeting Congolese civilians. At a press conference […]
The UN’s health body says there are still “significant parts of the country” it cannot reach to provide vital medical aid. This was one of the terms of a peace deal that appears not to have halted the fighting entirely. The World Health Organization’s (WHO) emergencies director on Friday said the UN body still does […]
Opposition leaders in South Africa are calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign amid allegations of a robbery coverup. Leaders of his party, the African National Congress, were discussing his future. Leaders of South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) won’t decide until at least Sunday if they would continue to back President Cyril Ramaphosa […]
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Cameroon Crash Out in a Blaze of Glory
Cameroon may have crashed out in Qatar but they leave with a victory over five-time winners Brazil. Making matters even better, Cameroon became the first side to prevent Brazil from scoring in a World Cup fixture. And as if it could not get any better in an exit, Cameroon also became the first African country […]
Every third of December, Zimbabwe joins the world in commemorating the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs). The annual observance of this day was proclaimed in 1992 by the United Nations General Assembly with the aim of promoting an understanding of disability issues and mobilizing support for the dignity, rights and well-being of persons […]
AN independent panel’s report into the Phala Phala theft has given further details on how four of the five Namibian suspects, who allegedly stole millions from South African president Cyril Ramaphosa, were tracked down to a house in Cape Town where they were allegedly handcuffed and interrogated. Erkki Shikongo, Imanuwela David, Petrus Muhekeni, Urbanus Shaumbwako, […]
Switzerland secured the last ticket into the knockout phase at the ongoing World Cup in Qatar. The Indomitable Lions of Cameroon are out of the ongoing World Cup in Qatar. Despite securing a stunning lone goal win against five-time World champions Brazil, it was not enough to see the Rigobert Song-tutored side to progress to […]