Kitted out in a pink tracksuit against the chilly air, Yobsan Alemyahu is a regular at her local athletics training ground, not far from her home town Bekoji in central Ethiopia. With the hope of one day competing in the 5,000 or even 10,000 meters, the 10-year-old sticks solidly to her 6-day-a-week training regimen. “I […]
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The New Development Bank, which was formed in July 2014, marks its eighth birthday this year. It was formed by the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) when they met in Fortaleza, Brazil for the bloc’s summit. The bank was seen as a potential alternative to the World Bank and able […]
Bangkok — ‘The donor base on which the system rests remains shallow and precarious.’ Emergency needs are at historical highs, but available funding has largely flatlined at pre-pandemic levels, according to a new analysis of humanitarian financing. The Global Humanitarian Assistance report, released this week, is an annual tally of international emergency aid financing, where […]
The continent will probably miss the SDG poverty target, but the right policies could deliver significant reductions. About 30 million more Africans fell into extreme poverty (living on less than US$1.90 a day) when COVID-19 broke out in 2020. Before the pandemic struck, over 445 million people – equivalent to 34% of Africa’s population – […]
The answer is not a lack of talent, as Eritrea’s long history of producing worldclass cyclists attests. On the 17 May, Eritrea made headlines for all the right reasons. Sprinting to victory on Stage 10 of the Giro D’Italia, Biniam Girmay became the first Black African cyclist to win a stage of the prestigious Grand […]
The remittance inflows to sub-Saharan Africa over the past decade have been on an upward trajectory since 2020; last year, it increased by more than 6% to $45 billion. However, the steady rise of remittance inflows to the region hasn’t made this activity cheaper. According to the World Bank, sub-Saharan Africa remains the most expensive […]
Musk has terminated his $44 billion Twitter buyout deal, citing doubts over bot info. But what are bots, and are they all bad? When Elon Musk announced he planned to walk away from a $44 billion deal to buy Twitter last week, one of the main reasons was the number of bot accounts on the […]
The UN chief on Wednesday described progress between Russia and Ukraine on allowing the resumption of grain exports during UN-brokered talks in Türkiye, as a “ray of hope to ease human suffering and alleviate hunger around the world.” Secretary-General António Guterres said that a “critical step forward” had been taken to allow the “safe and […]
Three out of 13 patients are confirmed dead of a strange nosebleed disease in Lindi. The relevation comes just a day after the President Samia Suluhu Hassan broke the news at the 20th Plenary Assembly of Association of Member Episcopal Conference in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) held in Dar es Salaam, saying apart from nosebleed, the […]
THE United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has expressed its willingness to support Tanzania in disaster management. In a statement delivered on her behalf, UNDP Tanzania Resident Representative, Christine Musisi observed that persistent and emerging disaster risks in the country have highlighted the need to strengthen national structures to prepare for potential disasters and to build […]
VICE President Dr Philip Mpango has witnessed the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the execution of Sino Industrial Park project worth 3 billion US Dollars (equivalent to 6.94tri/-). The project will become the largest industrial park in the southern part of Africa. The deal was signed on Wednesday afternoon during the closure of […]
The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) has rubbished claims that the country’s aviation has been hit with a fuel shortage. Reports on social media had earlier indicated that the fuel crisis that Uganda is grappling with had also hit aviation, affecting several flights and causing delays. Reports further indicated that flight “EK729/730” and others had […]
Uganda and Malawi have introduced new mining laws which government officials and experts say have great potential to help curb Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) in both countries. New Vision’s Umaru Kashaka in Uganda teamed up with Nyasa Times’s Collins Mtika in Malawi to examine these new laws and see how each of them could do […]
President Museveni who is also the commander in chief of the armed forces has appointed Brig Robert Freeman Mugabe as the new chairman of the General Court Martial to replace Lt Gen Andrew Gutti. Brig Mugabe is the Adjutant General at the Land Forces headquarters in Bombo, a position he took over in November 2020. […]
Nairobi — President Uhuru Kenyatta has drummed up support for Azimio la Umoja – One Kenya saying it will be the weapon that will ultimately slay the corruption ‘dragon’ in the country. President Kenyatta stated that the presidential ticket flag bearer Raila Odinga and his running mate Martha Karua will transform the nation from the […]
Nairobi — Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi has maintained that the Government is ready and well prepared to secure the country during the upcoming August election. The Interior CS said Wednesday that his Ministry has stepped up its engagement with other stakeholders to deliver a peaceful and secure election saying the preparations commenced a year […]
African Agricultural Technology Foundation(AATF) and the Government of Senegal, through the Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (ISRA) and Union Nationale Interprofessionnelle des Semences du Sénégal (UNIS), have entered into a strategic partnership aimed at improving agricultural productivity in the West African nation and in the West African sub-region. The partnership targeted priority crops such as […]
The Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Mr George Mireku Duker has inspected the newly completed weighbridge at Appemanim in the Ahanta West District of the Western Region. The weighbridge will ensure the verification of the volumes of manganese and bauxite exported. In an interaction with the media during a visit, Mr Mireku Duker […]