To mark World Health Day on 7 April, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, defines a bold initiative to promote peace and health in order to protect the planet and its people. Today I am announcing a new ‘Peace for Health and Health for Peace’ global initiative. Recognizing that […]
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An explosion of climate research has bloated the U.N. assessments that guide governments, with some experts arguing for reforms to the process New climate science report 10 times longer than first in 1990 Computer analysis, Wikipedia-style format could help simplify IPCC vital to guide governments but reforms may be needed British chemist Robert Watson had […]
The ban Fifa imposed on Kenya for government interference is another blow to women’s football there, which was making huge strides that were first stunted by the federation’s politics. “Whoever denied us the chance to play did us wrong, may thunder strike them,” an incensed Corazon Acquino said in response to Kenya’s senior women’s national […]
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Africa Eyes the Global Cannabis Market
Africa’s rapidly developing cannabis industry could soon supply the entire world. Uganda is already cultivating medical cannabis for the German pharmaceutical market. Benjamin Cadet stands among his plants in a white polo shirt bearing his company logo. He dons surgeon’s gloves and handles the flowers carefully. They are full of pollen – ripe for the […]
Maputo — Mozambique’s former Labour Minister, Helena Taipo, on Tuesday denied all the charges against her in the case of 113 million meticais (about 1.8 million US dollars, at the current exchange rate) stolen from her Ministry in 2014-15. Taipo is the most prominent of the 11 people accused of embezzlement and other financial offences […]
To strengthen Nigeria’s Counter-nuclear Smuggling Capacity, the United States Government recently donated over 2 million dollars equipment to the Explosive Ordinance Disposal and Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (EOD-CBRN) Command of the Nigerian Police. It is noteworthy that the U.S. government works closely with Nigeria’s security services to provide technical assistance, equipment, professional exchange and […]
The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Adeniyi Adebayo has expressed the determination of the federal government to address challenges facing the cotton industry with a view to creating jobs for the teeming unemployed youths. Addressing a delegation of the National Cotton Association of Nigeria (NACOTAN), who paid him a visit in his office […]
Mass rallies were taking place across Sudan Wednesday to protest military rule as the country marks the third anniversary of the toppling of longtime dictator Omar al-Bashir. Pro-democracy groups called for widespread demonstrations to denounce last October’s military coup, which sent Sudan’s economy into freefall and upended plans for a transition towards civilian rule. Ahead […]
After much foot-dragging, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has finally jettisoned zoning. The 37-man committee set up by the party to decide on whether or not to zone its presidential ticket reached a unanimous decision to throw the ticket open to aspirants from all the zones of the country, THISDAY learnt yesterday. Though, there was […]
The recent Mali case shows that countries undergoing transition or conflict mediation are susceptible to hybrid threats. Africa is rapidly becoming a theatre for hybrid threats. Allegations of state-backed information campaigns designed to ramp up divisions in Mali and cyberattacks on humanitarian relief organisations such as the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) are […]
Two rights groups on Wednesday accused Ethiopian security forces and their allies of waging a campaign of ethnic cleansing in Tigray, a long-contested part of northern Ethiopia. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tigrayan civilians had been targeted since the outbreak of Ethiopia’s war in November 2020, when Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sent […]
The country’s former president, Blaise Compaoré, has been sentenced to life imprisonment on Wednesday for his participation in the assassination of his predecessor Thomas Sankara, killed with twelve of his companions during a coup d’etat in 1987. He was sentenced in absentia. The Ouagadougou military court also sentenced the commander of its guard, Hyacinthe Kafando, […]
“The office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation has approved the establishment of a department of federal public assets maintenance…” President Muhammadu Buhari has signed Executive Order 11 on the maintenance of national public buildings. Mr Buhari signed the document Wednesday morning before the commencement of the cabinet meeting holding at the […]
MDC Alliance leader Douglas Mwonzora, still smarting from a humiliating defeat in the March 26 by-elections, suffered yet another blow to his political ambitions after his own party’s councillors thwarted a plot to fast-track the election of Harare mayor on Tuesday. The plan was to elect MDC Alliance’s Stewart Mutizwa as mayor ahead the full […]
Health Minister Sylvia Masebo has cautioned society against discriminating against people with tuberculosis (TB). The Minister further appealed to Zambians to consider seeking medical attention at hospitals or health centres for early detection of TB as the disease was curable. Ms Masebo cautioned against discriminating those who have TB but called for support from both […]
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Tuesday allotted a total US$32,8 million through the Foreign Exchange Auction system as the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industry (CZI) threw its weight behind the central bank’s recently introduced inflation containment measures. A trading update released at the close of the weekly auction shows that 362 bids were received on […]
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed a tribunal to probe High Court judge Justice Edith Mushore’s suitability for office after she allegedly went AWOL. Mushore has reportedly not been reporting for duty since last year, resulting in the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) recommending that a tribunal be set up to investigate the matter. In Proclamation 3 […]
The new Parliament building in Mt Hampden, about 25 kilometers north west of the capital, is now complete with the Chinese contractor putting final touches outside the structure, a Cabinet Minister said on Tuesday. Local Government and Public Works Minister July Moyo told New Ziana that the contractor was now working on the exterior of […]