Egypt’s Ambassador to Canada Ahmed Abo Zeid has praised Cairo’s efforts on strengthening the role of a centralized state in Africa and the Middle East in face of threats posed by militias and internal conflicts. The diplomat’s remarks came on Tuesday 22/6/2021in a lecture delivered at Ottawa University on Egypt’s national security. He reviewed the […]
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Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry left Egypt on Tuesday 22/6 /2021 for Germany to take part in the Berlin-2 conference on Libya, slated for Wednesday . His participation comes at the invitation of the German foreign minister and the UN secretary-general. In his speech at the conference, Shoukry will affirm Egypt’s stance in support of protecting […]
Cape Town — As of June 23, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 5,248,147 while over 31,155,299 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Reported deaths in Africa reached 138,589 and 4,611,012 people have recovered. South Africa has the most reported cases – 1,843,5724 – and 59,092 people died. Other most-affected countries are Morocco (527,174), Tunisia […]
Paynesville — Three civil society organizations, with support from the International Land and Forest Tenure Facility, and the government of Norway have launched a simplified customary land formalization guide to educate communities on the processes involved in owning their customary land. Since the passage of the Land Rights Act (LRA), lack of awareness on the […]
Monrovia — Following many years of workings and engagements in the forest sector, the Executive Director of the Foundation for Community Initiatives (FCI) has outlined many success stories and challenges confronting women’s role in the management of the forest, especially in forestry governance structures. FCI was founded in 2004 as a community-based organization in Grand […]
The crew of the Boundary Express coach in which about 40 passengers were stabbed and robbed by five armed robbers at night between Mvuma and Mushagashe tollgate early Monday morning are facing charges of contravening Covid-19 regulations, police said yesterday, as investigations continue. Some of the people were hospitalised at Masvingo General Hospital after they […]
President Suluhu Should Support Education of Pregnant Girls Tanzania’s first woman president, Samia Suluhu, took office in March 2021. Her administration has the opportunity to call on education authorities to end the exclusion of pregnant and married girls from public schools. She should urge them to adopt a clear human rights-compliant continuation policy that would […]
A junior police officer has been sentenced to an effective one-and-half years in jail for demanding and receiving US$470 bribe from two marijuana dealers whom he had arrested. Constable Panganai Munemo (29) of ZRP Chirundu Camp pleaded not guilty to two counts of contravening Section 174 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act Chapter […]
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Zimbabwe: Naaz Appoints Four Commissions
The National Athletics Association of Zimbabwe has put in place four Commissions to help in the administration of the support. They now have a Marketing and Resource Mobilisation Commission, Development Commission, Competition Commission and the Governance and Ethics Commission. The Marketing and Resource Mobilisation Commission will be led by Rebecca Gambiza, while Daniel Kuwengwa, a […]
Lagos State Governor Bababjide Sanwo-Olu has expressed his administration’s commitment in providing absolute safety on the waterways by ensuring total complaince with safety protocols and regulations, increase capacity to daily transport more residents to reduce traffic congestion on the roads. Sanwo-Olu, made the remark yesterday, while inaugurating seven high capacity boats and cowry cards at […]
Maputo — President Mnangagwa has arrived in Mozambique for the SADC extraordinary summit that also coincide with the regional bloc’s 40th anniversary. The President was welcomed at the Maputo International Airport by acting Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Prof Amon Murwira who arrived here on Monday. The summit is taking place at a time […]
In the 2021/2022 national budget presented by the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Uzziel Ndagijimina before parliament, the government expects that Rwf2,413.7 billion representing 63.4 per cent will go into recurrent expenditure while Rwf1,393.3 billion will be spent on development-related initiatives. The recurrent expenditure is significantly higher than the Rwf1,595.4 billion in the revised […]
Dar es Salaam — President Samia Suluhu Hassan has arrived in Maputo, Mozambique for a two-day State visit where she scheduled to attend a Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) to discuss issues of regional integration, cooperation and development. The Sadc emergency meeting will be held under […]
Kano government says some of the teachers have spent 10 to 15 years in private schools while taking monthly salaries from either state or local government and regular promotion. The Kano State Government has recalled 3,268 teachers it posted to private, voluntary and community schools in the state over the years. The State Government Ministerial […]
The PDP governorship primary in Anambra State is scheduled to hold this Saturday. One of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) aspirants for the November 6 Anambra governorship poll has ruled out the possibility of a consensus candidate, ahead of the party’s primary election. The aspirant, Godwin Maduka, a professor and founder of Las Vegas Pain […]
Nigeria’s healthcare sector has received a boost of N10billion, courtesy of the Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa Initiative (ASR Africa). ASR Africa was floated earlier this year by the founder of the BUA Group, Abdul Samad Rabiu, as a charity and philanthropic initiative. Four states namely Kwara, Sokoto, Ogun and Edo are beneficiaries of the package […]
Edo State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, and the state government have engaged in a war of words over the demolition of two property in parts of the state capital alleged to have contravened town planning regulations. A statement, yesterday, by the state Chairman of APC, Col David Imuse (retd), condemned the demolition of […]
The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) yesterday criticised ongoing efforts by the National Assembly to amend two media-related laws, describing it as an attempt to criminalise journalism. It also said that the media industry should not be regarded as a political opponent or enemy of the federal government, adding that many of the politicians’ attacks […]