As the world celebrates World Environment Day, on June 5, Rwanda Environment Management Authority has obliged mining companies to comply with environment protection across the country. Juliet Kabera, The Director General of REMA said that the call follows a recent inspection which detected that mining firms are not rehabilitating mining sites after mineral extraction. With […]
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After a fantastic run at the African Cup of Nations 2021, Gambia’s Scorpions commence its campaign for the 2023 AFCON with a victory over the Bright Stars of South Sudan at Lat-Dior stadium in Thiès, Senegal, on Saturday night. Abdul Jallow’s strike 45 minutes into the game was enough to secure the Scorpions a win. […]
Nairobi — The Indian market will play a significant role in the recovery of Kenya’s tourism sector, tourism players in Kenya have said. The tourism arrival numbers during the period of Jan- April 2022 already record a 55 percent growth with 22,532 arrivals compared to 11,884 during the same period in 2021. This growth in […]
KOREA International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) have organised a Korean Speech Contest aiming at strengthening diplomacy between Tanzania and South Korea. Speaking during the event on Saturday in Dar es Salaam, the Dean of Students at the University of Dar es Salaam, Business school (UDBS) Prof Wineaster Anderson […]
Tanzania U-17 National Women team, Serengeti Girls is keen to snatch the World Cup ticket when they host Cameroon at Amaan Stadium in Zanzibar today. The brave U-17 Girls have a downhill task against hard-fighting Cameroon as they enter the pitch buoyed with 4-1 victory they stamped away in Yaoundé, Cameroon a fortnight ago. To […]
SIMBA have vowed to inject into the squad ‘success hungry’ players who will be performing their duties with all their energy in order to bring back titles at the club. The Reds are on the verge to end the current season with no major silverware in their cupboard after missing out an opportunity to defend […]
LABORATORY chemicals in schools may lead to lifelong health effects to students if safety guidelines are not observed, the Government Chemist Laboratory Authority (GCLA) has said. The GCLA has warned that if schools or teachers ignore safe use of chemicals as directed, they may put the health of children in danger. “Some chemicals, if not […]
NEW assessment by the Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance (CHRAGG) on conduct by the Police Force shows that the law enforcing organ was generally doing good with regard to adhering to laws, rules, regulations and human rights. CHRAGG Chairperson, Judge (rtd) Mathew Mwaimu said overall assessment shows that the Police Force is doing […]
THE High Court’s Corruption and Economic Crime Division has ordered drug dealer Wolfgang Lwamtonga to remain behind bars for 25 years for trafficking in heroin hydrochloride weighing 2.49 kilogrammes. Judge Elinaza Luvanda ruled against the accused recently after holding that the prosecution proved the economic case beyond reasonable doubt, having taken into consideration the evidence […]
OVER 7.4 million boys and girls aged five years old have been registered and issued with birth certificates through a special under-five birth registration strategy launched in 2013, minister for Constitution and Legal Affairs, Dr Damas Ndumbaro, has said. Dr Ndumbaro made the revelation on Friday when launching the plan here in Tabora Region where […]
Nairobi — The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission is set to conduct a simulation exercise for the electronic transmission of polls results next week. IEBC Chairperson Wafula Chebukati on Sunday confirmed the exercise will be organized on or before Thursday, June 9. Chebukati reveled the plans while giving a preliminary response to ten issues of […]
Nairobi — Azimio la Umoja One Kenya presidential flag bearer Raila Odinga and his running mate Martha Karua have been cleared by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to contest for in August 9 presidential polls. Odinga was handed the clearance certificate by IEBC Chairperson Wafula Chebukati at the Bomas of Kenya on Sunday. […]
Kitui — Eleven people died on Saturday night after a 14-seater Public Service Vehicle (PSV) they were travelling in veered off the road and rolled multiple times. The vehicle had over twenty people on board coming from a dowry ceremony in Mwingi’s Kanyonyoo area according to a local administrator who confirmed the incident. Kanyonyoo sub-location […]
Sheena Talma has become the first Seychellois scientist to win a National Geographic Society grant to conduct research in the waters of Seychelles. In her research, Talma seeks to bridge and close gaps in data relating to Seychelles and the Indian Ocean’s deep waters and their habitats. She told SNA via telephone that when she […]
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The Ministry of health, further to its strong acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) surveillance, has identified laboratory-confirmed cases of Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Virus (CVDPV) in Eritrea. The Ministry declares this one unusual public health event as an outbreak according to the International Health Regulation (IHR) 2005. As of 3 June 2022, the Ministry with its […]
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said it is working to benefit 620,000 households in conflict affected areas of northern Ethiopia by providing agricultural inputs. Eastern Africa and FAO Representative to the African Union, Chimimba David Phiri told ENA that FAO is committed to supporting the government of Ethiopia to better support […]
CRICKET is back in Zanzibar and soon the sport will reclaim its glory in the Isles staying away from course for over six decades. The Zanzibar President Dr Hussein Mwinyi has commended JHL Enterprises from India for completing a construction of the cricket oval being part of the recently constructed sports arena in the Isles. […]
TAIFA Stars are all set to begin their Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying campaign on a gas pedal as they face Niger in Cotonou, Benin today. It will be their opening match in group F where they are packed together with Algeria and Uganda hence claiming a win will be a boosting factor to […]