THE European Union has recently provided approximately €2.5 million (about 6.78bn/-) in humanitarian aid, to support refugees in Tanzania. This brings the EU’s contribution to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Tanzania in 2021 to €3.5 million (about 9.49bn/-), according to a statement issued yesterday. The WFP Country Director and Representative Sarah Gordon-Gibson said […]
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The world’s first mass vaccination program against malaria, announced this week, is set to prevent millions of children from catching malaria and thousands dying from this debilitating disease. The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended widespread use of the RTS,S/AS01 (Mosquirix) vaccine in young children who are most at risk of malaria in Africa. Malaria […]
From 11 October, the red list will reduce to 7 countries and proof of vaccination will be recognised from 37 new countries and territories. red list reduced to 7 destinations (Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Panama, Peru and Venezuela) with 47 countries and territories removed from 4am Monday 11 October government extends inbound vaccinated arrivals […]
Pressure is mounting on Libyan leaders to lay the groundwork for legislative elections, which will no longer take place on 24 December in tandem with presidential polls. The dual votes are part of a UN roadmap designed to help Libya emerge from its political crisis. In a surprise announcement Tuesday, the country’s eastern-based parliament, in […]
AHEAD of this year Anti-Sanctions Day on October 25, the country’s intelligentsia has joined the nation to scientifically expose how the illegal Western economic embargoes have affected Zimbabwe for more than two decades. Drawing academics from across the country’s tertiary institutions, Zimbabwe’s intelligentsia yesterday launched the Lecturers Anti-Sanctions Network (LASN), which will add gravitas to […]
The country is expecting to harvest at least 2,7 million tonnes of maize this year, the highest yield in 20 years, a microcosm of how the country’s farming sector is defying sanctions. Western countries imposed illegal sanctions on Zimbabwe after rolling out the land reform programme in 2000, crippling many sectors of the economy. The […]
Swapo member of parliament Lucia Witbooi has said the genocide negotiations that started some six years back between the Namibian and German governments have produced notable and tangible outcomes. Witbooi made the remarks while contributing to the genocide debate in parliament on Tuesday. “These outcomes did not come easily, it took us years of intense […]
The US government, through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, has earmarked US$90.4 million (over N$1.3 billion) for 2022 towards Namibia’s fight against HIV. This increase from US$89 million contributed in 2021 aims to intensify the country’s efforts to reach epidemic control of HIV. The US’s fiscal year started on 1 October 2021, and […]
Rally for Democracy and Progress leader Mike Kavekotora says the genocide motion tabled by the late Nudo MP Kuaima Riruako in the National Assembly in 2006 was about restorative justice. However, he claimed the Swapo government, for reasons only known to them, converted or diverted the call for reparation into a grant of 1.1 billion […]
The United States has awarded a $319 million contract for the building of a new Consulate General in Lagos. A statement signed by the Information Specialist, Public Affairs Section (PAS), U.S. Consulate General in Lagos, Temitayo Famutimi, said the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations has announced Design-Build Award for the U.S. Consulate General in Lagos. […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) is recommending widespread use of the world’s first malaria vaccine, in what the UN health agency’s chief described on Wednesday as “an historic day” for the decades-long battle against the deadly disease. The vaccine is geared towards children, in sub-Saharan Africa and other regions with moderate to high transmission. The […]
United Nations — The U.N. Secretary-General told Ethiopia’s government Wednesday that it should show him any documents or evidence the country has to substantiate accusations related to the expulsion of seven senior humanitarian officials from the country. In a rare and unusual public exchange, Antonio Guterres took the floor of the U.N. Security Council after […]
Isaac Mabaya made his debut for the Liverpool Under-21 side last night but started off on a losing cause following the young Reds’ 1-4 defeat to Bolton Wanderers in the English Football League Trophy, also known as the Papa John Trophy. The 17-year-old, with a strong Zimbabwean heritage, was introduced as a 25th minute replacement […]
An American whistleblower who previously worked for the social media giant, Facebook, has alleged that its lack of controls over harmful content is promoting ethnic violence in Ethiopia. Frances Haugen, a former Facebook product manager who was part of a “civic integrity” team studying and proposing solutions to combat harmful practices on the site, gave […]
Géraldine Wonzangba is a student like any other all over the world: a chemistry major at the University of Bangui, she is at that age where one can dream about any and everything. Her dream: to become a teacher and researcher. In the Central African Republic, access to higher education is a rare privilege: on […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) is recommending widespread use of the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine among children in sub-Saharan Africa and in other regions with moderate to high P. falciparum malaria transmission. The recommendation is based on results from an ongoing pilot programme in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi that has reached more than 800 000 […]
Cape Town — Gambia’s former president Yahya Jammeh whose rule was characterised by allegations of widespread abuses is faced with a forfeiture process in U.S. courts. Jammeh who lost to President Adama Barrow in 2016, refused to concede defeat and ECOWAS leaders had to step in to mediate the impasse, resulting in he and his […]
As tempting as it may be to think that promoting democracy in occupied foreign countries is a morally justified and effective way to restore security and stability especially by a super power such as the United States the opposite on the contrary is true. But political reform is most successful when it comes from local […]