Seychellois citizens travelling to Saudi Arabia can now apply for visas through an online portal after the island nation was included in the eVisa programme of the southwestern Asian country. The Saudi Tourism Ministry announced on Tuesday that it has expanded its electronic visa programme to six new countries, including Seychelles, where the nationals of […]
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President Dr Lazarus Chakwera is calling for the safety of over 300 Malawians living in and on religious pilgrimage to the Holy Land of Israel. This follows the war in middle East between Israel and Hamas, an Islamist organisation outlawed by US and other European countries as a terrorist organisation. Hamas attacked Israel last week, […]
The Plateau State deputy governor expressed confidence that the review of the procurement policies of the state would provide holistic direction to enable Governor Mutfwang-led administration to achieve efficiency and effectiveness in the award of contracts. The deputy governor of Plateau State, Josephine Piyo, says the state government will review procurement policies and programmes to […]
Security teams are pursuing suspected ADF rebels, said to have killed two foreign tourists and a Ugandan in Queen Elizabeth National Park today. Police spokesman Fred Enanga confirmed the incident, saying the suspected rebels thereafter torched a land cruiser belonging to Wild Gorilla Safaris registration number UBF 303C. “We have registered a cowardly terrorist attack […]
District Courts have rejected Renamo’s complaints in Guruè and Quelimane. The first claimed lack of evidence and the second that Renamo presented unsigned minutes and editais. After the results were announced, the Renamo delegation in Guruè submitted an appeal to the Gurué District Court, challenging the results of the District Electoral Commission. In the same […]
“By the time of the tabulation at the polling stations, reports of irregularities were mounting up, constituting real electoral offences,” admitted the National Elections Commission in a statement today. “We will be ruthless with our members and electoral agents who have disturbed the process. That is how the law dictates. Therefore, all members involved in […]
ADDIS ABABA -Exploring a win-win approach, which would ensure the benefits of neighboring states, is instrumental to materialize Ethiopia’s quest to access the sea and supplement the growing economy, a noted historian and researcher said. Approached by the local media, historian and researcher Ayele Bekiri (PhD) stated that securing access to sea is mandatory for […]
Almost all results have been announced by the National Election Commission (NEC) and none of the 20 candidates was able to secure more than 50 per cent of votes cast. Liberian president and candidate of the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) George Weah is set to go into a run-off with his rival and former […]
The Senate is still united despite the walk out staged by the Senate Chief Whip, Ali Ndume (APC Borno South) during plenary after he was ruled out of order by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, a source told LEADERSHIP yesterday. Indications that the Senate leadership was in divided emerged after Ndume walked out of the chamber […]
Home Affairs Official Faces Disciplinary Action for Diplomatic Travel Delay Castro Mlaba, a South African home affairs official in Harare, is facing disciplinary action for his role in a diplomatic travel bungle that delayed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s delegation in Zimbabwe in September, reports TimesLIVE. The incident occurred on September 4 when President Ramaphosa was […]
President Kiir has reiterated readiness to host a meeting of Sudanese political leaders in Juba next week. The President spoke after receiving briefing from the Deputy Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereign Council Malik Agar Eyre on the latest developments in the Sudan. Presidential Advisor on National Security Affairs Tut Gatluak Manime says the Sudanese leaders will […]
Nairobi — Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi officially assumed his expanded role in government on Monday after assuming as Cabinet Secretary responsible for Foreign Affairs. Speaking on Tuesday during a handing over ceremony with former Foreign Affairs CS Alfred Mutua, Mudavadi vowed to address concerns of Kenyans abroad as he formally assumed the Foreign Affairs […]
What a common pride and defined identity for a given nation in the world is their respective national flags. Ethiopia is not exceptional in this regard as it does have a tri-color national emblem be continentally and globally well recognized. Every year on October 16, Ethiopia celebrates Flag Day, a special occasion that honors the […]
-Finalizes import substitution export policy “Let Ethiopia Produce” movement has revitalized the productivity of manufacturing industries by overcoming their bottlenecks, said the Ministry of Industry. ‘Let Ethiopia Produce’ Movement Project Office Coordinator at the Ministry of Industry, Ayana Zewdie (PhD) told the Ethiopian Press Agency (EPA) that the movement enabled some 744 local and foreign […]
The Federal Government has reiterated that only Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs Ministry (FMSDIGA) has the mandate to certify payments of Zonal Intervention or and Constitutiency Projects executed by Ministries, Department and Agencies of government (MDAs). A press statement signed by the Ministry’s Head, Press and Protocol, Mrs. Anastasia Ogbonna, said that the Federal Government […]
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Ethiopia Marks 16th National Flag Day
ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia marked the 16th National Flag Day under the theme, “The Elevation of our Flag is a Guarantee for our National Unity and Sovereignty.” Speaking at the celebration of the 16th National Flag Day held jointly by the House of People’s Representatives and House of Federation, President SahleWork Zewde said: “Our flag […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo has assured districts affected by the recent spillage of the Akosombo Dam of the government’s support to victims whose land and homes have been engulfed by the floods. The President said it was the government’s constitutional duty to offer help to all Ghanaians who may be in distress or suffer […]
Harare — The World Bank will make sure that Ugandans are not subjected to discrimination in its programs before restarting new funding suspended in August due to an anti-LGBTQ bill, an executive from the bank said. Victoria Kwakwa, the bank’s head for eastern and southern Africa, said that project paperwork from the World Bank will […]