Abuja, Nigeria — On World Tuberculosis Day, Nigeria said cases of the disease increased by nearly 50 percent last year. At a summit Thursday to heighten awareness of the disease, health authorities said to tackle the epidemic, they need to close a huge funding gap. At least 200 people attended the ministerial briefing Thursday in […]
Junior officers of the Nigeria Police Force are planning to embark on a strike in protest against poor welfare. The leadership of the force has denied that conditions are bad and warned against the strike action. Lanre Ikuteyijo, a police affairs expert, speaks on the implications of the strike and how Nigeria can improve the […]
At least 40 African countries print their money in the UK, France and Germany — decades after independence, raising questions about self-sufficiency. DW examines what prompts them to outsouce their currency production. Last July, a delegation from Gambia visiting the Nigerian Central Bank asked if the Gambian Dalasi, could be ordered from its West African […]
Dakar, 23 March 2022: In the framework of the Session on the Right to Water organised by the Center for Water Security and Cooperation at the Diamniadio Conference Centre, Mr Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, Special Rapporteur on the human rights to drinking water and sanitation, and Mr Andrea Ori, Regional Representative of the Office of the High […]
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Namibia: New Crop Leads the Way
THE Namibia Paralympic Committee (NPC) is looking to the future with renewed optimism after its youth-laden team plundered 30 medals at the South African Sports Association for the Physically Disabled (SASAPD) championships this week. The games next door were once again a happy hunting ground for Namibian athletes who amassed 20 gold, three silvers and […]
THERE was an upward movement in the marketing of livestock during February, proving that the restocking exercise is bearing fruit, says a report by Simonis Storm Securities issued on Tuesday. Cattle registered a 21,7% year-on-year increase, with sheep recording an 11,1% increase. Goats went up 53,7%, but pigs dropped by 5,5%. Quoting figures from the […]
AMID unrelenting climate change, solar energy is expected to contribute nearly 50 percent of Africa’s energy requirements by 2050, a new study shows, on the back of booming investments in renewable and de-carbonised electricity systems. Wind and hydro energy investments will nearly double from the 2020 levels, according to the latest study by Wood Mackenzie, […]
ZANU PF aspiring candidate for Bulawayo’s ward 21, Janet Moyo has been accused of vote buying, ahead of Saturday’s by-elections. Moyo will be battling it out with Geshom Zimba (MDC Alliance) and Tinevimbo Maphosa of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC). Moyo on Wednesday distributed 50kgs of mealie-meal to her supporters at Tshabalala council hall in […]
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) Wednesday swooped on two senior Chegutu Municipality officials over a litany of corruption allegations. The pair of human resources manager, George Kasamu, and revenue accountant Blandina Kavhayi, was arrested at Town House and handed over to police on charges of abuse of office, sexual harassment, nepotism and tax evasion. When […]
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Zimbabwe: Nakamba Eyes April 2 Return
ZIMBABWE Warriors midfielder Marvelous Nakamba is targeting a return to the Aston Villa squad ahead of their away Premier League tie at Wolves as he steps up his recovery during the ongoing international break. Nakamba has been out of action for Villa since early December after rupturing knee ligaments following Aston Villa’s 1-0 defeat against […]
THE president of the Namibia Albino Association, Joseph Ndinomupya, says people with albinism are forced to limit their movement to avoid putting their lives at risk. Ndinomupya yesterday reacted to events in which two men were this week arrested in Windhoek while negotiating the sale of human hair, among others, the hair of those with […]
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Namibia: Opuwo Hospital Generator Burnt
THE electricity generator for Opuwo District Hospital was damaged after it was gutted by fire on Tuesday night. According to executive director in the ministry of health Ben Nangombe, the fire occurred at around 21h00 and was extinguished by hospital staff, members of the Namibian Police, the Opuwo fire brigade and Nored. “No injuries were […]
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Zimbabwe: Lithium Rush Takes Zim By Storm
Three Chinese energy firms have snapped up controlling equity in Zimbabwean lithium mines over the past four months, as the world’s biggest electric vehicles market takes a strategic position in Africa. Growing interest in Zimbabwe by Chinese companies is meant to diversify the supply of lithium, a much sought after mineral used in the manufacture […]
THE late onset of the rainy season weighed on the uptake of farming inputs for TSL Limited’s agriculture business amid expected dip in this year’s national tobacco output. Indications are that tobacco crop, a major component of the company’s business, delivery volumes are expected to fall by between 10 percent and 15 percent compared to […]
FIVE Ruwa Local Board municipal police officers yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court on allegations of demanding a US$100 bribe from a woman they were accusing of illegally operating a grinding mill in Damofalls. Godfrey Chirape, Stephen Chakupa, Nyasha Mutyatyu, James Madzvimbo and Craig Kaseke were not asked to plead to the criminal abuse […]
Cape Town — Ugandan activists have met Pope Francis to ask for his support in stopping the East African Crude Pipline (EACOP) – a heated crude oil pipeline planned to run from Hoima in Uganda to the port of Tanga in Tanzania. The proposed project will cover an area of 1,443-kilometres and run near Africa’s […]
To leave no one and no place behind is both a goal and prerequisite for sustainable growth, embracing it, through devolving power, is, therefore, a building stone in the country’s quest to become an upper-middle-class economy by 2030. Thus it is befitting that this year’s Independence Day Celebrations, scheduled for Bulawayo, are aptly themed, “Leaving […]
NATIONAL Diagnostic Laboratory (Diagnolab) last week donated 100 000 loose sanitary pads to the office of the president. Diagnolab chief executive Hambeleleni Matsi said the girl child should be given an equal opportunity to education. “We believe that in this day and age, no single girl should miss school because of lack of sanitary pads […]