The 2023 tobacco selling season officially opened yesterday with the Government calling for transparency among actors in the industry to eliminate farmer deprivation by middlemen while enhancing fairness and sustainability in contract and auction sales. The first bale fetched US$4,35 per kg which was slightly higher than the US$4,20 per kg fetched by the first […]
Harare — The climate emergency clearly contributes to greater conflict, although through indirect channels. There are a variety of context factors, according to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) – in particular, socioeconomic conditions, governance, and political factors – that interact and play a key role in translating climate change into conflict […]
The United Kingdom (UK) Foreign Secretary, James Cleverly, in commemoration of the International Women’s Day (IWD), has launched the global Women and Girls strategy which would set out how the UK would work to tackle global gender inequality at every opportunity. According to a statement from British High Commission, this would include combatting attempts to […]
Lately, homosexuality in a hostile takeover has grabbed our social media feeds and news headlines. The news headlines must be grateful for the break. Now we do not have to hear about corruption, unbridled ineptitude, and torture nio nio nio. We Ugandans of upright standing and patrons of passivity are aghast at the moral decadence […]
TEMPERS are flaring after the High Court Tuesday blocked the release of electronic voters roll with critics claiming the ruling reflects lack of democracy in Zimbabwe ahead of 2023 elections. Harare High Court judge, Never Katiyo ruled that the voters roll was a sensitive document which should not be dished out carelessly. His ruling followed […]
·Says postponement to ensure adequate time to backup data stored on over 176,000 BVAS used for presidential, NASS elections Hours after the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja green-lighted a request by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to reconfigure the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) used for the conduct of the February 25 presidential […]
Washington — The lower house of Somalia’s Parliament on Wednesday approved a new anti-terrorism law that aims to provide a legal framework that will help government security agencies to better fight and eradicate terrorism in Somalia. Members of Parliament approved the bill 133-3 — with 7 abstentions — on Wednesday after weeks of debate in […]
Malawi has a high level of gender inequality, and women face significant barriers to economic empowerment. On March 8 every year, the world commemorates International women’s day as part of recognizing the human rights and roles of women in the society. Malawi is not spared, and this year’s commemoration will take place at Malika Ground […]
Hospitals disrupted as public sector strike intensifies Striking members of the National Education Health and Allied Workers Union (NEHAWU) protested across the country on Wednesday, with some strikers closing down hospitals, and disrupting health services and government offices. Some workers protested for a few hours then returned to work. Government considers the 2022 wage negotiations […]
Hyacinth Alia, 56, ditched his cassock last year and emerged as the governorship candidate of the APC in Benue State. The catchphrase ‘Yes, Father’ has gained currency in Benue State as a maverick Roman Catholic priest bids to dislodge the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from power in the state. Hyacinth Alia, 56, ditched his cassock […]
FORMER CAPS United captain Moses Muchenje says he is ready to bounce back into the football trenches after successfully undergoing rehabilitation from drug addiction. The 31-year-old has chosen to be brave, pouring his heart out as he prepares to, hopefully, ink a deal with any of the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League teams ahead of […]
A global reckoning is emerging in the international development sector. Donors and the wider public are recognising the need for aid organisations to practise what they preach on diversity and inclusion. Diversity is about recognising the multitude of characteristics all people hold. It encompasses gender, ethnicity, religion, disability and sexuality. Inclusion relates to the ability […]
Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo — ‘I’m left wondering what I might have done with my life.’ Dozens more women have come forward to accuse workers for the World Health Organization and other aid groups of sexual abuse and exploitation during the 2018-2020 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo – testimonies […]
A new book on the Congo recycles stereotypes of Africa as a wasteland in need of saving in all its promo. It’s been rapturously received in the West. Last month, award-winning author and academic Siddharth Kara published Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers our Lives. The book draws attention to labour conditions […]
Mr Tinubu, the winner of the election, has a total of 8,794,726 votes, which accounts for 10.08 per cent of all eligible voters. Only 25,286,616 – about 28.63 per cent- of all eligible voters in Nigeria, participated in last Saturday’s Presidential election, the election data has shown. There are a total of 93,469,008 registered voters […]
Traditional wrestling plays an important role in much of Senegalese society and is one of the country’s national sports. Traditional wrestling is mostly practised in rural areas where it’s not just a sport, it has a profound social and cultural role. It’s being overshadowed by a very popular, modern professional wrestling. A synthesis of boxing […]
Government efforts need coordination at various levels to prevent the terrorist group from regaining control and striking back. Three months after reclaiming the presidential office, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud resolved to root out al-Shabaab from Somalia. The new administration formed a unified front comprising local players, federal member states, religious leaders and external actors to confront […]
The decision by Kenya’s Supreme Court, that the country’s NGO co-ordination board must register an organisation with the words ‘gay’ and ‘lesbian’ in the name, has unleashed a storm of protest, particularly among the country’s traditional and religious sectors. But, in the view of Carmel Rickard, much of the comment is ill-informed or inaccurate. The […]