CAF has strongly condemned unruly behaviour by a section of supporters during two TotalEnergies CAF Champions League fixtures in Tunisia and Morocco on Saturday night: Esperance Sportive de Tunis vs JS Kabylie and Raja AC and Al-Ahly in Casablanca. CAF General Secretary, Veron Mosengo-Omba said the matter will be handed to the competent bodies to […]
Egyptian Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Ali al-Moselhi announced that the strategic reserve of basic commodities is safe and sufficient for several months, with wheat reserves to last around 2.6 months up until July 5. During a press conference on Saturday, Moselhi indicated that import operations will continue in parallel with the supply of […]
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi asserted Monday that the State was ready to support companies to increase the local components of Egyptian products. Commenting on the word of FUTEC Technologies Company president marking Labor Day, Sisi said: “I am ready to support you to increase current ratio of local components from 50 to 60 percent”, […]
Rwanda men’s 3×3 head coach, Moïse Mutokambali, has said his players are in good shape and ready to put up impressive performance during the forthcoming FIBA 3×3 World Cup Qualifier 2023 slated for May 6-7 in Israel. The team has for the past week been training from Lycee de Kigali gymnasium and Mutokambali was impressed […]
Rome — As the crisis in Sudan pushes millions into hunger, the World Food Programme (WFP) is immediately lifting the temporary suspension of operations put in place after the tragic deaths of our three team members on April 15. Distribution of food is expected to commence in the states of Gedaref, Gezira, Kassala and White […]
Tunis/Tunisia — Ismail Sahbani was elected Sunday as Secretary General of the Tunisian Workers’ Union for a new term, Deputy Decretary General in charge of internal regulations Lotfi Chatmi told TAP. The only candidate to his own succession, thus begins a five-year term, instead of four after the decision taken by the congressmen to extend […]
As the globe observes International Workers’ Day, Parliament’s Presiding Officers have joined millions of workers around the world in celebrating the victories gained in the fight for better working conditions. Since 1994, Workers’ Day in South Africa has been officially recognised as a celebration of workers’ rights, and a reminder of the critical role played […]
Nairobi — The Chief Government Pathologist Johansen Oduor on Monday announced plans to audit organ count as postmortem examination for Shakahola cult victims to rule out organ harvesting. Oduor made the announcement on Monday even as Kindiki said the government has nothing to hide from the public and would lay the facts bare if autopsies […]
If You Told 23 — year-old Bonnette Ishimwe that she would be in the farming business, more so avocado, three years ago, she would take it as a joke. With two Bachelor’s degrees in accounting and public procurement from the East African University Rwanda in Nyagatare, searching for a decent job in an organisation and […]
The Long Form podcast’s guest this week is Dr. Aflodis Kagaba, Director of the Human Development Initiative (HDI). He discusses, in depth, the findings of a recent survey on lived experiences of the queer community in Rwanda. Kagaba highlights the most persisting challenges – such as stigma and discrimination – faced by members of the […]
Rwamagana and Ngororero District men and women’s teams clinched the national Goalball championship that concluded over the weekend at Bugesera Stadium. Rwamagana men’s team finished the season unbeaten after defeating Gisagara 11-10 on Sunday, April 30 to win the title after amassing 36 points out of a possible 36, six points ahead of Gisagara who […]
Nairobi — Chief Government Pathologist Johansen Oduor on Monday said the conclusion of DNA analysis on Shakahola victims may take a month or more to facilitate reburials. The victims are linked to the starvation cult led by controversial televangelist Paul Mackenzie of the Good News International Church who is accused of driving his followers to […]
Seychelles is introducing a new Centre for Excellence in Technology to give secondary students, with more interest in technology enterprise rather than in academic studies, a better chance to excel in fisheries, agriculture, construction, food technology, transportation, and engineering, amongst others. The new school for TVET – Technical and Vocational Education and Training – and […]
The warring sides in the Sudan conflict bowed to international pressure and said Sunday that the cease-fire agreement that was set to expire at midnight would be extended for another 72 hours. A truce was already in place but was widely ignored by both sides. It was established by the two warring factions to allow […]
MINISTRIES of Foreign Affairs and that of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development have confirmed that the first batch of 13 buses conveying 637 stranded Nigerian students, has arrived Aswan borders, Egypt, safely. According to the ministries, the necessary documentation and clearance before admission into the Egyptian territory for their eventual evacuation to Nigeria […]
The Debt Management Office, DMO, has saidthat Nigeria’s $13.46 billion World Bank loan is a plus because the loans which came from the international Development Association (IDA) and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) were concessional, with low charges and for very long tenors. DMO made these explanations in a statement following media […]
Lagos — The Board of Trustees of the Aliko Dangote Foundation has resolved to be fully involved in the evacuation and resettling of thousands of Nigerians stranded in Sudan. MD/CEO of Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF), Zouera Youssoufou, has been in contact with the management of Air Peace and the Federal Government to indicate the Foundation’s […]
Singer-turned-politician Robert Kyagulanyi has joined the music fraternity and celebrities to extend a birthday message to his longtime music rival Joseph Mayanja alias Jose Chameleone. Born April 30, 1979, Chameleone, marked his 44th birthday on Sunday. In honour of Chameleone’s birthday, Bobi took to Facebook to wish well his fellow musician upon clocking a new […]