Tunisia must take swift action to curb racist rhetoric and halt ongoing rights violations of Black Africans, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) said on Tuesday. “Tunisia must immediately stop hate speech and violence against migrants from south of the Sahara,” the independent UN-appointed experts said in a statement issued under […]
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Currently, Addis Ababa is gaining new tourist attractions, hotels, touristic services, among others that enable the city to become more preferable among the international tourists. Are you looking to immerse yourself in a unique cultural experience? Are you a traveler seeking to explore a city with rich historical significance? Look no further than Addis Ababa, […]
People in South Africa are used to reports of organisations like Gift of the Givers stepping in during humanitarian emergencies or service delivery NGOs assisting with HIV or tuberculosis programmes. Take, for example, Touws River – a town in the Central Karoo in the Western Cape, with a high rate of unemployment. Residents recently turned […]
What makes an artist great? The answer to this question might be tough but one thing is clear. An artist achieves greatens at least by creating something that has not been created before him and keeps on improving it until the need of his career. This is true both for writers, painters, musicians and other […]
President George Manneh Weah has pleaded with political actors to reject all acts of electoral violence as the country heads to a crucial presidential and legislative election this October. He is seeking a second six years term in office against several opposition presidential hopefuls including former Liberian Vice President Joseph Nyumah Boakai and ex-Coca-Cola Executive […]
Lagos — Criticisms yesterday greeted the high number of delegates Nigeria sent to the ongoing Conference of the Parties, COP28 climate summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, UAE, at a time of austerity that the Federal Government was urging the citizenry to make more sacrifices. Nigeria accounts for 0.319 per cent of global carbon dioxide […]
Messrs. Dangote, Rabiu and Adenuga are the only three Nigerians on the Forbes list. Forbes magazine has named three Nigerians among its 2460 individual billionaires in its 2023 Billionaires list. The three Nigerians on the list are the President/Chief Executive of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, BUA Group chairman AbdulSamad Rabiu, and Globacom boss, Mike […]
Lusaka, Zambia — The third Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA 2023) concluded, with a resounding call for Africa to embrace “the future of health” through collaboration, innovation, and a renewed commitment to health equity. Held in Lusaka, Zambia, from November 27 to November 30, the conference, themed “Breaking Barriers: Repositioning Africa in the […]
The federal government has expressed dissatisfaction over the poor number of women in innovation and technology, lamenting that only 30 per cent of the technological space are owned by women. Minister of Women Affairs, Paullen Tallen stated in Abuja, while addressing the national women’s conference in commemoration of the 2023 International Women’s Day (IWD) with […]
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukayode, yesterday, said the commission was currently undergoing total overhaul, stressing that it must change its approach. Olukayode spoke at a meeting with civil society organisations at the headquarters of the agency in Jabi, Abuja. The EFCC boss said he was determined to change style […]
THE Controller and Auditor General (CAG) has identified weaknesses in man- agement of various projects that were implemented by Tanzania Telecommunications Corporation (TTCL) and Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited (Tanesco). In an audit report from the financial year 2021/22 CAG Charles Kichere said there were 464 projects worth 10.33bn/- that were completed by TTCL without […]
Dubai — Although long profiled as the face of climate change, a high-risk continent with a pipeline of unbankable green projects, there are areas where Africa is leading the world. The 1987 accidental discovery of the first deposit of natural hydrogen during a water drilling campaign in Bourakebougou village, Mali, is today proving that Africa […]
Bishop Timothy Yahaya of the Diocese of Kaduna Anglican Communion, Cathedral Church of St. Michael has said that 30 days were enough to do away with all election cases before the May 29th hand over date if the Nigerian judiciary emulates the Kenyan example. He called on those legal luminaries who are saddled with the […]
In a letter to President Ramaphosa, the country’s five (5) Goldman Environmental Prize winners – Liziwe McDaid and Makoma Lekalakala (2018), Desmond D’Sa (2014), Jonathan Deal (2013), and Bobby Peek (1998) call on the government to immediately withdraw the National Petroleum Company Bill , in addition to stopping all oil and gas exploration off South Africa’s coastline. […]
The APC urged the tribunal to dismiss the petition with substantial cost as the same was devoid of any merit and founded on frivolity. The All Progressives Congress (APC), on Monday, asked the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) in Abuja to dismiss the petition filed by the Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter […]
Immediate action is needed to prevent the Amhara conflict from extending regionally. Ethiopia’s Amhara region has been the epicentre of political violence and armed conflict, with Fano ethnic militias clashing with the federal government since April this year. Calls from national and international actors for hostilities to end have gone unanswered. President Sahle-Work Zewde, in […]
Monrovia — Liberia risks being dragged to a court of arbitration and could be subjected to paying millions in damages if it continues to fail to meet the milestones agreed upon in the Framework Agreement with HPX, Ivanhoe Liberia, and SMFG for the usage of the rail for the export of iron ore from Guinea […]
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has reportedly failed to pay part of its debt to Equatorial Guinea for local investment in a 40MW solar project in Bwoni Village in Seke District, the High Court has been told. This emerged in a case Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (Old Mutual), a creditor in Harava Solar […]