Maputo — Mozambique’s Assistant Attorney General, Amabélia Chuquela, has called for greater joint efforts between the public sector, the private sector, civil society and companies operating in the area of information and communication technologies (ICTs), in order to enhance innovation in preventing and combating human trafficking. Chuquela, who was speaking, in Maputo on Monday, at […]
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Maputo — The Mozambican health authorities are preparing a fourth round of the polio vaccination campaign for children aged between zero and 59 months, a measure considered to be effective in cutting the transmission of the virus and protecting children. The action is dependent on coordination with neighboring countries, since the disease is transnational and […]
Maputo — Contrary to the impression given in some of the Mozambican media, the decision by the South African authorities to extradite Mozambique’s former finance minister, Manuel Chang, to the United States is not yet definitive. The South African Justice Minister, Ronald Lamola, speaking at a Johannesburg press conference on Monday, said the courts are […]
All vehicles from Uganda transiting to South Sudan will be required to pay $60 (Shs 230,000) per border entry effective August 1, 2022. In a public notice dated July 22 signed by Lt Gen James Ruot Wuor Tiap, the South Sudan Assistant Inspector General of Traffic Police, vehicles will also pay an additional $100In addition, […]
In the wake of a “cooperation” agreement between opposition Democratic Party and ruling NRM that also saw him appointed Minister for Justice, DP president Norbert Mao has described himself as the Biblical Moses who will see Ugandans reach the promised land of transition. “Uganda is in transition and it is not coming but has started. […]
President Museveni will on Wednesday July 27, 2022 evening address the nation on issues of national importance. According to Linda Nabusayi, the Senior Presidential Press Secretary, the head of state’s address will be at 8pm. “President Museveni will address the nation tomorrow July 27, 2022 at 8pm, from Nakasero State Lodge #IssuesOfNationalImportance. The address will […]
The prolonged dry spells in Kayunga have raised fears of possible hunger in the district. Many farmers say they have not been able to harvest after the dry spell frustrated their crops. Three sub counties of Galiraaya, Bbaale, and Kayonza in Kayunga district are now struggling with a prolonged drought which has crippled normal agricultural […]
The rapidly spreading Monkeypox outbreak can be stopped, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, “with the right strategies in the right groups”. But “time is going by and we all need to pull together to make that happen“, warned Dr Rosamund Lewis, WHO Technical Lead on Monkeypox, who was speaking the regular press […]
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Gambia: On New Urban Bus Transport System
Effective transport infrastructure is critical to the overall development of nations. And free movement of people is a key in that regard. For far too long, commuters in urban Gambia have been yearning and continue to face endless hardships and exploitation at the hands of greedy and merciless private drivers on our roads. These visible […]
Insurers need proactive management of risks if they are to provide the safety net required by the country’s economy and society at large, says South Africa Reserve Bank (SARB) Governor, Lesetja Kganyago. “In this regard, strengthening risk management within institutions, as well as our collective thinking on mitigation of emerging risks, will be crucial,” he […]
The chairman of the board of directors of Beakanyang organisation has described journalists as critical stakeholders in climate change message dissemination and communication. Mr. Omar Malmo Sambou, (PhD candidate), and climate change expert made the remarks recently at the just concluded three-day capacity building training on climate change reporting for about 30 journalists in Basse, […]
The Gambian Vice President, His Excellency Badara Alieu Joof, received the Key to Lucknow University as well as a “Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Human Letters, Honoris Causa” on behalf of His Excellency, President Adama Barrow on Friday. During a modest convocation ceremony at the residence of the Gambian Ambassador in New Delhi, the Founder […]
The Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities has described the appointment of Justice Mandisa Maya as the Deputy Chief Justice as a giant and notable step in the fight for gender equality in South Africa. “Judge Maya is a capable judge, who without a doubt will advance the interests of justice and […]
Abu Hajjar — At least six people were wounded in an attack by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the market of Abu Hajjar and some of the other neighbourhoods of the town in North Kordofan on Saturday. A listener told Radio Dabanga that he witnessed about five armed men, some of them wearing uniforms […]
Khartoum — Sudanese journalists are working on a new, more independent Journalists Syndicate. On Saturday they elected the members of the committee that will oversee the elections for the syndicate’s Executive Committee. During a well-attended meeting of the General Assembly of Sudanese Journalists in El Amarat in Khartoum on Saturday, the journalists took significant steps […]
Water supply restored after Madibeng Municipality settles R155-million of its enormous debt to the City of Tshwane After waiting nine months, over 2,000 residents of Itireleng, a village in the North West Province close to the Gauteng border, have water in their taps again. Standpipes ran dry in October 2021, leaving Itireleng without water. Madibeng […]
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Nigeria: Gender and Access to Healthcare
The economic, social, political, and cultural characteristics and opportunities specific to being a woman or a man are referred to as gender. Different cultures have different ideas about what it means to be a woman or a man, and these ideas evolve with time. In terms of sex and sexuality, gender is the social expression […]
The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has cut the sod for the construction of the first inland marine port in the North at Debre in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah Region. The marine inland port comes with an accompanying industrial park in Yapei, the Multimodal Transport corridor also known as the Trans-Volta Logistics […]