Tag: Aug. 15
6 killed in attacks in Cameroon’s Anglophone regions
Two Cameroonian security forces members and six armed separatists were killed on Thursday in three incidents in the country's two crisis-hit English regions of...
Flooding kills 4 in Sierra Leone
Four people including a mother and her one-year-old child were reported dead Thursday after flooding caused by torrential rain in Sierra Leone.
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Kenya’s bid for non-permanent seat at UN Security Council to boost regional peace
Kenya is lobbying for a non-permanent seat at the UN Security Council to enhance its role as a vanguard for peace, stability and development...
Local police thwart attempted jailbreak in central Nigeria
Local police on Thursday thwarted an attempted jailbreak in the central Nigerian city of Keffi, when inmates went berserk, according to a prisons spokesperson.
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Zimbabwean police warns opposition protests to be violent
Zimbabwean police warned Thursday that the mass demonstrations planned by the opposition beginning this Friday in Harare will turn violent, and urged citizens to...
South Sudan, China sign deal on health infrastructure
South Sudan and China have signed meeting minutes on field feasibility study for the modernization and expansion of China-aided Juba teaching hospital in...
Kenyan farmers mull adoption of new technologies to boost yields
A two-day farmers' forum kicked off on Thursday in Kenya's northwest region, focusing on the adoption of new technologies to boost yields.
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Former Tanzanian leader urges SADC to cut dependence on donor funding
Former Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa on Thursday urged the 16 member states of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to cut dependence on foreign...
French woman charged with illegal possession of wildlife trophy
A French woman on Thursday pleaded guilty to the charges of being in illegal possession of ivory trophy and was fined 1 million shillings...
Namibian president to visit Tanzania, attend SADC summit
Namibian President and Chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Hage Geingob will travel to Tanzania for the 39th Ordinary Summit of the...
Dry spell, human activities put Kenyan rivers on deathbed
A dry, cracked and desolate sunken bed is what is left at the place where the waters of a tributary of River Athi, south...
3 Nigerian soldiers killed in gunfight with Boko Haram
Three Nigerian soldiers were killed following a gunfight with Boko Haram in the country's northeastern state of Borno, according to military sources and local...
S. African Parliament seeks legal advice on constitutionality of universal healthcare bill
South Africa's Parliament said on Thursday it was seeking urgent legal advice from Office of the State Attorney on the constitutionality of the controversial...
Zambian farmers to attend World Agriculture Expo in Guangzhou
About 50 farmers, including agro-dealers and agro-processors, have shown interest to attend the 2019 Guangzhou World Agricultural Expo, one of the organizers said on...
Namibia’s Ondangwa airport to be renamed after liberation hero Toivo Ya Toivo
Namibia's Ondangwa airport will be officially renamed to Andimba Toivo Ya Toivo, in honor of the country's late liberation struggle hero on Aug. 22.
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Namibia receives about US$7 million in donations for drought relief
Namibia has received 104 million Namibian dollars (about 6.9 million U.S. dollars) in donations towards its drought relief program, the Namibian prime minister said...
S. African government concerns about looting of foreigners’ shops
The South African government on Thursday expressed concerns over the looting of shops owned by foreigners.
On Wednesday night several foreigners' shops...
Zimbabwe civil aviation regulator ventures into horticulture around country’s busiest airport
The Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) is inviting potential investors to bid for the development and operation of horticulture facilities at its busiest...
Ghana to assist Liberia in forestry management
Ghanaian authorities pledged here on Thursday, their readiness to assist the Republic of Liberia in its forestry management.
Chairman of the governing...
Namibia, Nigeria pledge to enhance cooperation
Namibia and Nigeria are mulling a plan to enhance economic cooperation for the benefit of the two states, said Lilian Ijeukwu Onoh, New Nigerian...
Nigeria’s apex bank injects US$364 million into forex market
Nigeria's apex bank has intervened in the Inter-Bank market to the tune of 364 million U.S. dollars to sustain liquidity in the Foreign Exchange...
Small farmers in Kenya embrace drip irrigation as costs decline
Joseph Musali's quarter-acre farm in Katani, on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya's capital, is a spectacle to behold as it hosts hundreds of flowering...
Bullish Kenya’s stocks sustain rise
The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) turnover and key index rose Tuesday as the market appeared to be headed for a major bull-run after two...
Tanzania plans to improve roads in nature reserves to lure tourists
Tanzania plans to revamp roads getting into the forest reserves located in southern part of the east African nation to ease movement of tourists,...
2018 World Cup Qualifiers for National Women’s Volleyball Begins
The senior National Women's Volleyball team, the Black Spikers will travel to Cote d'Ivoire for the first round of the 2018 World Cup qualification....
Preview: Bayern starts off fresh Bundesliga season
Traditionally, the reigning Bundesliga champions have the honour of getting the new season underway and once again Bayern Munich will be involved in the...
CSIR’s Role in Ghana Beyond Aid
Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, the Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI), said the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has a very...
Free School Uniforms Implementation Must Be Decentralized
The implementation of the Free School Uniform Programme is facing some distribution challenges, making it impossible for most beneficiaries to sort and get their...
Haatso Mantse Unveils 2017 Homowo Festival
Nii Amarh Sogbla IV, Haatso Mantse, has called on the Government to sustain the recent efforts and gains made in the fight against illegal...
Ministry Cautions Public on Recruitment Scam
The Ministry of the Interior has alerted the public that Mr Ambrose Dery, the Minister of the Interior has no Facebook account or any...