Category: Africa News

International Road Transport Organisation (IRU) Media Prize awarded to journalist Mike King from Breakbulk, USA

International Road Transport Organisation (IRU) (www.IRU.org), the world road transport organisation today announces the winner of the 2018 IRU Media Prize…

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Kennie-O Cold Chain Logistics from Nigeria Crowned Champion of Africa’s First Scaling Up Nutrition Pitch Competition

A Nigerian business is celebrating after winning a competition involving some of the continent’s most exciting enterprises working to improve…

6 years ago

Dangote Refinery project to boost activities in downstream, says Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI)

The President, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Mr. Babatunde Paul Ruwase has described as magnificent and spectacular the…

6 years ago

Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), World Food Programme (WFP) form partnership to address food insecurity, rising malnutrition in Kampala

Download logoKampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today entered a partnership to tackle…

6 years ago

Over 90% of sampled salt brands globally found to contain microplastics

Download logoOver 90% of sampled salt brands globally were found to contain microplastics, with the highest number coming from salt…

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Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) aiming to become Africa’s premier think tank, Vera Songwe tells African Ambassadors

Download logoThe Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is working hard to ensure it becomes a premier think tank that Africa…

6 years ago

Deputy Minister of Communications Pinky Kekana unveils a computer lab and coding program for learners in Hammanskraal, 19 October 2018

Download logoDeputy Minister of Communications, Pinky Kekana, will on Friday 19 October 2018 unveil a state of the art Computer…

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Somalia’s Major Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Event came to a close with new product launches

Download logoSomalia’s first Information and Communications (ICT) exhibition came to a close late Wednesday after two days of successful product…

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Committee adopts its Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report

Download logoThe Portfolio Committee on Labour has adopted its Budget Review and Recommendations Report yesterday, as well as the report…

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Seychellois Citizen Kidnapped in South Africa Returns Safely

Download logoA Seychellois citizen has been safely returned to her family on Tuesday after being held captive by kidnappers for three…

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Rugby Africa lauds Zambia Rugby’s progress

The President of Africa Rugby Mr Abdoulaziz Bougja has paid tribute to the progress being made by the Zambia Rugby…

6 years ago

Africa is ‘on the rise’, says UN chief Guterres, urging collaboration for better future

He urged everyone with a stake in Africa’s success to seize the new opportunities and work together with people on…

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UNOWAS welcomes the launch of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission of The Gambia (TRRC)

Download logoThe Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel…

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UN women’s rights committee to review Bahamas, Republic of Congo, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mauritius, Nepal, Samoa, Tajikistan, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Download logoThe UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is meeting in Geneva from October 22 to…

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Ministers endorse continental report on population and development issues in Africa

Ministers and senior government officials-in-charge of population in Africa met in Accra, Ghana, from 4 to 5 October 2018 and…

6 years ago

The U.S. and Food security issues in Africa

Beth Dunford, the U.S. Agency for International Development Bureau for Food Security Assistant Administrator, and USAID Food for Peace Director…

6 years ago

Opening of Elections Reporting Training

First, let me welcome all of you to the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy. We are thrilled to…

6 years ago

UNHCR evacuates vulnerable refugees out of Libya as fighting resumes

Download logoAmidst an increasingly volatile security situation in Tripoli, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency successfully evacuated 135 people out of…

6 years ago

Official Launch of the Attorney General’s Office’s Legal Handbook: Manual for Investigation and Criminal Procedure on Wildlife Crimes

The Attorney General and the United States Ambassador today launched the new Manual for Investigation and Criminal Procedure on Wildlife…

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South Sudan: UN report urges release of hundreds of abducted civilians

Download logoA UN report has documented the immense suffering of civilians in the Western Equatoria region of South Sudan where…

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