Lusaka, Jan. 28, ’25 (Xinhua/TNZ) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), on Tuesday, launched a solar photovoltaic project to increase access to electricity in refugee settlements in Zambia. This is to improve the livelihoods of refugees and surrounding communities. The project will benefit refugee settlements in Lusaka, the country’s capital, Mantapala Refugee Settlement […]
Tunis, Jan. 24, ’25 (TNZ) A man set himself on fire on Friday evening on Habib Bourguiba Avenue, in the Lafayette area of Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. He is now being treated in hospital with second-degree burns, reports the New Arab. Reports say the man approached a security officer, according to a statement from […]
Accra, Jan. 21, ’25 (Reuters/TNZ) Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama, on Tuesday, appointed a former national security chief as envoy to a new alliance formed by Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso. The appointment signalled his administration’s intention to mend ties with the three military-led nations. Juntas seized control in a series of coups in Burkina Faso, Mali […]
From Our Correspondent Abuja, Jan. 20, ’25 (TNZ) The Gambia Bureau of Statistics (GBoS) is undertaking a study tour at the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) as part of efforts to enhance its statistical capacity. TheNewsZenith reports that Mr Adeyemi Adeniran, the Statistician-General of the Federation, announced this on Monday in Abuja. Adeniran said the […]
Addis Ababa, Jan. 20, ’25 (Xinhua/TNZ) Ethiopia has earned $908 million in revenue from coffee exports over the past six months, state-run Ethiopian News Agency reported on Monday. The East African nation exported over 200,000 tonnes of coffee in first half of the 2024/25 Ethiopian fiscal year. Ethiopian fiscal year began on July 8, the […]
New York City, Jan. 20, ’25 (NYPost/TNZ) Israel released 90 Palestinian prisoners about seven hours after the first hostages held in Gaza for the past 15 months were freed. Large white buses carried the detainees out from Israel’s Ofer prison, which is just outside the West Bank city of Ramallah, as Palestinians in the streets […]
New York City, Jan. 20 ’25 (NYPost/TNZ): Policy experts told The Post that TikTok’s decision to shut the app down for barely 12 hours appeared to be a PR stunt meant to stoke a public outcry. The shutdown was to restore access to the China-owned app on Sunday after President-elect Donald Trump chimed. “TikTok’s early […]
Khartoum, Jan. 19 ’25 (Xinhua/TNZ) At least 18 civilians died and five others sustained injuries in an attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on a village in North Darfur in Sudan, a government official said on Sunday. “On Saturday, the RSF militia committed a massacre in Jebel Hilla village east of Um Kadada […]
By Abdulfatah Babatunde Lagos, Jan. 19, ’25 (TNZ) UN Women has welcomed the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, including the hostage release deal, which went into effect today. UN-Women made this declaration in a statement e-mailed to TheNewsZenith on Sunday. “We join the Secretary-General in expressing hope that all parties will honour their commitments to ensure […]
KAMPALA, Jan. 17 ’25 (Xinhua/TNZ): Following a suspected Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak that killed eight people, Uganda has intensified border surveillance with neighbouring Tanzania, a senior government official said on Friday. Ugandan Minister of Health, Jane Ruth Aceng, told reporters that the World Health Organisation (WHO) had alerted Uganda about the suspected outbreak in […]