Tanzanian President, Dr Samia Hassan,has launched Africa’s Food System Forum (AFSF) 2023 and calls for inclusion of youth and women as critical drivers of Africa’s food systems agenda. Hassan officially launched the forum described as ‘Africa’s premier platform’ for advancing the agriculture and food systems agenda in Africa. The theme of this year’s Forum is […]
Malawi Government has extended suspension of schools in the southern region until March 31, when the second term will to end. This is because about 230 schools have been turned into holding camps for internally displaced communities. Secretary for Education, Chikondano Mussa, made the announcement in a statement released Saturday. Mussa stated that the decision […]
The death toll from the sinking of an “unregistered” boat off northwestern Madagascar at the weekend has risen to 34, an official said Tuesday. “In total, 11 lifeless bodies were found on Tuesday during the (search) operation, bringing the number of death to 34. “The number of passengers on the boat was 58, comprising 24 […]
The State Bank of Vietnam, on Tuesday, said it would cut policy rates by 100 basis points from Wednesday to address the liquidity problem for households and businesses. The bank will cut the discount rate to 3.5 per cent from 4.5 per cent. It will cut the interbank overnight lending rate to six per cent […]
At least seven people died in Tanzania’s part of Lake Victoria infested by crocodiles between Jan. 1, and Feb. 9, officials said on Friday. The officials said most of the victims were residents of Kome Islet on the lake, the world’s largest tropical lake shared by Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. The killings of the seven […]
Malian Government has postponed its constitutional referendum, initially scheduled for March 19, to a later date. Mali’s Senior Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralisation announced this on Friday. This deferment, as also announced by Government Spokesman Abdoulaye Maiga, on national television (ORTM), is justified by the difficulties related to the operationalisation of the new regions. […]
Eight people, including the gunman himself, died and eight others sustained injuries in a shooting at a Jehovah’s Witnesses hall in Hamburg city, German, on Thursday evening. According to the Police, the 35-year-old gunman took his own life after the Police arrived. He was a former member of the Jehovah’s Witnesses congregation with a valid […]
South Sudanese President Salva Kiir, on Wednesday night, sacked Foreign Minister Mayiik Ayii Deng, barely a week after he dismissed two other ministers. In a presidential decree broadcast on the state-owned television, the South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation, Kiir did not give the reason for the sacking. Ayii is the President’s close ally and had previously […]
The M23 rebel group is ignoring the ceasefire starting on Tuesday in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a UN spokesman said. “Our peacekeeping mission, MONUSCO, indicated that fighting between Congolese army and M23 armed group continues in North Kivu province. “This is despite the ceasefire,” said Farhan Haq, deputy spokesman for UN […]
At least 11 people, including soldiers and auxiliaries, died in an ambush against a military unit in northwestern Burkina Faso on Saturday, Xinhua learned Monday. “Unidentified armed men attacked on Saturday a military unit in Zaba village, in the province of Nayala, Boucle du Mouhoun region (northwest),” a local security source told Xinhua. “The armed […]