The South African Police Service (SAPS), on Friday, said that they have seized 380 kilogrammes of cocaine at the Durban Harbour. “A multidisciplinary team led by the SAPS Organised Crime Investigations unit acted on intelligence-driven information that a vessel that was coming into the country from South America on Thursday,” the SAPS said in a […]
Four school pupils are reportedly missing after their boat capsized in a crocodile and hippo-infested river in Tanzania’s western region of Kigoma, an official said on Friday. Salum Kali, the Kigoma District Commissioner, said the pupils were crossing over to a primary school on the other side of the Luiche River when it capsized at […]
Over 3,000 Afghan refugees returned from neighbouring Iran over the past couple of days, said the Afghan Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation Affairs on Thursday. According to a statement by the ministry, the recently returned refugees totalled 3,541 and the refugee repatriation is still going on. More than 270,000 Afghan refugees have returned from Iran […]
Tunisian President Kais Saied, on Wednesday, dismissed Nasreddine Nsibi, the Minister of Employment and Training, according to a statement issued by the Presidency. This is the third minister the Tunisian president has dismissed in two months. The statement did not specify the reason for the dismissal. Read Related News: UNECA urges focus on value-addition in […]
Somali National Army (SNA) said its forces backed by both local and international forces killed 42 al-Shabab militants in an operation carried out in Mahaday district, southern Somalia. The Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism announced this in a statement issued in Mogadishu, on Tuesday. The ministry stated that the forces killed 27 of the […]
The 2022 annual report of Mercedes-Benz Group AG, published on Friday, showed a modest increase in the German carmaker’s unit sales and profitability. Last year, Mercedes sold 2.45 million vehicles, against 2.32 million vehicles in 2021. The company’s EBIT (earnings before interest and taxes) rose by 28 per cent year-on-year to $21.8 billion (20.5 billion […]
Kenyan conservation organisation, on Friday, launched a campaign to conserve grey crowned cranes and save them from extinction. Joseph Mwangi, country manager at the Crane and Wetlands Conservation Project, said the grey crowned cranes are threatened with extinction. The grey-crowned cranes are a species of birds that flock in large numbers, anywhere between 30 and […]
The Spanish government will allocate $75 million (70 million euros) for cooperation with the African countries. This is part of a “new phase” in relations, the country’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday. “Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, Jose Manuel Albares, announced this on Wednesday. Albares said this is a new phase […]
Ghana recorded an inflation rate of 53.6 per cent in January, the first drop from the previous month since May 2021. The January inflation rate was 0.5 percentage points lower than the 54.1 per cent recorded a month earlier, according to the Ghana Statistical Service. “We saw a decline in non-food inflation to 47.9 per […]
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), has urged African Union (AU) member states to focus on value-addition and smart operationalisation of local content policies. Antonio Pedro, acting Executive-Secretary of UNECA, gave the advice at the 42nd Ordinary Session of the Executive Council in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Wednesday. Pedro said it is to […]