South African Police say they have arrested 140 suspects and recovered more than 300 unlicensed firearms and 2,800 rounds of ammunition in the last two weeks in Gauteng Province. The unlicensed firearms were recovered from Oct. 11 to 24 in Gauteng Province, said police spokesperson, Dimakatso Sello. “The police in Gauteng continue to recover unlicensed […]
Afghan provincial administration distributed improved seed and fertiliser to nearly 16,000 farmers in Afghanistan’s northern Jawzjan province on Wednesday. The Provincial Head for Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock, Qari Abadullah Ansar, said “using improved seed and fertiliser in farmlands would have a positive impact. “Therefore, we began distribution of the agricultural materials to the farmers in […]
The German government paved the way for the legalisation of cannabis on Wednesday, though it remains unclear whether the plan will pass muster at the European level. According to the plan approved by Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Cabinet, cannabis and the active substance tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) would no longer be legally classified as narcotics. “The purchase […]
A majority of Ghana’s ruling party parliamentarians, on Tuesday, asked the President to sack the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, and his deputy, with a view to “restoring hope in the financial sector”. Ghana is facing its worst economic crisis in a generation. Last week was the cedi currency’s worst in 15 years, falling nearly 20 […]
Kenya’s Capital Markets Authority (CMA) said on Tuesday that it has developed rules to enable micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to raise capital through crowdfunding. Wycliffe Shamiah, the Chief Executive Officer of CMA, said the new rules pave the way for Kenya’s MSMEs, which employ some 15 million people in the workforce, to raise […]
UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Tuesday criticised Malaysia for forcing Myanmar refugees to return home despite severe human rights violations by the military junta in Myanmar. The UN body in Geneva said the Malaysian authorities are putting people’s lives at risk. The military took power in Myanmar at the beginning of February 2021 and since […]
An appeal has gone to African statisticians and data experts to initiate a road map for the modernisation of the continent’s official statistical systems to provide reliable information for informed decision-making. Ethiopia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Demeke Mekonnen, made the appeal while addressing the joint opening session of back-to-back […]
Malta plans to spend 508 million euros ($501.4 million) in 2023 to ease the impact of rising energy costs, Prime Minister Robert Abela has said. The NewsZenith reports that the island of Malta is a small independent nation-state that is located in the centre of the Mediterranean Sea in Europe. In the 2023 budget plan unveiled […]
A damaged Korean Air plane remained stuck in the grass at a central Philippine airport on Monday after it overshot a runway in rainy weather the night before. No injuries were reported among the 162 passengers and 11 crewmembers who escaped from the aircraft using emergency slides. Dozens of flights have been canceled and Mactan-Cebu […]
Rishi Sunak, former Chancellor of the Exchequer, will become the United Kingdom’s new Prime Minister after winning the ruling Conservative Party’s leadership contest triggered by the dramatic resignation of Liz Truss last week. Sunak’s win on Monday came days after Truss’s resignation following her disastrous tax cuts plans and policy U-turns plunged the markets into […]