Rwanda: Business Leaders Tell Govts to Accelerate AfCFTA Talks
The East African Business Council is urging the East African Community to fast track negotiations of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) ...
Sudan: Juba Peace Agreement to Be Signed Despite Rebel Holdout
Juba / Khartoum — Members of the South Sudanese mediation team and the delegation of the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) rebel alliance have ...
Uganda: 3 Million Slip Into Poverty As Covid Strikes Economy
The Covid-19 disruption on the economy is pushing 3.1 million Ugandans into poverty, the United Nations has warned in a report on socio-economic ...
Taoiseach wishes Trump well and says second Covid-19 wave underway in Europe
A second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic is underway across Europe, Taoiseach Micheál Martin warned on Friday, as he expressed sympathies to US ...
Africa: Christiana Figueres Replaces Greta Thunberg at the 10th Tutu Peace Lecture
The Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation announces with regret that Greta Thunberg has withdrawn from speaking at the 10th Desmond Tutu International ...
Zimbabwe: Why Has Food Production Not Improved Despite Govt Support?
THE importance of the agriculture sector to the Zimbabwean economy and the citizens' livelihoods cannot be overemphasised. According to the World Bank (2019), ...
Mozambique: Renamo Wants Parliamentary Commission To Investigate Human Rights Abuses
Maputo — The parliamentary group of Mozambique's main opposition party, Renamo, has submitted a resolution to the country's parliament, the Assembly of the ...
Mozambique: Malaria Cases Increase, But Death Toll Declines
Maputo — From January to August, 442 people in Mozambique are known to have died from malaria, according to Health Minister Armindo Tiago. ...
Zimbabwe: ‘Zanu-PF Is Scared of Elections, Abusing Covid-19’
Constitutional Law expert, Alex Magaisa has castigated the move by the government to suspend by-elections for the duration of the COVID-19 saying it ...
Mozambique: Academy Must Train ‘Competent Soldiers’, Says Minister
Maputo — Mozambican Defence Minister Jaime Neto declared on Friday that the country needs competent soldiers who will not allow themselves to be ...