New Somali President Appoints Prime Minister
Newly appointed prime minister, Hamza Abdi Barre and president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
Somalia’s new president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, on Wednesday picked a member of the lower house of parliament, Hamza Abdi Barre, as the new prime minister.
“I have based on my ... Read More
South African Company First in Africa To Produce Meat In Lab...
grown ground meat is cooked in a pan. The Mzansi Meat Company, which started up in South Africa about two years ago, is the first on the continent to produce lab-grown meat. (Photo Courtesy of Mzansi Meat Co.)
South Africans are ... Read More
World Food Program Suspends Food Aid For 1.7 Million People ...
The World Food Program reports it has been forced to suspend food assistance for 1.7 million people in South Sudan because of a funding shortfall of $426 million.
Conflict, three years of flooding, localized drought, and soaring food prices made worse ... Read More
UK Cancels First Flight To Deport Asylum Seekers To Rwanda
Two police officers walk near a Boeing 767 at a military base in Amesbury, Salisbury, on June 14, 2022, preparing to take asylum-seekers to Rwanda. After a last-minute intervention by the European Court of Human Rights, Britain canceled its first ... Read More
Zimbabwe Court Convicts NY Times Freelancer Of Flouting Coun...
A court in Zimbabwe has found a New York Times freelance journalist guilty of flouting immigration laws and sentenced him to a suspended two-year prison sentence and a $1,000 fine.
A court in the city of Bulawayo convicted and sentenced 37-year-old ... Read More
Development Bank Ghana Has 5-Year, $4 Billion Capital Target...
Development Bank Ghana, which officially starts operations on Tuesday with about $800 million in capital, plans to grow fivefold over the next five years to help end a shortage of funding to small and medium sized enterprises.
It will lend money ... Read More
UK Due To Send First Flight Of Asylum Seekers To Rwanda
The United Kingdom is due to send a first plane carrying asylum seekers to Rwanda despite last-ditch legal bids to block the deportations, mounting protests and UN criticism.
A chartered plane is set to leave one of London’s airports on Tuesday ... Read More
Ethiopia’s Abiy Says Body Formed To Negotiate With Tigray ...
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says his government has formed a committee to negotiate with the northern Tigray region’s forces.
Fighting erupted in Tigray in November 2020 and spilled over into the neighbouring regions of Afar and Amhara last year, ... Read More
World Bank Projects 5.7% Income Boost For Ghana Under AfCFTA...
The implementation of trade facilitation measures under African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) as well as reductions in intra- AfCFTA tariffs and non-tariff barriers (NTBs) in goods and services can boost Ghana’s real income by 5.7 per cent, relative to ... Read More
EU Set To take Legal Action Against UK over post-Brexit Deal...
The EU is expected to launch legal action against the UK government on Wednesday over its decision to scrap some post-Brexit trade arrangements.
Ministers insist current checks on some goods travelling from Great Britain to Northern Ireland must end to avoid ... Read More