Risha Maduray | @SABCNews The Competition Commission has warned that food retailers will face prosecution at the Competition Tribunal, should it find that pricing laws were breeched. The commission has raised concerns over price increases of essential food items, such as sunflower oil, bread and maize meal over a two-year period. The 2021-2022 Essential Food Pricing Monitoring report…
By OMAR FARUK MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — This year’s holy month of Ramadan coincides with the longest drought on record in Somalia. As the sun sets and Muslims around the world gather to break their daily fasts with generous dinners, Hadiiq Abdulle Mohamed and her family have just water and whatever food might be at hand. Mohamed is among…
Summary Protesters had defied a warning by police boss Japhet Koome that the demonstrations were “illegal”. During the election campaign, Ruto portrayed himself as champion of the downtrodden. He had vowed to improve the lot of ordinary Kenyans. But he has since removed subsidies for fuel and maize flour — a dietary staple. By AFP…
Summary Tunisia is suffering a serious drought, prompting officials to say the ministry may begin to cut off water supply at night. The continued lack of rain appears to have prompted authorities to start doing so early in some places. Tunisian dams recorded a decrease in capacity of around of 1 billion cubic meters. By…
Summary The ICC issued a warrant of arrest against Putin for alleged war crimes in Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine. Opposition leader Steenhuisen says South Africa has a legal obligation to cooperate with the ICC. South Africa is a signatory to the Rome Statute. By PETER DUBE The leader of South Africa’s main opposition Democratic…
By Rédaction Africanews and AFP USA UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday he’s “deeply concerned by the gains terrorist groups are making in the Sahel, and elsewhere.” Guterres read from prepared remarks delivered at a Security Council meeting on counterterrorism called for by Mozambique, this month’s council president. “No age, no culture, no religion, no…
Ugandans on the run from their country due to persecution as sexual minorities are facing discrimination in their adopted home of Kenya, too. By Jackson Ambole Nairobi, Kenya – In June 2018, Danee Naturibale (not his real name) moved to Kenya after escaping from a Ugandan prison where he had spent two months. The 37-year-old, who openly…
The Senegalese opposition announced on Tuesday that it would push ahead with demonstrations in Dakar on Wednesday and Thursday despite a ban, while authorities said they had arrested four members of a group seeking to prevent the resumption of the trial of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko by “sowing chaos and insurrection”. Attorney General Ibrahima Bakhoum said…
Jehaan Anthony – NedbankContributor Climate risk is our reality, and we need to understand that our actions today will shape the future of business and society. Economists have warned of the potential economic costs of damage from climate-related disasters and extreme weather could be staggering. In 2018 the US alone incurred a loss of around…
Akanksha Khushi and Andrea ShalalReuters International Monetary Fund officials are in Ethiopia this week doing technical work to prepare for a potential IMF-supported program for the East African country, an IMF spokesperson said on Monday. The IMF has received a request for financial assistance from Ethiopian authorities to support its economic reforms, the spokesperson said,…