By XINHUA Mogadishu, The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) said Sunday it has opened joint operations centres (JOCs) to enhance coordination and planning with Somali security forces (SSF) during operations against al-Shabaab. ATMIS Force Commander Diomede Ndegeya said the centres, which were opened across the AU mission’s areas of responsibility, will enable the…
MASERU, Oct 10 (Reuters) – A Lesotho party led by a diamond magnate won the most seats in last week’s election,butfell short of an overall majority, the election commission said on Monday, raising the prospect of more political gridlock. The populist Revolution for Prosperity (RFP) party emerged as the single biggest party with 56 seats, but now needs to court…
WASHINGTON, Oct 10 (Reuters) – International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Monday said she hoped debt restructuring efforts for Zambia and Chad could be completed by the end of the year, which would pave the way for more countries to seek help. Georgieva, speaking with civil society groups at the start of the annual IMF and World Bank…
The South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has placed Arnot OpCo into business rescue. This is just months after the shuttered mine revived operations and supply of coal to Eskom. Salungano, which owns half of Arnot, said business operations of the mine will continue as usual, including the supply of coal to Eskom’s Arnot power…
Ethiopia’s president Sahle-work Zewde has reiterated calls for negotiations and other peaceful resolutiion means to end the country’s nearly two year civil war. Zewde made the call while addressing the Ethiopian parliament Monday on the budget for the next fiscal year. “The government has stated clearly that it will always keep the door open for…
By BUSINESS DAILY Kenya has failed to strike oil and gas deposits in the coastal strip that has for years been at the centre of an international border dispute with neighbouring Somalia. Seismic surveys at Mlima-1 well, which is known as Block L11B in the Lamu Basin, revealed that the wells were dry, ending a…
NAIROBI, Kenya African Union (AU) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat welcomed Thursday a commitment by the government of Ethiopia and Tigray rebels to hold peace talks on the Ethiopian conflict. The government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) both agreed on Wednesday to an invitation to peace talks in South Africa by the African Union…
East African nation battling deadly outbreak of Ebola, no cases reported in US so far, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. KAMPALA, Uganda US President Joe Biden’s administration has announced it will screen US-bound travelers from Uganda for Ebola, if they have traveled in the country within three weeks prior to their arrival…
MASERU, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Lesotho citizens were due to vote in an election on Friday, after years of political instability that the southern African mountain kingdom’s lawmakers have yet to resolve. The election will go ahead despite a deadlock in parliament on a whole gamut of major constitutional reforms that were meant to be enacted ahead…
Researchers in Uganda say the Ebola virus circulating in the country has mutated. Prof Pontiano Kaleebu of the Uganda Virus Research Institute says there is however no evidence that it is any more transmissible than the original strain. They analysed samples from the first known case to be tested during the current outbreak which has…