Summary The country, however, will only help those who make it to the border. The Government Deputy Spokesperson says there are no means to help Rwandans who are stranded inside Ukraine. Rwandans in Ukraine who have reached the Polish border will be facilitated to cross into Poland and given a safe haven in the country.…
Summary Voted by 141 of the 193 member states of the UN, the vote became only a first in 40 years when the General Assembly has sat and passed a resolution to reprimand a member’s aggression. Kenya, Ghana, Gabon, Rwanda, Djibouti, Congo, Somalia and the Democratic Republic of Congo voted yes. Some 35 countries abstained…
The Department of Employment and Labour will launch several new training projects aimed at creating jobs in the fibre optics, food handling and mixed farming sectors. The projects are being undertaken through a partnership agreement between the Fuze Institute for Humanitarian Praxis and the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF). The UIF, through its Labour Activation Programmes…
by Bassem ABOUALABASS Cairo – Newspaper sellers were once a dime a dozen on Cairo’s bustling streets, but now the vendors hawking hot-off-the-press editions have fallen almost silent. As elsewhere in the world, Egypt’s print media has been in sharp decline as news has moved mostly online and readers tend to stay up-to-date via their…
The Congolese opposition is boycotting a dialogue organized by the government ahead of local and legislative elections in the central African country. A coalition of parties dismissed the meeting which starts Thursday in Owando in the country’s north as a stunt meant to divert attention from the various crises plaguing the country. “We must not…
Fathi Bashagha, designated as prime minister by the parliament, delivers a speech at Mitiga International Airport, in Tripoli, Libya. Libya’s parliament approved a new government on Tuesday but the incumbent prime minister rejected the vote and vowed not to cede power, raising the risk of fighting among armed factions or territorial partition between rival administrations.…
Two South African men, an Ethiopian national and a Tanzanian have been fingered for helping the ISIS terror group to secure funding. One of the South Africans was previously charged in a case linked to terror-related accusations. The case was eventually dropped. Another of the four men is accused of using his position at two…
African envoys spoke out strongly at the mistreatment of African nationals trying to flee Ukraine during a special session of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. African nationals, mostly students, have accused Ukrainian security forces of racially profiling them, and of stopping them from getting on trains. The reports of discrimination have caused uproar…
Sub-Saharan Africa has experienced reduced maize and wheat yields due to climate change. Climate change has reduced agricultural productivity in Africa by more than a third since 1961. It’s not all “doom and gloom” for agriculture, heavy rainfalls have boosted other crop yields such as sugar cane. Climate change has significantly reduced crop yields in…
Burkina Faso’s junta chief on Tuesday signed a charter setting a three-year transition period before the country holds elections, an AFP journalist said, just over a month after he led a coup to overthrow the country’s elected leader. “The duration of the transition is set at 36 months from the date of the inauguration of…