Union urges Tunisia to respect its international obligations. ANKARA The International Jurists Union (IJU) expressed “great” concern Sunday over the human rights situation in Tunisia since late July. Necati Ceylan, the general secretary of the IJU, called on the Tunisian authorities to respect their international obligations. The union was citing a Dec. 31 incident in…
Several military personnel killed in firefight. MOGADISHU, Somalia The Somali National Army and forces from the country’s Galmudug region repulsed an attack by the al-Shabaab terrorist group Sunday, killing at least 21 of its members, officials said. An intense firefight broke out in the town of Adakibir in the country’s Galgadud region after an attack…
‘It is one of the 16 countries that account for 93% of the global TB burden,’ epidemiologist tells Anadolu Agency. JOHANNESBURG Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the major causes of death in South Africa, killing thousands every year, according to surveys and experts. “South Africa has the eighth highest TB incidence globally at a rate…
On energy saving week, men actively engage in biogas processing, relieving women the burden of collecting firewood. LUNYANYWI, Tanzania Biogas technology for household energy needs is changing gender roles in Tanzania with men engaging in energy production, easing family responsibilities, particularly firewood collection, that usually falls on women and girls. Biogas plays an important role…
Construction of the world’s largest telescope – the Square Kilometer Array – is gaining momentum. So far 27 contracts have already been awarded worth approximately R1.6 billion have been awarded and tenders for five contracts worth approximately R1.8 billion are open. The SKA’s construction is expected to yield socio-economic benefits for South Africa such as job…
Cameroon has not hosted the Africa Cup of Nations since the 1972. Optimists hope the goodwill generated by the tournament can be used to foster national unity, with the south west of the country still mired in violence. After 40 years in power, President Biya is famously not a man fond of public appearances. But…
West African leaders on Sunday backed tough new sanctions on Mali including border closures and a trade embargo, saying the military regime’s delays to a return to civilian rule were “totally unacceptable”. The leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) also agreed to cut financial aid and freeze Mali’s assets at the…
Somali leaders announced on Sunday they had struck a deal to wrap up parliamentary elections by February 25, after repeated delays that have threatened the stability of the troubled country. The agreement was reached after several days of talks hosted by Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble with state leaders to try to defuse a bitter…
NAIROBI, Jan 7 (Reuters) – An air strike that hit a refugee camp in northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region killed three Eritrean refugees, including two children, the United Nations said late on Thursday, the latest in a series of strikes reported to have killed civilians. The strike on Wednesday hit Mai Aini refugee camp near the…
Mmusi Maimane writes that the recent fire at Parliament highlights that a political war between politicians and bureaucrats is well under way at state institutions such as Parliament and that perhaps it is time to bring in an independent actor. The pages of history offer no shortage of break-ins, arson and attacks on buildings tasked with…