Tags GENERAL The pandemic has revealed power of women’s leadership: UN Deputy Secretary-General Although the COVID-19 pandemic has generated unprecedented global health, humanitarian and development crisis, it has also revealed the power of
Tags GENERAL UN top court rules in favour of Qatar in international airspace dispute The UN’s top court has ruled in favour of Qatar over an airspace dispute involving four other Middle Eastern countries.
Tags GENERAL UN-African Union mission working to restore calm after recent Darfur violence The joint UN-African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) is working with Sudanese and local authorities to de-escalate tensions following
Tags GENERAL As city encroaches on Nairobi park, wild animals freedom to roam is under threat Rhinos, lions, buffalo and leopards range against the background of a city skyline in the Nairobi National Park, Africa’s only
Tags NEWS 1.4-Million-Year-Old homo erectus handaxe unearthed in Ethiopia A 1.4-million-year-old large bone fragment shaped into handaxe-like form has been found in Ethiopia by paleoanthropologists working at the Konso
Tags GENERAL Trump administration abandons policy that would have barred many foreign students In a stunning reversal of policy, the Trump administration on Tuesday abandoned a plan that would have forced out tens
Tags NEWS UPDATE: 17 injured in Egyptian oil pipeline fire 17 people were injured after a major fire broke out after a leak of oil from the Shuqair-Mostorod pipeline next
Tags GENERAL Former Nigerian president named special envoy to Mali Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has been appointed by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as a special
Tags GENERAL Zimbabwe baker fights hunger with low-cost bread Inside his makeshift bakery in Epworth, a settlement in the south-eastern periphery of Zimbabwe’s capital Harare, Herbert Zenda meticulously prepares
Tags GENERAL South Africa’s economy to shrink 6.9% in 2020 – S&P Global Ratings South Africa’s economy will contract by more than initially projected, likely shrinking 6.9% in 2020 compared to an earlier forecast