Tags GENERAL Alibaba, Ethiopia sign MoU on creation of an Electronic World Trade Platform Chinese e-commerce giant, Alibaba Group, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ethiopia for the creation of an Electronic
Tags GENERAL U.S. recalls ambassador to South Sudan The United States (US) on Monday recalled its ambassador to South Sudan, describing the move as consultative as it continues
Tags GENERAL Thirteen French troops killed in Mali operation against militants Thirteen French soldiers fighting jihadists in Mali were killed in an accident between two helicopters, the French presidency said on
Tags GENERAL AfDB launches funding scheme for women The 2019 Global Gender Summit, held for the first time on the African continent kicked off with the heavy focus on
Tags GENERAL Nigeria intensifies campaign against sexual violence & launches sex offender register Nigeria’s National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons intensified the campaign against sexual violence by launching a sex
Tags NEWS Namibian court dismisses case against voting machines A Namibian court on Monday dismissed a case seeking to prevent the use of electronic voting machines in Wednesday’s presidential
Tags GENERAL U.S. recalls envoy to South Sudan after failure to form unity government The United States has recalled its ambassador to South Sudan for consultations amid a delay in the creation of a
Tags NEWS S. African president launches campaign against gender-based violence President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday launched a campaign against gender-based violence which he described as “a great shame.” Violence against
Tags GENERAL More polio cases now caused by vaccine than by wild virus Four African countries have reported new cases of polio linked to the oral vaccine, as global health numbers show there
Tags GENERAL Ramaphosa launches campaign against gender-based violence President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday launched a campaign against gender-based violence which he described as “a great shame.” Violence against