Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | General Commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan on Thursday issued a decision relieving Sudanese ambassadors to six countries, the official Sudan TV reported. According to the report, ambassadors to Brussels, Geneva, Washington, Paris, Beijing and Doha were relieved. On Monday, Al-Burhan declared a …
Read More »Less than 10 pct of African countries to hit key COVID-19 vaccination goal: WHO
Brazzaville, Congo | Xinhua | Just five African countries, less than 10 percent of Africa’s 54 nations, are projected to hit the year-end target of fully vaccinating 40 percent of their people, said the World Health Organization (WHO)on Thursday. Three African countries, including Seychelles, Mauritius and Morocco, have already met the …
Read More »AU suspends membership of unrest-hit Sudan
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | The African Union (AU) on Wednesday announced it has suspended the membership of unrest-hit Sudan. In a press statement, the peace and security council of the AU, said Sudan’s membership has been suspended due to Monday’s “unconstitutional change of government”, which it said was an affront …
Read More »Tanzania – Uganda oil and gas symposium set for November in Dar-es-Salaam
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Private Sector Foundation Uganda together with Tanzania Private Sector Foundation in partnership with the ministry of foreign affairs through its Uganda High Commission in Tanzania will convene a Tanzania-Uganda Oil and gas symposium on November 25 in Dar-es- Salaam, officials said in Kampala on Oct.26. …
Read More »Afreximbank’s platform to promote cross-border trade in Africa
The digital platform is set to build trust and cut the transaction costs of trading in AfCFTA Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | The African Export-Import Bank’s new digital Customer Due Diligence (CDD) platform, called Mansa, is set to promote cross-border trade in Africa, says the product head Maureen Mba. …
Read More »Sudanese PM returns home under tight security — PM’s office
Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has returned home with his wife under tight security, the prime minister’s office said on its Facebook account on Tuesday. Since early Monday, Hamdok and some of his ministers together with civilian members in the Sovereign Council were arrested. Earlier on …
Read More »AU calls on EU to recognize African COVID-19 vaccine certificates
Kigali, Rwanda | Xinhua | A senior official of the African Union Commission on Tuesday urged European Union member countries against a policy of not accepting COVID-19 vaccine certificates from the continent. Speaking at the opening of a meeting of foreign affairs ministers of the European Union and the African Union …
Read More »South African court rejects Zuma’s petition to remove state prosecutor from his corruption trial
Johannesburg, S.A | Xinhua | South Africa’s Pietermaritzburg high court on Tuesday dismissed former president Jacob Zuma’s petition seeking to remove state prosecutor Billy Downer from his corruption trial. This judgment means that his corruption trial would begin on April 11, next year at the same court. Zuma’s legal team filed …
Read More »Zimbabweans march against U.S. imposed sanctions
Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | Zimbabweans on Monday marked the Anti-Sanctions Day with demonstrations around the country to urge the United States of America to remove sanctions it imposed on the southern African country about two decades ago. The Anti-sanctions Day was set aside by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) …
Read More »Africa’s second plant breeding conference kicks off in Rwanda
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Scientists, entrepreneurs, institutional leaders and students from Africa and beyond are meeting in Kigali, Rwanda and online for the second continental African Plant Breeders Association Conference (APBAConf2021). The week’s long conference is expected to end on Oct.29. Guided by the theme, “Accelerating Genetic Gains in …
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