Smoking if unregulated could worsen respiratory diseases in Africa Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The manufacturing, sale and consumption of tobacco products in Africa should be regulated in order to limit threats to public health and safety, campaigners said on Tuesday. Leonce Sessou, executive secretary of African Tobacco Control Alliance, stressed …
Read More »African campaigners urge climate finance, debt relief to secure green future
Climate finance is essential in the fight against climate change Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The international community should honor financial pledges to support climate adaptation in Africa alongside debt relief as a means to secure a green and inclusive future for the continent, campaigners said on Tuesday. Speaking on the …
Read More »Sudan crisis being resolved through mediation, says UN envoy
Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | UN Special Representative for Sudan Volker Perthes, said on Monday that several mediation efforts are underway to solve the current political crisis and restore constitutional order in Sudan. Perthes, speaking from Sudan’s capital Khartoum, virtually told reporters in New York City that in the wake of …
Read More »Algeria stops gas exports to Spain via Morocco
Algiers, Algeria | Xinhua | Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune decided on Sunday to stop natural gas exports to Spain through Morocco, the official APS news agency reported. The presidency announced in a statement that Tebboune ordered the state-owned energy company Sonatrach to stop commercial relationship with Morocco and not to …
Read More »African experts call for investment in dryland agriculture to overcome hunger
Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Africa’s drylands could be the solution to the continent’s hunger and malnutrition if governments commit resources to convert them into hubs for irrigated farming, experts said on Friday. Speaking at a virtual forum convened by Futures Agriculture and Agricultural Policy Research in Africa (APRA) in Nairobi, …
Read More »Tanzanian police seize 300 kg of cannabis in Lake Victoria
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzanian police on Thursday seized 300 kilograms of cannabis in Lake Victoria and arrested three suspects in connection with the drugs. Ramadhan Ng’anzi, the Mwanza regional police commander said police patrol seized the cannabis and arrested the suspects in Lake Victoria on Wednesday. “The …
Read More »East Africa’s economic growth to rise to 4.1 pct in 2021: AfDB
Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | East Africa’s economic growth is projected to rise to 4.1 percent in 2021, up from 0.4 percent in 2020, the African Development Bank (AfDB) said on Thursday. According to the East Africa Regional Economic Outlook 2021, the economic performance will be boosted by the ongoing global …
Read More »Afrexim bank commits 1.2 bln USD to fund industrialization in Africa
Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The Africa Export Import (Afrexim) Bank has committed 133 billion shillings (about 1.2 billion U.S. dollars) to fund industrialization in Africa, the bank said on Thursday. Maureen Mba, head of MANSA Initiative, Afrexim Bank told Xinhua in Nairobi that the funds will be made available to …
Read More »Sudanese army chief relieves 6 ambassadors
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 …
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