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South Sudan limits basic goods exports to Sudan amid shortages

South Sudan limits basic goods exports to Sudan amid shortages

March 26, 2024 (JUBA) – South Sudan has restricted exports of essential goods to neighbouring Sudan, citing domestic shortages and rising prices. The move comes as both countries grapple with...

Kiira Motors seeks Shs 524bn to finance 5-year plan

Kiira Motors seeks Shs 524bn to finance 5-year plan

Kiira Motors Corporation (KMC), Uganda's budding indigenous mobility enterprise has presented a Shs 524 billion proposed business investment budget for the FY 2024/25 to the parliament's presidential affairs committee. “We...

Tanzania attracts over 1.8 mln foreign tourists in past 3 years

Tanzania attracts over 1.8 mln foreign tourists in past 3 years

DAR ES SALAAM, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Tanzania has received over 1.8 million tourists between 2021 and 2023, earning a revenue of about 3.37 billion U.S. dollars, a senior government...

Spiralling crises in Sudan and Venezuela require sustained attention of UN Human Rights Council

Spiralling crises in Sudan and Venezuela require sustained attention of UN Human Rights Council

55th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council Item 4: General debate on human rights situations that require the Council’s attention HRW Oral Statement General Debate 20 March 2024...

Severed internet cables highlight Africa’s vulnerability

Severed internet cables highlight Africa’s vulnerability

Damage to undersea fibreoptic cables off the West African coast follows suspected Houthi attacks on cables in the Red Sea. Several countries in West Africa have been grappling with large-scale...

University of Aberdeen paves way to end female genital mutilation with world’s first University course

University of Aberdeen paves way to end female genital mutilation with world’s first University course

Only University course in the world that educates learners exclusively on FGM Open to all with an interest in eradicating FGM while supporting victims More than 1000 students have already...

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It would be premature to ask Mapisa-Nqakula to step down: Mashatile

It would be premature to ask Mapisa-Nqakula to step down: Mashatile

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has challenged Deputy President Paul Mashatile on whether the African National Congress (ANC) would support its motion of no confidence in National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula....

Unilever accelerates Growth Action Plan by launching productivity programme

Unilever accelerates Growth Action Plan by launching productivity programme

Unilever has announced steps to accelerate its Growth Action Plan (GAP) through the separation of Ice Cream and the launch of a major productivity programme. The Board believes that Unilever...

Gov't Dismisses COVID-19 Resurgence, Attributes Rise in Respiratory Infections to Influenza

Gov't Dismisses COVID-19 Resurgence, Attributes Rise in Respiratory Infections to Influenza

The Ministry of Health refuted claims linking the rise in respiratory infections to SARS-CoV-2, attributing it instead to an increase in swine flu influenza virus cases Acting Director General for...

Comforting or creepy? AI tech 'resurrects' loved ones after they've died

Comforting or creepy? AI tech 'resurrects' loved ones after they've died

Bisset says grief tech is helping people deal with the loss of a loved one and is an emerging trend. In 2016, a man developed an artificial technology app called ...

Brighton graduate who lost both parents to AIDS awarded grant from Elton John AIDS Foundation

Brighton graduate who lost both parents to AIDS awarded grant from Elton John AIDS Foundation

University of Brighton alumna receives $50,000 from Elton John AIDS Foundation to improve access to HIV care and education for youth in Uganda. Caroline Mukebezi, who graduated with an MSc...

Standard Group Refutes Bankruptcy Reports

Standard Group Refutes Bankruptcy Reports

Standard Media Group Managing Director Broadcast Joe Munene during a conference in Nairobi on February 2021 PHOTO WILBERFORCE OKWIRI Copied to clipboard The Standard Group on Wednesday, March 27 refuted...

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Technology

24
Jan2021
Microsoft admits it "messed up" and cancels planned Xbox Live Gold price hike

Microsoft admits it...

This combination of file photos created on November 5, 2020 shows the PlayStation logo (top) on display on the final day of the E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, California on June 13, 2013; and the Xbox...

03
Feb2021
Tech CEOs including Google's Sundar, Salesforce's Marc Benioff, Microsoft's Satya Nadella congratulate outgoing Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and his successor, Andy Jassy

Tech CEOs including...

Jeff Bezos. MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images Jeff Bezos will step down as Amazon CEO in Q3 2021, the company announced on January 3. CEOs are taking to Twitter to send their congratulations to both Bezos and his success...

08
Feb2021
Kenyan Woman’s Startup Recycles Plastic Waste into Bricks That Are 5x Stronger Than Concrete

Kenyan Woman’s Start...

Photo UNEP/YouTube An absolutely brilliant young woman in Kenya has started a company manufacturing bricks from recycled plastic. Nzambi Matee says she was “tired of being on the sidelines” while civil servants struggled...

22
Feb2021
Nigeria’s ‘Techpreneurs’ Are Using Technology To Provide Life-Changing Solutions To Everyday Problems

Nigeria’s ‘Techprene...

As recently as 10 years ago, Africa’s technology industry was sparse. But as a result of advancements in mobile phone technology as well as better internet connections, the continent has transformed — unearthing countles...

Travel

24
Jan2021
New findings of early man at tourist site Olduvai Gorge

New findings of early man...

An international team of archaeologists and paleoanthropologists has discovered a large collection of two million years old stone tools, fossilized bones, and plant materials at the Olduvai Gorge in northern Tanzania. N...

29
Jan2021
UK travel ban extended to United Arab Emirates, Burundi and Rwanda

UK travel ban extended to...

File photo: Tourists have still flocked to Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Picture PA The UK's travel ban has been extended to include United Arab Emirates, Burundi and Rwanda, with British nationals returning from those co...

04
Mar2021
South Sudan suspends airline after plane crash

South Sudan suspends airl...

Photo Anadolu Agency South Sudan's president on Wednesday suspended the operation of South Supreme Airlines, the company owning the plane that crashed in the Pieri Town on Tuesday evening, an official statement said. “As...

05
Mar2021
Kenya's SGR night train unites families as it gains popularity with travelers

Kenya's SGR night train u...

NAIROBI, March 4 (Xinhua) -- For the last two months, a government worker George Agutu, who works in Mombasa, Kenya's coastal city, has traveled to the capital Nairobi every weekend to be with his family. However, befor...

Health

20
Feb2024
Tanzania calls for protection of Indian Ocean beaches from pollution

Tanzania calls for protection...

DAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Tanzanian authorities on Monday called for efforts to protect Tanzania's beaches along the Indian Ocean from pollution. "The beaches are often littered with ga...

07
Feb2024
Tanzania develops 5-year strategy for protection of persons with albinism

Tanzania develops 5-year strat...

DODOMA, Tanzania, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Tanzanian authorities said on Tuesday they have developed a five-year strategy aimed at protecting and improving the welfare of persons with albinism. The de...

17
Jan2024
Kenyan scientists unveil drug to reduce malaria among HIV-positive pregnant women

Kenyan scientists unveil drug...

NAIROBI, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- A new drug that is expected to lower malaria transmission among pregnant women living with HIV was unveiled Tuesday by Kenya and Malawian scientists, following rigor...

08
Jan2024
Tanzania makes u-turn on reduced NHIF rates after private sector protests

Tanzania makes u-turn on reduc...

The Tanzanian government has stopped the implementation of new rates for the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) following pressure from private hospitals and specialised medical service provi...

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It would be premature to ask Mapisa-Nqakula to step down: Mashatile

It would be prematur...

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has challenged Deputy President Paul Mashatile on whether the African N...

Unilever accelerates Growth Action Plan by launching productivity programme

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Unilever has announced steps to accelerate its Growth Action Plan (GAP) through the separation of Ic...

Gov't Dismisses COVID-19 Resurgence, Attributes Rise in Respiratory Infections to Influenza

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The Ministry of Health refuted claims linking the rise in respiratory infections to SARS-CoV-2, attr...

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Bisset says grief tech is helping people deal with the loss of a loved one and is an emerging trend...

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