Sat 26 September 2020: Government, UN agency working to provide assistance, form rapid response teams to monitor, spray A new phase in a massive operation to control African Migratory Locust, also known as red locusts in Zambia, is planned to begin Friday, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. The FAO “is working closely […]
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Sat 26 September 2020: Floods deprive thousands of children from education, delays chances to resume, says Save the Children Heavy floods because of climate change in sub-Sahara Africa have forced thousands of children from school or caused a delay to the start of the academic year, according to a NGO on Friday. Save the Children […]
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Thu 24 September 2020: ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Africa has succeeded to maintain more than 80% recoveries from the COVID-19 pandemic over the past one month, said John Nkengasong, director of the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP) during his weekly media briefing on Thursday. Africa during the past one week had an […]
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Wed 23 September 2020: South African leader calls for lifting of sanctions on Sudan and Zimbabwe JOHANNESBURG – The novel coronavirus has set back Africa’s development aspirations as resources meant for development are channeled to fight the pandemic, the African Union (AU) chairperson and South African leader told the United Nations Tuesday. “The resources we […]
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Wed 23 September 2020: UN agency seeks financial assistance to help people in need of aid, says it will be forced to cut rations by December Escalating conflict and a deteriorating food security situation have forced over 300,000 people to flee their homes in northern Mozambique, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday. […]
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Tue 22 September 2020: Former minister of defense appointed as transitional president BAMAKO, Mali – Mali’s military junta on Monday had announced that former Colonel-Major Bah N’Daw was appointed to lead the West African country. The appointment came six days after other West African nations issued a one-week ultimatum for civilian governance to the National Council […]
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Mon 21 September 2020: Airlines, including Uganda Airlines, Turkish Airlines, expected to resume flights after re-opening decision KAMPALA, Uganda – Uganda’s president announced Sunday that the country’s international airport and land borders will reopen and resume operations for tourists after a more than six-month closure as part of measures against the spread of COVID-19. Yoweri […]
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Sun 20 September 2020: MOUNT HAMPDEN, Zimbabwe – At times, destitute children sleep at her shack, packed inside her thatched kitchen hut. But more often homeless children just want to feed from the poor good Samaritan before returning to the streets of the Zimbabwean capital. Sarudzai Chinowaita, 54, one of the slum dwellers in Mount […]
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Sat 19 September 2020: “The heavy rains over a period of weeks have caused deaths, displacement and massive destruction of key infrastructure and livelihoods across the country,” The United Nations (UN) announced on Thursday that 730,000 people have been seriously affected by the floods in Sudan, in the worst crisis the country has faced in decades. This […]
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Fri 18 September 2020: Revised Botswana Land Policy of 2019 now gives married women right to apply for land ownership, says President Masisi For the first time married women in Botswana will be able to own land, the president of the Southern African country has announced. “The Revised Botswana Land Policy of 2019 now gives […]
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