Category: Africa

Fri 20 September 2019: A hospital built by Turkey in Nijer will start to operate in October, Turkey’s health minister said on Thursday. The Nijer-Turkey Friendship Hospital was constructed by Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) — a government-run aid agency which is responsible for implementing the country’s developmental cooperation policies overseas — upon the […]

Fri 20 September 2019: Russia-Africa Forum scheduled to be held in coastal city of Sochi on Oct. 24 Russian President Vladimir Putin has invited the leaders of all African countries to a major Russia-Africa summit, according to the Kremlin on Thursday. The event is scheduled to be held in the coastal resort city of Sochi […]

Thu 19 September 2019: South Africa hosts global Interpol conference on drugs, illegal substance trafficking Delegates from over 100 countries have gathered in Cape Town for the 2nd Interpol Conference on Global Drugs and Illicit Substances Trafficking to discuss ways of combating illegal drugs and substance trafficking. Speaking at the conference late Tuesday, South Africa’s […]

Wed 18 September 2019: Turkey and Uganda are expected to sign six new cooperation agreements before the end of the year, according to Turkey’s ambassador to Uganda.  “Some of the agreements we expect to sign include, cooperation in military training, judiciary, higher education, economic cooperation and the establishment of the Yunus Emre Institute,” Kerem Alp […]

Mon 16 September 2019: Peter Magombeyi, president of the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA), was one of the organisers of an ongoing strike to demand higher wages for state doctors because of soaring living costs, before he disappeared on Saturday night. His colleagues have alleged he was abducted by the security services in an attempt […]

Sun 15 September 2019: The World Bank has applauded Somalia’s economic resurgence, but said that high levels of illiteracy pose a threat to long-term growth. Despite being ravaged by years of instability and recurring terrorist attacks, Somalia’s economy — currently worth $7.5 billion — doubled its growth to 2.8 per cent in 2018, from 1.4 […]

Fri 13 September 2019: Decision comes after concerns raised about circumstances by which children, babies have been adopted by foreigners The Kenyan government decided Thursday to ban “with immediate effect” adoptions of children by foreign nationals, after observing legal manipulations and violations against babies, local media reported. In an extraordinary meeting headed by President Uhuru […]

Thu 12 September 2019: Scientists at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Central Kenya on Wednesday, announced creation of two embryos of the rare rhino, raising hopes of saving the nearly extinct species. Situated on equator, the Conservancy spread over 360 square kilometers, is home to last two northern white rhino or rhinoceros females, left in […]

Wed 11 September 2019: Rwanda agreed Tuesday to take in hundreds and potentially thousands of African refugees and asylum-seekers stranded in Libya, a deal the African Union hopes to replicate with other member states. “We will be receiving the initial number of 500 in a few weeks,” Hope Tumukunde Gasatura, Rwanda’s ambassador to the AU, […]

Minister of Religious Affairs Nasr-Eddin Mofarah, left, was included in Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok new government. (Videograb) Sat 07 September 2019: Members of Sudan’s Jewish community who had left the country in previous years were free to return and “enjoy citizenship” like other ethnic groups, Minister of Religious Affairs Nasr-Eddin Mofarah said on Friday. […]