Fri 21 February 2025: The Zambian government announced Tuesday the suspension of export duty on gemstones and emeralds after market players complained about its reintroduction. Secretary to the Treasury Felix Nkulukusa said that the finance minister had signed a statutory instrument on the suspension of the 15-percent duty to allow local producers to compete more […]
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Fri 21 February 2025: France on Thursday withdrew from its sole military base in Ivory Coast, in West Africa, according to media reports. France’s Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu attended the official decommissioning ceremony at the base, local media reported. Ivory Coast, a former French colony, will continue cooperating with France on the military level, as previously announced by Ivorian […]
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Thu 20 February 2025: The Sudanese government has accused Kenya of violating Sudan’s sovereignty by hosting an event during which the Rapid Support Forces militia (RSF) is expected to announce a parallel government on Friday. The event was originally scheduled to be held on Tuesday at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre in Nairobi, but was […]
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Thu 20 February 2025: The South African president today urged the G20 to continue to advocate for diplomatic solutions to conflicts around the world. The G20 foreign ministers’ meeting officially started in Johannesburg, with the attendance of foreign ministers and representatives of over 30 countries and international organisations. “As the G20, we must continue to […]
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Thu 20 February 2025: The Government of National Unity (GNU) has hit another stumbling block, this time over a proposed two percentage point increase in value-added tax (VAT). Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana was expected to announce the VAT hike during his budget speech in Parliament on Wednesday. However, the Democratic Alliance (DA), a key partner […]
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Thu 20 February 2025: In addition to the 113 bronzes displayed at the Wereldmuseum (World Museum) in Leiden, the municipality of Rotterdam will also return six other objects looted in Britain’s raid in the late 1800s. The Netherlands said it was returning more than 100 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria that British troops looted in the […]
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Image: Photo by Gideon Oladimeji on Unsplash Save Wed 19 February 2025: Plastic waste in Nigeria presents a dual challenge: cleaning up environmental pollution, and tapping into its economic potential. Many countries worldwide face similar challenges. India, for one, has chosen policies that give producers of plastic the responsibility to manage their waste. Rwanda has banned single-use plastic and […]
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Wed 19 February 2025: The Department of Health has called for calm following an outbreak of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease (HFMD) in KwaZulu-Natal, mostly around the Durban area. In a statement on Tuesday, the department assured the public that it was working closely with the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, monitoring the situation while […]
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Tue 18 February 2025: South Africa’s official unemployment rate has dropped by 0.2 percentage points to 31.9% in the fourth quarter of 2024, down from 32.1% in the previous quarter. This is according to the latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) released by Statistics South Africa on Tuesday. The survey results indicate an increase of […]
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Tue 18 February 2025: A Tuareg-dominated rebel alliance in northern Mali accused Malian soldiers, accompanied by Russian Wagner mercenaries, of killing 24 civilians travelling north to Algeria from the city of Gao, as the army reported clashes in the region. Mali, led by a military junta, has for more than a decade battled jihadist groups […]
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