An MP has flown to Tanzania to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in aid of a breast cancer charity.Former sports minister Tracey Crouch was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2020 and following treatment is now free of the disease.She is tackling Africa’s highest m…
Month: July 2023
Seven Tunisian films, including five shortlisted in the official competition, are on the line-up of the 4th Amman International Film Festival – Awal Film (AIFF), due August 15-22 in Amman.Four Tunisian artists are also among the juries for the Arab Fe…
Alhaji Ismaila Abubakar, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, has pledged more support for the development of gymnastics in the country.Abubakar made the pledge on Wednesday in Abuja, when the Tony International Gymnas…
The Chief Judge of Ebonyi, Justice Elvis Ngene, on Wednesday, released 11 inmates of the Afikpo Correctional Centre during a jail delivery.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that inmates with minor offences were released unconditionally by the ch…
The Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic Unwana, Ebonyi, on Wednesday, embarked on staff audit to identify ghost workers in the institution.The Rector of the polytechnic, Dr Felix Attah, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) after being screened that the ex…
The Office for Strategic Preparedness and Resilience (OSPRE), in collaboration with other stakeholders have announced plans to strengthen early warning and responses to conflicts in the country.The Director General of OSPRE, Mr Chris Ngwodo, in a state…
Ethiopian delegation including Mayor of Addis Ababa City Adanech Abiebie have visited New Cairo city which is being built in the eastern part of Cairo, Egypt.New Cairo is a satellite city located in the eastern part of Cairo.The delegation from variou…
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned an attempted power grab in the West African nation of Niger, following reports that the democratically elected president is being held by some of his own guards inside his official reside…
The Sixth Session of the Ethiopia-South Africa Joint Ministerial Commission Senior Experts meeting kicked off today in Addis Ababa.In his opening remarks, the Director General of African Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, Ambassado…
The Nigerian Senate has urged the Federal Ministry of Health to begin immunisation of vulnerable Nigerians against Diphtheria disease given the death of 20 people in Kaduna State.The Senate resolution was sequel to a motion at plenary on Wednesday spon…
Ethiopia and Russia have signed agreement which enables the countries to jointly establish a biological research center.Innovation and Technology Minister Belete Mola and Russia’s Science and Higher Education Minister Valery Falkov signed the agreement…
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Ethiopia, Demeke Mekonnen, conferred with the President of Malawi, Lazarus Chakwera, on ways of advancing the longstanding diplomatic ties between the two countries.The high-level meeting took place on the …
Ethio telecom announced that it will undertake 5G network expansion and also strengthen other telecom network expansions as well as service quality assurance activities to meet the growing demand of data users by the end of the Ethiopian fiscal year.Ac…
PHILADELPHIA, PA, July 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — It’s been known since the 1960s that Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) causes a variety of cancers, but research has overwhelmingly focused on its connection to lymphomas. Now, a multidisciplinary team of scientists led by The Wistar Institute has been awarded a more than $12 million National Cancer Institute […]
HVDC interconnection to secure power transmission and support new renewable electricity generation with the country’s largest electricity transmission project Zurich, Switzerland, July 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hitachi Energy, a global technology leader that is advancing a sustainable energy future for all, today announced it has been selected as preferred technology provider of SSEN Transmission […]