DAR ES SALAAM— Tanzanian Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa has directed District Commissioners (DCs) in areas with mining activities to strengthen protection of children from acts of violence.He also demanded the DCs to ensure the children are enrolled in…
Year: 2023
MONTREAL, QC / ACCESSWIRE / February 14, 2023 / St-Georges Eco-Mining Corp. (CSE:SX)(OTCQB:SXOOF)(FSE:85G1) is pleased to announce that its subsidiary H2SX and Altima Resources Limited (TSX-V: ARH) have entered into an agreement via a binding term sheet to move forward with the production of cheap and clean hydrogen (ccH2™) in Canada. Altima has expressed its […]
UNITED NATIONS— Dozens of civilians were killed in attacks by armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) over the weekend, a United Nations spokesman said.According to preliminary reports, the armed group CODECO killed at least 20 civil…
OUAGADOUGOU— At least 12 civilian died and six were injured in an attack by suspected insurgents in northwestern Burkina Faso, near the border with Mali, locals said.“Several dozen men on motorbikes attacked the village of Sanakadougou” in Kossi provin…
WASHINGTON — As Ethiopians emerge from two years of conflict, a new Gallup survey paints a bleak picture of people suffering economically and emotionally.The survey conducted in the fall of 2022, found that a record-high 65% of Ethiopians are strugglin…
London, U.K., Feb. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — OPEN Health, a pre-eminent global provider of scientific communications and HEOR & market access services, announced the acquisition of Acsel Health (“Acsel”), a New York-based life science strategy and advisory firm focused on commercial strategy, pricing and market access, and commercial excellence. Acsel’s deep industry expertise, scientific rigor, and actionable analysis drives its […]
African women and girls are discussing the harassment and discrimination challenges they face trying to conduct cross-border business under the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA).The meeting in Addis Ababa, called “Gender is My Agenda,” …
Militiamen killed 22 people in two separate attacks in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Ituri province on Sunday and Monday, a local official and a human rights group said, in ongoing violence in the region.The DRC’s government declared martial…
OverviewThe FAO-led workshop is the first regional follow-up to the Rome Water Dialogue (Nov 2022) and aims to promote country-led National Water Roadmaps. It is organized by FAO and hosted by the Government of Zimbabwe.Water is one of the world´s most…
From supporting forthcoming elections in South Sudan, to getting war-weary people to buy into peace processes; to ensuring high school girls in Afghanistan can keep learning even after they have been banned from classrooms: radio continues to be releva…
Malawi has dropped criminal charges against Anti-Corruption Bureau Director-General Martha Chizuma in connection with leaked audio in which she apparently complained that some officials were frustrating her fight against corruption.Director of Public P…
NAIROBI— Kenya’s tourism sector received a major boost with the arrival of the first chartered flight this year from China on Saturday.The trip comes barely a month after China lifted covid-19 restrictions that had lasted three years due to the pandemi…
Points fortsViolence linked to militant Islamist groups in Africa has risen sharply by 22% over the last twelve months, with 6,859 events. This represents a new record of extremist violence and a doubling of such occurrences since 2019.Militant Islamis…
To expedite the end-to-end integration of influenza and SARS-CoV-2 surveillance, the WHO Ethiopia Country Office and the WHO Regional Office for Africa organized a two-week on-site laboratory training course for staff of the National Influenza Centre, …