Kenya has made some progress in closing the gender gap, moving from a gender gap index of 69.2% in 2021 to 72.9% in 2022, according to the World Economic Forum Global Gender Gap Report of 2022. The recently released Kenya Health and Demographic Survey…
The first week in July 2023 “could be considered as the warmest week ever recorded”, according to Omar Baddour, Chief of Climate Monitoring at the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).Global average temperatures reached close to 17.24C on 7 July, br…
Second-half substitute Tshegofatso Mabasa netted a brace to help Bafana Bafana come from a goal down to beat Eswatini 2-1 in a fiercely-contested Cosafa Cup clash at the Princess Magogo Stadium, in KwaMashu in Durban, on Tuesday night (11 July 2023).Th…
The Provincial Commissioner of the SAPS in Mpumalanga, Lieutenant General Semakaleng Daphney Manamela has warned communities that mob justice can never be justified.The warning comes after a 41-year-old victim was brutally attacked and left to die in t…
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Amb. Moussa Faki Mahamat received the Ambassador of Somalia to Ethiopia, Amb. Abdullahi Mohamed Warfa who is the Permanent Representative of the Federal Government of Somalia to the African Union and of…
Over 50 Al-Shabaab militants, including leaders, were killed in the Lower Juba region during a joint operation by security forces and local forces. Among those killed was the head of finance in the Weel-Maarow area, who was targeted in a planned opera…
Seychelles is still evaluating whether or not to sign an agreement to be part of the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM), an initiative of the African Union (AU), said a top government official on Tuesday.The Single African Air Transport Marke…
Diversification of tourism markets, segments and products, and the need to have a sustainable tourism sector, were the top topics of discussion at the Seychelles’ Tourism Marketing Forum for 2023.Present at the Tourism Marketing Forum held on Tuesday,…
The Chairperson of the Committee for Section 194 Enquiry into Public Protector (PP) Adv Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s fitness to hold office has noted that Adv Mkhwebane has not indicated whether she will be making any final closing arguments pertaining to the …
The Khomas police have arrested a 38-year-old man on Monday, who reportedly assaulted his 66-year-old biological mother to death in the capital.The Namibian Police Force (NamPol) in an incident report on Tuesday indicated that the incident happened ar…