MOGADISHU— Arbay Mahad Qasim has already lost two children to a vicious drought, and now the Somali villager fears she could lose a third as her malnourished toddler Ifrah awaits treatment in a Mogadishu hospital.Barely out of her teens, Qasim is among...
EPWP has created over 400 000 EPWP work opportunities for young people during 2021/22 financial yearAs South Africa commemorates Youth Month, the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) is contributing to the socio-economic upliftment of poor communitie...
GENEVA— The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said it had suspended some food aid in South Sudan due to a funding shortage – heightening the risk of starvation for 1.7 million people.The move to suspend aid to almost a third of the 6.2 million ...
Rights groups in Malawi have urged authorities to quickly find and deport a Chinese man who was found to be making and selling exploitative videos of children. A BBC investigation found the man, Lu Ke, paid children to sing and speak Mandarin in distu...
ADDIS ABABA— Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said the federal government had formed a committee to negotiate with forces from the rebellious northern region of Tigray, in the first public confirmation of a key step towards peace negotations.The ne...
CAIRO– The Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) in Egypt, and the Colon Free Zone (CFZ) in Panama, have signed here, an agreement to promote cooperation, the SCZone said, in a statement yesterday.“The agreement aims at exchanging information, to lure inve...
Singer Do Nguyen Mai Khoi rose to stardom in 2010 after winning the Vietnam Television song and album of the year awards, and has ben described as her native country’s Bjork or Lady Gaga. Tired of having to submit her work to government censors, Mai Kh...
Addis Ababa: An international relation expert urged the African Union (AU) to successfully navigate through the challenges it faces and demonstrate its importance as a beacon of hope for African citizens. The African Union stands at a pivotal moment i...
Kiambu: A land verification and validation exercise has begun in Mwihoko Estate, Ruiru Sub-County, to authenticate land ownership and facilitate the issuance of title deeds. The five-day exercise started on January 27, 2025, and will run until January...
Kiambu: A land verification and validation exercise has begun in Mwihoko Estate, Ruiru Sub-County, to authenticate land ownership and facilitate the issuance of title deeds. The five-day exercise started on January 27, 2025, and will run until January...
Yako, Burkina Faso - In a significant move to boost agricultural production, the Minister of Agriculture, Animal and Fisheries Resources, Commander Ismaël Sombié, distributed subsidized potato seeds to local producers in the Passoré province on Thursda...
TUNIS— Tunisian Health Minister Ali Mrabet warned that his country may witness a new wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in May.The progress of fighting the virus does not justify laxity on the preventive measures, the minister told Mosaique FM, a private ra...
