Statement by President Cyril Ramaphosa to the World Health AssemblyPresident of the 74th World Health Assembly, Her Excellency Dasho Dechen Wangmo,Director-General of the World Health Organisation, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Your Excellencies Heads...
Monday marks the beginning of the 74th World Health Assembly, where delegations from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) 194 member states gather to set the agency’s policies. The Assembly will consider 74 agenda items, but among the most highly anti...
Ethiopia’s military prosecutors have convicted three soldiers of rape and pressed charges against 28 others suspected of killing civilians in the ongoing conflict in the northern Tigray region, the attorney general’s office announced Friday.In addition...
Lava from a volcanic eruption approached the airport of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's main city of Goma late Saturday, and the government urged residents to evacuate.As the red glow of Mount Nyiragongo tinged the night sky above the lakeside c...
Rosalie Dipoko, 43, a farmer and single mother of three children, says she has been prohibited from leaving the government’s Central Hospital in Cameroon’s capital, Yaounde, since March 25 because, like others in her situation, she can't pay her bill.S...
PRETORIA –South Africa expanded its vaccination campaign to cover the elderly after initially inoculating healthworkers and teachers.The country has said it intends to inoculate nearly 5 million citizens aged 60 and above by the end of June.One of thos...
African Union Peace and Security Council, 22 May 2021Your Excellency Minister Sabri Boukadoum, Chair of the Peace and Security Council,Your Excellency Vice-Prime Minister Christophe Lutundula,Your Excellency Minister Naledi Pandor,Your Excellency Mouss...
MURANG'A: Learners at Karimamwaro Primary School in Kandara Sub County, Murang'a County, are set to benefit from a Sh30 million infrastructure project commissioned by the M-Pesa Foundation. The project includes the renovation of six classrooms, the co...
PRETORIA: Angolan President João Lourenço and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa convened in Pretoria on Thursday to discuss and strengthen cooperative relations between their respective nations. This meeting marks the beginning of President Lour...
GARISSA: Garissa Governor Nathif Jama has called on the youth in the region to seek technical education to equip themselves with skills necessary for self-employment, highlighting the dwindling availability of white-collar jobs. Speaking during the Ja...
The President of Seychelles, Wavel Ramkalawan, has called for the adoption of a multidimensional vulnerability index (MVI) for small island developing states (SIDS) and vulnerable countries within the United Nations framework and international financia...
The Minister of Human Settlements, Mmamoloko Kubayi, has received and accepted a letter of resignation with immediate effect from Dr Tshilidzi Ratshitanga, the Chairperson of the Housing Development Agency (HDA). Dr Ratshitanga resigned to pursue other...
OUAGADOUGOU — In a significant overhaul of Burkina Faso's mining regulations, a new mining code was adopted by the nation's lawmakers on Thursday, aiming to assert greater national control over natural resources and boost local economic benefits.
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