Gaborone, Oct. 30, (dpa/GNA) – Polls opened in Botswana on Wednesday to elect a new parliament in an election widely expected to see a victory for the…
Africa
Food delivery service speeds up in Ethiopia with rising awareness
ADDIS ABABA, Oct. 29, (Xinhua/GNA) — Inside a tall building in Adama, the capital of Ethiopia’s Oromia regional state, Kalkidan Daniel fields calls from…
7 killed after building collapses in Nigeria’s capital
ABUJA, Oct. 28, (Xinhua/GNA) — At least seven bodies were recovered from rubble, after a partly demolished building collapsed in a suburban area of…
Kenya to promote peace with Uganda, South Sudan through cultural festivals
NAIROBI, Oct. 26, (Xinhua/GNA) — Kenyan President, William Ruto, on Friday pledged to promote peace among communities along the country’s borders with Uganda and…
Macron’s visit to Morocco expected to rekindle bilateral ties
By Edward Acquah Rabat, Oct. 27, GNA- French President Emmanuel Macron, and his wife, Brigitte Macron, will embark on a state visit to Morocco…
Time has come for reparations dialogue, Commonwealth heads agree
Oct 26 (BBC/GNA) – Commonwealth leaders have agreed the “time has come” for a conversation about reparations for the slave trade, despite the UK’s…
IMF approves $341 million for Ethiopia’s first loan program review
Oct 20 (Reuters/GNA) – The executive board of the International Monetary Fund approved the first review of Ethiopia’s $3.4 billion lending programme, the fund…
Over 1,000 mpox deaths recorded this year, African health body says
Nairobi, Oct. 18, (dpa/GNA) – The African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported on Friday that 1,100 people have died from mpox since the beginning…
At least 94 die after fuel tanker explosion in Nigeria
Lagos, Oct. 16, (dpa/GNA) – At least 94 people have been killed following the explosion of a petrol tanker in Nigeria, police reports said on Wednesday. Some…
Somalia opens key conference to drive economic transformation
MOGADISHU, Oct. 15, (Xinhua/GNA) — Somalia on Monday started a two-day conference in Mogadishu, the national capital, to seek ways of sustaining its economic…
Africa’s e-waste crisis escalates amid calls for sound policy interventions
NAIROBI, Oct. 14 (Xinhua/GNA) — As the demand for electronic gadgets, including mobile phones, laptops and computers, grows in Africa, driven by rising middle-class…
Kenyan nomads on frontline of saving Africa’s vultures as poisoning threatens their survival
NAIROBI, Oct. 14 (Xinhua/GNA) — An often overlooked battle is unfolding on the sun-kissed plains of the Masai Mara National Reserve, one of Kenya’s…
From trash to treasure: Kenya’s green market leading in waste management
NAIROBI, Oct. 14, (Xinhua/GNA) — At the Karatina market in Nyeri County, central Kenya, Samuel Mutua and his team start their day early, collecting…
Mpox spreads to Zambia and Ghana, with 16 countries now affected
Geneva, Oct. 14, (dpa/GNA) – Two more African countries have reported cases of mpox over the past six weeks, bringing the total of affected nations to 16,…
Africa’s wildlife population has declined by 76 pct: WWF
NAIROBI, Oct. 12, (Xinhua/GNA) — The population of Africa’s iconic wildlife species, including mammals, reptiles, fish, amphibians, and birds, had declined 76 percent in…
Rwanda begins Marburg vaccinations to curb deadly outbreak
Kigali, Oct 6 (Reuters/GNA) – Rwanda said on Sunday it had begun administering vaccine doses against the Marburg virus to try to combat an…
Benin arrests three men over suspected coup plot
Sept 26 (BBC/GNA) – Three men in Benin, including a former minister and the man in charge of President Patrice Talon’s security, have been…
At least 8 killed following building collapse in Sierra Leone
FREETOWN, Sept. 16 (Xinhua/GNA) — At least eight people were killed on Monday, after a seven-story building collapsed in Freetown, the capital of Sierra…
UN to help Guinea-Bissau fight drug trafficking
BISSAU, Sept. 16 (Xinhua/GNA) — The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), will use “all necessary means” to support Guinea-Bissau’s judicial police,…
South African police launch manhunt after 7 family members gunned down
JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 15, (Xinhua/GNA) — The South African police have launched a manhunt for suspects, after seven family members were killed in the eastern…