KIGALI, Oct. 20, (Xinhua/GNA) – Information and communications technology (ICT) experts, attending the Mobile World Congress 2023 (MWC2023) in the Rwandan capital of Kigali,…
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Somalia launches plan to reform governance system
MOGADISHU, Oct. 17, (Xinhua/GNA) — The Somali government on Monday, launched a strategic plan to transform the country’s governance system. The plan, dubbed the…
Zimbabwe ranks among world’s top diamond producers
HARARE, Oct. 17, (Xinhua/GNA) – Zimbabwe ranks as the seventh-biggest diamond producer in the world, with an annual output of over 4 million carats…
WHO calls on Ethiopian gov’t, partners to strengthen efforts against prolonged cholera outbreak
ADDIS ABABA, Oct. 17 (Xinhua/GNA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on the Ethiopian government and its partners, to maintain collaborative efforts…
Egypt says aid ready but Israel preventing opening of Gaza crossing
Cairo, Oct. 16, (dpa/GNA) – Large amounts of aid is ready to enter the Gaza Strip from Egypt, but Israel is not allowing the…
Ugandan president warns of retaliatory attacks following air strikes on ADF camps in DR Congo
KAMPALA, Oct. 16, (Xinhua/GNA) – Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, on Sunday warned of retaliatory terrorist attacks by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF)rebels, following the…
Angolan parliament rejects president impeachment process
LUANDA, Oct. 16, (Xinhua/GNA) – The National Assembly of Angola, on Saturday rejected a proposal to create an ad hoc committee, for impeaching the…
Ghana unlocks new climate financing from International Finance Cooperation
By Francis Ntow Marrakech (Morocco), Oct. 16, GNA – Ghana has unlocked new financing support for its climate adaptation and mitigation initiatives at the…
Nigerian troops kill at least 50 suspected gunmen in operations
ABUJA, Oct. 13, (Xinhua/GNA) – At least 50 suspected gunmen, were killed in various operations by government troops in Nigeria’s northern region in the…
At least 4 university students in central Nigeria abducted
ABUJA, Oct. 12, (Xinhua/GNA) – At least four students of the Nasarawa State University in central Nigeria, were kidnapped by gunmen early Tuesday, local…
Africa’s climate solutions must move from surviving to thriving
Albert Oppong-Ansah, GNA Accra, Oct. 11, GNA – The 10th Global Landscape Forum 2023 (GLF 2023) has opened in Nairobi to discuss ways to…
Murder and violence mark Rwanda’s ‘extraterritorial repression’, says HRW
Kigali, Oct. 10, (AFP/GNA) – The tiny East African nation has been de facto led by Paul Kagame since the genocide in 1994, and the veteran president is…
Football legend Weah eyes second presidential term as Liberia votes
Monrovia, Oct. 10, (AFP/GNA) – An hour before polling got under way at 0800 GMT, hundreds of people were already waiting to cast their…
IMF projects higher growth for Sub-Saharan Africa in 2023 better than advanced economies
By Francis Ntow Marrakech (Morocco), Oct. 10, GNA – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is projecting that Sub-Saharan Africa’s growth for 2023 will be…
Yemen’s Houthis vow to fire missiles if US intervenes in Gaza
Cairo, Oct 10, (dpa/GNA) – Yemen’s Iran-allied rebel leader Abdel-Malek al-Houthi, threatened on Tuesday to respond with missiles and drones, if the United States…
South Africa to import liquid, powdered eggs for industrial use due to avian flu
JOHANNESBURG, Oct. 10, (Xinhua/GNA) – The South African Poultry Association, said Monday that the country would import eggs in liquid and powder forms, to…
Gabon coup leaders install new parliament
Yaoundé, Oct. 8, (dpa/GNA) – Almost six weeks after the coup in Gabon, the central African state’s new military ruler, Brice Oligui Nguema, has…
Egyptian policeman kills two Israeli tourists, one Egyptian
Cairo, Oct. 8, (dpa/GNA) – A policeman in Egypt’s coastal city of Alexandria shot two Israeli tourists and one Egyptian national dead on Sunday,…