The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies, the Eastern Cape Premier, Mr Phumulo Masualle and Eastern Cape MEC for Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs (EDTEA), Mr Sakhumzi Somyo will launch the first phase of the Komani Industrial Park revitalisation in Queenstown, Eastern Cape on Monday, 7 November 2016. The R22. ...
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has designated Abdalla Hamdok of Sudan as Acting Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). Mr. Hamdok takes the reigns effective 1 November 2016, following the departure of Carlos Lopes of Guinea-Bissau on 31 October. Mr. Lopes served the ECA for four years w ...
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, John H. Knox, today called on the main global emitters to act without delay to help vulnerable countries such as Madagascar avoid the worst effects of climate change. ldquo;Madagascar is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change, rdquo; Mr. ...
NSFAS has issued a call to all current matric learners who have not applied for 2017 financial aid, to do so before applications close on 30 November 2016. Addressing the media in Pretoria on Monday, NSFAS Executive Officer Mr Msulwa Daca, said the scheme has received a very low number of 2017 funding applications since applications opened on 0 ...
Minister of Foreign Affairs B oslash;rge Brende visited the Horn of Africa between 25 and 29 October. lsquo;The region is facing armed conflict, humanitarian crisis and political instability. It is in Norway rsquo;s interest to support measures which can contribute to stability and development, rsquo; said Minister of Foreign Affairs B oslash; ...
Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier issued the following statement today (31 October) on the election of Michel Aoun as President of Lebanon: I congratulate Michel Aoun on his election today as President of Lebanon by the Lebanese Parliament. His election is a sign of political movement and marks the end of a political blockade that la ...
The election of Michel Aoun as President of the Republic of Lebanon more than two years after the end of term of his predecessor is crucial for the future of the country. Lebanon is confronted by many challenges, starting with the conflict in neighbouring Syria, and is giving hospitality to hundreds of thousands of refugees. Today 39;s ele ...
A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Mauricio Villafuerte, visited Tanzania from October 18 ndash;28, 2016 and held discussions with the authorities on the fifth review under the Policy Support Instrument (PSI) program that was approved on July 16, 2014. At the end of the mission Mr. Villafuerte issued the following ...
Harare (AFP) - Graeme Cremer struck his maiden Test century but the Zimbabwe captainâ s gritty knock could not prevent his side from closing day three of the first Test against Sri Lanka with a heavy deficit. Cremer, who arrived at the crease in Harare with Zimbabwe 139 for six in reply to Sri Lankaâ s 537 and facing the prospect of following ...
Rabat (AFP) - Moroccan authorities were promising Monday to investigate the death of a fish seller whose crushing in a rubbish truck sparked widespread demonstrations. Mouhcine Fikri, 31, was crushed to death on Friday in the truck in the northern city of Al-Hoceima as he reportedly tried to protest against authorities seizing and destroying his ...
Bangui (Central African Republic) (AFP) - France on Monday formally ended a peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic, hailing it a success despite sporadic outbreaks of violence in its deeply troubled former colony. The move came just hours after about 10 people were killed in clashes between armed groups Sunday in the restive Muslim PK5 ...
Today Deutsche Welle unveils the new format for its AfricaLink radio program. The show is being relaunched as quot;social radio. quot; The content of the new format brings together conventional radio programming and social media. The 30-minute radio show will bring listeners broadcast content Monday through Friday at 16:00 UTC, featurin ...
Every Small Medium Business should be aiming to have some savings in the bank as a buffer for difficult months when sales are slow or debtors miss payments. If your business has some cash in reserve, you rsquo;ll be able to fund your growth in the future, avoid taking loans at punitive interest rates and meet your creditors rsquo; payment dea ...
Outgoing Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Carlos Lopes, on Saturday received a certificate of appreciation from Ethiopia rsquo;s Ministry of Foreign Affairs for his role is promoting the development of Ethiopia and Africa at large. Ethiopian State Minister for Administrative Matters, Yonas Yosef, who presented the ...
Sierra Leone was among 47 African countries represented at the recently concluded Ministerial economic summit in Seoul, the capital of the Republic of Korea. Established jointly by the Ministry of Strategy and Finance of Korea, the African Development Bank Group and the Export-Import Bank of Korea in 2006, KOAFEC has served as a comprehensi ...
The Department of Trade and Industry on Sunday clarified and put into perspective that the R1.26 million it had spent on the purchase of two official vehicles to serve the official duties for Minister Rob Davies in Cape Town and Pretoria is well below the amount as prescribed by the ministerial handbook. Reports on the purchase of the Toyot ...
Bangui (Central African Republic) (AFP) - France on Monday formally ended its peacekeeping mission in the former French colony of Central African Republic (CAR), the theatre of bloody clashes between rival militias. The page has been turned, French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said at a ceremony at the CAR capital of Bangui attended by ...
The Bab Ighli village is preparing to host the 22nd Conference of Parties (COP22) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) from November 7-18 in Marrakech, Morocco. 20,000 participants are expected on the site from 196 countries. The development of Bab Ighli, which spans across 300,000 m sup2;, was accomplishe ...
Jakarta (AFP) - Four Indonesian fishermen had an emotional reunion with their families Monday after returning home following a kidnap ordeal at the hands of Somali pirates, recalling the horrors they endured. Looking skinny, weak and tired, the sailors hugged their sobbing relatives at a ceremony in the capital Jakarta that came about a week aft ...
Saint Petersburg (AFP) - Relatives of some of the 224 people killed in the bombing of a Russian airliner over Egypt attended ceremonies Monday in Saint Petersburg to mark a year since the disaster. Mourners lit candles at a memorial service at the northwestern city's Holy Trinity Izmailovsky Cathedral and held a minute of silence at 7:14 am (041 ...
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