South African Tourism has used INDABA as a platform to launch I Do Tourism (IDT) – an initiative that seeks to remind South Africans of the importance of the tourism industry and the role they can play as advocates for South Africa and for tourism. The purpose of the campaign, according to SA Tourism CEO, […]

“The Igbimo Odo Yoruba, have watched with utmost dismay, the growing threat and assault to free speech, by some elements, from a section of the  northern region of Nigeria. Most recent of these threats, is a statement, credited to a paid gang, which prides itself as the Arewa Youth Forum, which in a statement signed […]

The House of Representatives Chairman on Local Content Hon. Emmanuel Ekon has made a shocking revelation showing how INTELS and other multinationals have rendered thousands of qualified Nigerians unemployed in the oil and gas industry amidst the growing recession in the country, despite the passage of the Nigerian local content law after several years. This […]

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced today that it is stepping up its presence and programmes in Libya in response to the worsening humanitarian crisis resulting from conflict, insecurity, political instability and a collapsing economy in the North African country. Amid the increasing complexity of refugee and migrant movements through and from Libya, the UN […]

The Chiefs of Defence Forces received briefs from the AMISOM Special Representative, Force Commander and Police Commissioner, US, EU and UNSOS thereafter, important issues were discussed The Military Operations Coordination Committee (MOCC) for the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) convened its 23rd meeting in Nairobi, Kenya on 19 May 2017, which was hosted by […]

A group of 34 Special Economic Zones (SEZ) practitioners and supporting sector specialists from the Department of Trade and Industry (the dti), provincial departments and agencies responsible for the implementation of the SEZ Programme depart for Tianjin, China tomorrow to attend the fourth Capacity Building Programme on the SEZ taking place from 24 May–13 June […]

Joint Statement by the Ambassadors to Libya of the People’s Republic of China, France, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America on the recent violence around Brak Al-Shatti airbase In light of recent violence around Brak Al-Shatti airbase in Libya’s south which again risks escalating […]

The Chairperson condemns, in the strongest terms possible, the attack and the tragic loss of life as a complete outrage committed not only against the people of Libya but would also further undermine efforts to bring peace and stability to the The Chairperson of the AU Commission, H.E. Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat, expresses his profound […]

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has deployed several emergency teams to Niger to contain a meningitis outbreak that has killed 179 people since the beginning of the year. Working closely with Niger’s Ministry of Public Health, MSF teams have vaccinated more than 358,800 people in the most affected areas while continuing to monitor at-risk […]

The Australian High Commission is pleased to announce that our Commonwealth Games Gala Dinner, which welcomed the Queen’s Baton to Ghana on 19 March 2017, successfully raised over GH¢50,000 for the Ghana Olympic Committee and the Azumah Nelson Foundation. The gala dinner featured four exciting boxing bouts in front of 200 guests under the patronage […]

dmg events Middle East, Asia & Africa, a leading international exhibitions company, is bringing its most successful construction event to Cairo, with The Big 5 Construct Egypt scheduled to debut in 2018 The Big 5 Construct Egypt will take place at the New Cairo Exhibition Centre – on 15-17 September 2018 and will showcase the […]

Scientists at Tanzania’s leading research institute have identified mosquito species which they said contributed to 90 percent of malaria cases in rural areas of the east African country, according to a new study published on Sunday. The study by scientists at the Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) said the mosquito species called anopheles funestus occurred in […]

A medium-security prison in northeast Namibia donated 4,000 bags of wheat on Friday to the Ministry of Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare. The 205 inmates at the Divundu Correctional Facility in the Kavango East, who produce wheat and maize, are helping to plug the financial gap created by the cash crunch and budget cuts introduced […]

Somalia’s Ministry of Posts, Telecom and Technology on Sunday held a consultative meeting on the Draft Communication Law as part of series of meetings aimed at increasing public participation in the draft law. The Deputy Minister of Posts, Telecom and Technology, Ibrahim Yarow Isaq, who officially opened the meeting in Mogadishu, said that the ministry […]

Former Ghanaian president, John Agyekum Kufuor has broken his silence on the reasons that led to the collapse of the country’s then national carrier, Ghana Airways. Speaking to a group of journalists and Origin8, an advertising company last week in his residence, the former president said the company was in debt to the tune of […]

Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta has requested for more time to respond to a query from the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) on the 2.25 billion bond government issued in March. CHRAJ was petitioned by the Ashanti Regional Organiser of the National Democratic Congress, Brogya Gyamfi, to establish whether the Finance Minister […]

Zoomlion Ghana, on Friday commissioned another waste transfer station with a capacity to hold at least 2000 tonnes of garbage daily in Accra. This, in addition to the first facility which was opened two years ago, will further facilitate the collection and disposal of waste in the Greater Accra metropolis. At the commissioning of the facility, […]

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has lifted the ban it placed on Alcoholic beverage producers Adonko bitters. The ban was lifted after the beverage manufacturers successfully met the conditions proposed by the FDA. The Angel Group of companies, manufacturers of Adonko Bitters was slapped with a ?25,000.00 ban for contravening the FDA code on […]

The Asia-Pacific Economic Statistics Week opened in Bangkok today, with a three-day seminar organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), to strengthen economic statistics for monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the region. Economic statistics are required for almost half of the indicators in the global […]