CAPE TOWN – The Southern African Railways Affiliation says that measures are being rolled out to unlock the financial advantages of rail networks within the SADC area. Prasa Group CEO Hishaam Emeran has been elected president of SARA. WATCH: TRANSNET RECOVERY PLAN | RAIL OPERATOR TO STABILISE BY MARCH 2025 The physique brings all rail…
Morocco’s lethal quake, Libya’s lethal floods, 30 years since Oslo Accords – right here’s the Center East this week. Deadliest quake since 1960 in Morocco | Libya’s greatest environmental catastrophe in fashionable historical past | Three many years since Oslo Accords. Right here’s the Center East this week: ‘Life is completed’ in quake-battered Morocco Within…
The ECOWAS Regional Animal Well being Heart (RAHC) efficiently deployed the Regional Animal Well being Data System (RAHIS) in Assinie, Côte d’Ivoire. This initiative marks a big step in enhancing animal well being surveillance and administration throughout the ECOWAS area. The coaching session, held from 19 to 21 June, introduced collectively veterinary professionals, animal well…
Addis Ababa, 13 June – On 13 Might 2024, the Authorities of South Africa introduced an outbreak of Mpox following the affirmation of a case from Gauteng province with no journey historical past to international locations with an lively Mpox outbreak. As of at the moment, a complete of seven laboratory-confirmed instances and two deaths…
Abubakar Hashim Nearly all West African international locations, from Mauritania, Cote D’Ivoire, Sierra Leone, Liberia, to Ghana and others, all within the Gulf of Guinea axis, have developed oil and fuel explorations. By 2027, all these international locations will improve three fold their oil outputs. Implications for Nigeria 1. Inhabitants Nigeria’s inhabitants is explosively rising,…
In an announcement launched late on Wednesday, the UN Secretary-Common António Guterres mentioned he had been deeply distressed to listen to of the a whole bunch of lives misplaced and lots of others affected by the deluge in Kenya in addition to Burundi, Somalia, Tanzania and different components of East Africa. He prolonged his condolences…
AFRICA/MOROCCO – Meeting of the Bishops of North Africa involves an finish Rabat (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of the Regional Episcopal Convention handled the synodal course of, a theological reflection on the lifetime of the Church buildings of the Maghreb and the reception and implementation of the Declaration “Fiducia Supplicans” of the Dicastery for…
Rescued migrants sit in a ship of the Italian Finance Police on Monday earlier than disembarking on the port of the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, southern Italy. The Italian Cupboard met Monday to undertake new measures to crack down on migration after the southern island of Lampedusa was once more overwhelmed by a wave of…
Kenyan President William Ruto addressed the nation, outlining a sequence of measures to take care of the emergency, together with evacuations and pressing well being provisions. Water dams are overflowing, roads and bridges have been destroyed, and faculties are closed. As of three Could, 210 folks have been killed and lots of extra injured, he…
Cape City, South Africa Cape City’s vibrant V&A Waterfront is stuffed with surprises (Picture: Sharon Waugh) Cape City is a vibrant metropolis and simply probably the greatest cruise ports on the planet with its shut proximity to so many world-class vacationer points of interest. Situated on the foot of Desk Mountain, it’s house to an…