Tanzania Ministry of Agriculture to work closely with USAID to improve the agriculture sector through intensive agriculture research and utilize the role of agriculture extension officers. Minister of Agriculture, Prof. Adolf Mkenda met with Kate Somvongsiri, Mission Director for USAID Tanzania and discussed the ministry’s plan to improve agriculture production and ways for them to...
In the process to expand access to banking and allow more remittances, Nigeria has become among the first African countries to launch a digital currency (eNaira). The launch came months after the government banned financial institutions from using crypocurrency-related transactions in Nigeria claiming the digital currency is used for money laundering and terrorism. However, critics...
On October 28, a 19-years-old Danyal Hussein from London was sentenced 35 years in jail for killing two sisters Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman in Fryent Country Park in June 2020. Mina Smallman, the ladies mother said justice had been saved for her “beautiful girls”. Adding on, the mother said, Hussein was “a broken human...
Sudan’s Military head Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has declared a state of emergency across the country, dissolved the country’s interim government and the ruling Sovereign Council saying the military will take control until a new government is formed.
Tanzania Minister for Energy January Makamba has met with Saudi Arabia counterpart Abdulaziz Bin Salman in Saudi Arabia on October 23, 2021 in the bid to establish firm trade relations as well as sharing knowledge and technology in the gas and oil industry. After official talks with the fellow minister, Makamba delivered a special message...
Military forces in Sudan have moved the Interim Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok to an unknown location following his refusal to join the coup, the country’s information ministry confirmed. Hamdok was put under house arrest after an unidentified military force raided his house this morning October 25th, according to the country’s local news network, Al HadathTV....
President Iván Duque of Colombia announced ‘Otoniel’s’ capture in a televised video following his arrest on October 23rd after a joint operation by the army, air force and police. ‘Otoniel’ whose real name is Dairo Antonio Úsuga (50) has been on the most wanted list with a total of nearly $6M prize on his whereabouts...
An explosion that happened on Saturday night in one of the eateries in Kawempe Division in Kampala, Uganda has claimed a life, leaving seven others injured. The Uganda Police is still investigating the explosion which revived traumatic memories of the 2010 explosion that claimed the lives of 70 people. Last week the United Kingdom government...
In the process of expanding and strengthening its presence in East Africa, Air France has launched its twice a week route from Tanzania to France, Zanzibar – Paris – Zanzibar with 1-stop in Nairobi, Kenya. The airline that’s part of KLM group was welcomed at Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (AAKIA) on October 19th ready...
Humphrey Magwira (20), was shot multiple times at a junction in Beechnut, Houston on his way to get a hair-cut on October 15, 2021. On his way, he got into a car crash and the other driver came out and shot him several times leading to his death. Magwira was a second-year student at University...