Commonwealth members have appointed Ghana’s foreign minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, as the new secretary general, on the final day of the group’s summit in Samoa. Botchwey, a former lawmaker who has Read More..
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Uganda’s Olympian Cheptegei dies after being set on fire by boyfriend
Uganda’s Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died four days after being set on fire by her boyfriend, the country’s Olympic chief said. “We have learnt of the sad passing on of our Read More..
Historic milestone: Mandisa Maya becomes South Africa’s Chief Justice
Mandisa Maya, South Africas’s Deputy Chief Justice, has been appointed the country’s new Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court by President Cyril Ramaphosa. She takes up the position from September Read More..
UN First Regional Forum on Gastronomy Tourism for Africa
UN Tourism’s first Regional Forum on Gastronomy Tourism for Africa has been lauded as a significant landmark in catalysing the growth of culinary tourism across the host country of Zimbabwe Read More..
Education technology for resilient and inclusive learning in Africa
There’s a lot of gaps in education in Africa in terms of connectivity and infrastructure. Reaching people with technology is riddled with challenges from accessibility to policy and the lack Read More..
Samia: How electric trains will transform transport, spur economic growth in Tanzania
Dar es Salaam Inadequate transport infrastructure deterioration leads to the loss of economic output by two percent and inflates transportation costs by 40 percent, President Samia Suluhu Hassan has said. Read More..