Botswana to host first African water technologies exhibition, symposium
Botswana will this month host the first-ever African exhibition and symposium aimed at preparing and equipping communities to deal with the effects of climate...
Merkel visiting Ethiopia as state of emergency unfolds
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is visiting Ethiopia, where her meeting on Tuesday with Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn is expected to focus on the country’s...
Moroccan king reappoints outgoing Islamist premier after election win
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI on Monday reappointed outgoing Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane and instructed him to form a new government after his moderate Islamist...
18 year-old girl abducted, assaulted ahead of by-election in Zimbabwe
An 18-year-old Zimbabwean girl on Monday said she was abducted from her house by Zanu PF youths who took turns to assault her for...
UN Secretary-General notes Africa’s socio-economic progress at Africa Week inauguration
United Nations Secretary-General Bank Ki-moon has noted the socio-economic progress made by African countries during the inauguration of Africa Week.Ban Ki-moon on Monday called...
South Sudanese gunmen attack Uganda-bound buses, driver shot in the leg
A Ugandan bus driver has been hospitalised in the South Sudan capital, Juba, with a bullet wound to his thigh after he was shot...
Two Zambian ivory dealers jailed for illegal possession of 14 elephant...
A magistrate in the northern Namibian town of Katima Mulilo has separately sentenced two Zambian ivory dealers to three years in jail each following...
Ethiopia declared six months state of emergency to curb protest damage
The Ethiopian government declared a state of emergency – the first in nearly 25 years, as anti-government protests intensifies throughout Oromia regions after a...
A New Project to Support Youth and Women Launched in Addis...
A new programme to promote youth and women entrepreneurship has been launched in Ethiopia.In a bid to reinforce an entrepreneurial ecosystem, the Ethiopian government...
Ethiopia’s human rights situation at a ‘crisis point’
Ethiopia’s human rights situation has reached crisis point, the sole non-governmental human rights advocacy group in the country, the Human Rights Council (HRCo) said...