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- Kenya: Agriculture and Food Authority Appoints Trade Expert As New DG After Decade-Long Searchon March 27, 2024 at 8:48 pm
[Business Day Africa] Bruno Linyiru has been appointed as the Director General of the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA), marking the culmination of a decade-long quest for a substantive head.
- Zimbabwe: How Coal-Fired Power Stations Threaten Livelihoods of Hwange Communityon March 27, 2024 at 4:18 pm
[263Chat] Zimbabwe's mineral wealth is a flick of nature; the earth packed with metal ores like gold, lithium, diamond, granite and coal along the vast seams in this part of the Southern African country. Throughout the colonial period, colonizers have exploited and extracted these mineral resources. Now, four decades after Zimbabwe attained its independence the resources remain vast.
- Egypt: Boosting Cooperation With Giz in File of Training for Employment - Emigration Minon March 27, 2024 at 4:11 pm
[Egypt Online] State Minister of Emigration Soha Gendy asserted the keenness of her ministry to boost cooperation with the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) in a number of files of mutual interest topped by training for employment.
- Egypt: PM Witnesses Inking of Contract for Establishing Silos Factoryon March 27, 2024 at 4:10 pm
[Egypt Online] Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli witnessed on Wednesday 27/3/2024 the inking of a contract for allocating a plot of land for establishing a factory for designing, manufacturing, and setting up silos in the East Port Said zone.
- South Africa: Hundreds of Security Guards Sent Home Without Wages After Eastern Cape Health Department Fails to Pay Contractorsby info@groundup.org.za (GroundUp) on March 27, 2024 at 4:06 pm
[GroundUp] Department promises to make payments from April, the start of the new financial year
- Tunisia: Transport Minister Calls for Faster Updating of Tunisair Restructuring Programmeon March 27, 2024 at 4:05 pm
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis -- Minister of Public Works and Housing and Acting Minister of Transport, Sarra Zaâfrani Zenzri, on Wednesday called for an accelerated updating of the restructuring programme of national carrier "Tunisair" and a redoubling of efforts to improve its commercial, financial and logistical situation.
- Namibia: Economy Shows Moderate Growth in 2023 - NSAby info@economist.com.na (Namibia Economist) on March 27, 2024 at 4:04 pm
[Namibia Economist] The Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) released its 2023 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Economic Statistics report on Tuesday, revealing a steady but moderate growth trajectory for the country's economy.
- Uganda: Uganda Govt Spokespersons Tipped On Strategic Communicationon March 27, 2024 at 3:29 pm
[Nile Post] The Ministry of ICT and National Guidance, in collaboration with the Internal Security Organization (ISO) has pioneered initiatives to refine the approach to government communication in Uganda.
- Uganda: Uganda Launches Initiative to Expand Access to Off-Grid Solar Power in Refugee Communitieson March 27, 2024 at 3:12 pm
[Nile Post] Uganda is taking significant strides towards achieving universal electricity access by 2040, with the launch of a groundbreaking financial project aimed at improving access to off-grid solar products in underserved refugee communities and their host districts.
- Nigeria: Terrorists Kill Zamfara Community Guard Commander, Kidnap 14 Road Construction Workerson March 27, 2024 at 12:12 pm
[Premium Times] The Governor of Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal, in a Facebook post condoled with the families of the deceased persons and residents of Tsafe Local Government Area.
- Liberia: LACC to Investigate Several At Nocal Over Alleged Involvement in Money Laundering, Corruptionon March 27, 2024 at 11:16 am
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL) finds itself embroiled in a scandal as the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) launches an investigation into allegations of money laundering and corruption within the company's administration.
- Liberia: MNG Gold CEO Visits Pres. Boakaion March 27, 2024 at 11:16 am
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Chief Executive Officer of the MNG Gold, Mehmet Nazif Günal, on Tuesday paid a courtesy visit to President Joseph Boakai at the Executive Mansion. His visit comes weeks after the violent protest at Bea Mountain, a subsidiary of MNG Gold in Kinjor, Grand Cape Mount County.
- Liberia: National Health Workers Union of Liberia Clarifies It's Not Pressuring President Boakai to Appoint Martha Morris As Deputy Minister of Healthon March 27, 2024 at 11:16 am
[FrontPageAfrica] Paynesville -- The National Health Workers Union of Liberia has clarified that it is not putting pressure on President Joseph Boakai to appoint one of its members, Martha Morris as Deputy Minister of Health.
- Liberia: Ten Feared Dead After Being Trapped in a Mudslide At an Artisanal Mine in River Cess Countyon March 27, 2024 at 11:16 am
[FrontPageAfrica] Chio Town, River Cess -- Residents of Chio Town woke up early Tuesday morning to the news of a mudslide that occurred an artisanal mine on the outskirt of the town about 11pm Monday. Local Authorities in River Cess confirmed the death of at least ten persons so far, but family members are still in search of their missing relatives.
- Liberia: Former VP Dedicates First China Aid Solar E-Classroom - Hails Chinese Government for Massive Supporton March 27, 2024 at 11:16 am
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The former Vice President, Chief Dr. Jewel Howard-Taylor turned over a modern Solar E-Classroom Computer Lab at the Bassa High School in the Port City of Buchanan, Grand Bassa County, on Monday, March 25, 2024.
- Liberia: Lift Up the Executive Order George Weah Imposed On Rubber Exportationon March 27, 2024 at 11:16 am
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- A former Representative candidate of District #16 is calling on President Joseph N. Boakai's government to lift the executive order on rubber exportation in Liberia imposed by the then George Weah government.
- Liberia: Regional Cso Accuses Police of Killing Citizens to Protect Foreign Companies in Liberiaon March 27, 2024 at 11:16 am
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The West African Frontline Grassroots Defenders' Directory says it is alarmed and saddened by the heavy-handed police action against local community residents of the Mining Town of Kinjor and surrounding communities in Grand Cape Mount County, Western Liberia, who were protesting against the repressive practices of the Bea Mountain Mining Company.
- Africa: International Day of Forests - Global Experts Urge Action As Africa Grapples With $65 Billion Timber Trade Deficiton March 27, 2024 at 11:11 am
[African Development Bank (AfDB)] Africa must work to urgently address its staggering $65 billion timber trade deficit to position forests as a critical driver for the continent's future development, global experts urge.
- Nigeria: Kalu Meets Okonjo-Iweala, Seeks WTO's Help in Contamination of Agricultural Products During Exporton March 27, 2024 at 10:42 am
[Premium Times] Mr Kalu said African businessmen face hurdles in marketing their products, primarily due to aflatoxins contaminating them en route to their destinations.
- Nigeria: NAF Destroys Several Illegal Refining Sites, Barges in Riverson March 27, 2024 at 10:42 am
[Premium Times] The sites and barges destroyed were discovered between Monday and Tuesday at Bille, Dariama, Elem Bekinkiri, Temakiri, Opumakiri, and Degema all in Rivers.
- Nigeria: Unemployment Fueling Rising Banditry, Kidnappings in Nigeria - Obasanjoon March 27, 2024 at 9:25 am
[Vanguard] Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said unemployment is fueling the rising spate of banditry and kidnappings in Nigeria.
- Kenya: Pain for Civil Servants As Govt to Increase Rent for Housing Unitson March 27, 2024 at 9:23 am
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning now plans to hike the rent of civil servants living in 56,892 housing units across the country.
- Zimbabwe: Kenyan President Ruto to Officially Open ZITFon March 27, 2024 at 9:22 am
[New Zimbabwe] PRESIDENT of the Republic of Kenya, Dr William Ruto is billed to officially open the 64thanniversary of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) later next month.
- Zimbabwe: Police Warn Errant Motorists, Property Owners Against Burglars During Easteron March 27, 2024 at 9:20 am
[New Zimbabwe] THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Mashonaland West province has called on motorists to adhere to road regulations to avoid accidents during the Easter holidays.
- Ethiopia: How Abbay Dam Started Paying Back Nation Even Before Going Operationalon March 27, 2024 at 9:19 am
[Ethiopian Herald] After 13 years of perseverance, hard work and endurance, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) lately well known as Abbay Dam is now nearing its long-awaited completion. It is said to have reached about 95 % of the total construction. Over the years so much has been said and written about the dam, the river, the people's feelings and commitment as well as the government's capability to properly discharge its completion.
- Ethiopia: The Justified Quest for Access to the Seaon March 27, 2024 at 9:17 am
[Ethiopian Herald] Ethiopia is the only landlocked country in the Horn of Africa that is almost entirely dependent on maritime services via the ports in the troubled Red Sea region. At the same time, Ethiopia is the most populous country in East Africa, let alone the Horn of Africa. That is an unfair and unjust situation by any standards.
- Nigeria: Insurance Assets Rises By 27 Percent, Hits N2.67trnon March 27, 2024 at 8:02 am
[Leadership] Nigeria's insurance industry recorded a significant improvement in real terms as the market recorded total assets of N2.67 trillion and capitalisation of N851 billion in 2023, according to official data that was released by the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) early Tuesday.
- Nigeria: Exchange Rate - Marketers Deny Downward Adjustment in Petrol Pump Priceon March 27, 2024 at 8:00 am
[Leadership] Petroleum product marketers and other operators in the downstream sector, have denied speculations that pump price of petrol at depot facilities have been adjusted downwards.
- Liberia: Unfair and Additional Burden!by mail@thenewdawnliberia.com (New Dawn) on March 27, 2024 at 7:53 am
[New Dawn] Two business groups in Liberia have described a third-party engagement charge of 1.2% on imported commodities with Metech Scientific as unfair and an additional burden.
- Ghana: We'll Secure Private Partnership to Complete Saglemi Housing Project - Works, Housing Ministeon March 27, 2024 at 7:24 am
[Ghanaian Times] The Technical Working Group tasked to oversee the completion of the Saglemi Housing Project has been given five weeks to issue the international expression of interest to pave way for private sector participation.