Human activity including shoreline encroachment, degradation depleting vital flora, fauna on Lake Victoria KAMPALA, Uganda The Ruparelia Group, a privately owned company belonging to Sudhir Ruparelia, acquired a permit to construct a resort and convention Centre on Lake Victoria shores in Uganda. The project is estimated to cost $100 million. A video recorded by angry residents showing trucks dumping…
ADDIS ABABA, The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has reached 10,564,758 as of Sunday evening, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. South Africa, Morocco, Tunisia and Ethiopia are among the countries with the most cases on the continent, it said. South Africa has recorded the most COVID-19 cases in Africa with 3,579,428…
ADDIS ABABA, The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has reached 10,564,758 as of Sunday evening, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. South Africa, Morocco, Tunisia and Ethiopia are among the countries with the most cases on the continent, it said. South Africa has recorded the most COVID-19 cases in Africa with 3,579,428…
Agriculture deputy minister Antony Mavunde (second right) listens to ATCL managing director Ladislaus Matindi (right) during the launch of the maiden shipment of Tanzanian avocados to India at Julius Nyerere International Airport in Da es Salaam yesterday. Centre is Kamal Group director Sameer Santosh Gupta who is the coordinator of the Avocado market in India. Summary Tanzania has already…
Scientists say the plant enset, an Ethiopian staple, could be a new superfood and a lifesaver in the face of climate change. The banana-like crop has the potential to feed more than 100 million people in a warming world, according to a new study. The plant is almost unknown outside of Ethiopia, where it is used to make porridge…
At least 17 people have been killed in a huge explosion near a mining town in south-western Ghana, officials say. Police say a truck carrying explosives to a gold mine collided with a motorcycle near the town of Bogoso. Images shared by local media showed a large plume of black smoke rising above flattened buildings and scattered debris as…
At least 17 people have been killed in a huge explosion near a mining town in south-western Ghana, officials say. Police say a truck carrying explosives to a gold mine collided with a motorcycle near the town of Bogoso. Images shared by local media showed a large plume of black smoke rising above flattened buildings and scattered debris as…
Kololo is an iconic ground. It is where Uganda was handed its independence by the colonial Government in 1962. It has consequently been named Independence Grounds. Today (Friday), Uganda, which has for a long time been branded as, “Pearl of Africa” will go back to Kololo Independence Grounds to break ties with her past. The former British Prime Minister,…
Kololo is an iconic ground. It is where Uganda was handed its independence by the colonial Government in 1962. It has consequently been named Independence Grounds. Today (Friday), Uganda, which has for a long time been branded as, “Pearl of Africa” will go back to Kololo Independence Grounds to break ties with her past. The former British Prime Minister,…
Zanzibar’s President Hussein Ali Mwinyi looks on during the signing of the MoU with the Oman Investment Authority at State House Zanzibar on Thursday, January 20, 2022. The government of Zanzibar and the Oman Investment Authority has signed a memorandum of understanding to study the feasibility of a project to rehabilitate, develop and operate the Malindi Tourist Port, the…