Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton on Thursday gave his “100 percent” backing to a Grand Prix in Africa, with Formula One bosses poised for talks over staging a race in Rwanda. “Why are we not on that continent?” Hamilton asked when quizzed about including an African stop on the Grand Prix circuit. F1 chief executive Stefano Domenicali has set up…
Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton on Thursday gave his “100 percent” backing to a Grand Prix in Africa, with Formula One bosses poised for talks over staging a race in Rwanda. “Why are we not on that continent?” Hamilton asked when quizzed about including an African stop on the Grand Prix circuit. F1 chief executive Stefano Domenicali has set up…
EXPERTS have gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, to discuss harmonizing food safety standards across Africa, a step towards accelerating the continent’s agricultural trade and realizing its full potential. The two-day dissemination workshop on trade and food standards brought together more than 200 delegates to review cooperation between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World…
EXPERTS have gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, to discuss harmonizing food safety standards across Africa, a step towards accelerating the continent’s agricultural trade and realizing its full potential. The two-day dissemination workshop on trade and food standards brought together more than 200 delegates to review cooperation between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World…
Story by Million Belay Late last month, officials from across the continent gathered in Zambia to discuss the next decade of Africa’s agricultural policy. Yet what was marketed as an “inclusive multi-stakeholder consultative process” bringing together a diversity of African voices was instead a contentious process driven by external influences and corporate agendas. The African Union (AU) body coordinating the talks…
Story by Million Belay Late last month, officials from across the continent gathered in Zambia to discuss the next decade of Africa’s agricultural policy. Yet what was marketed as an “inclusive multi-stakeholder consultative process” bringing together a diversity of African voices was instead a contentious process driven by external influences and corporate agendas. The African Union (AU) body coordinating the talks…
By Xinhua News , Agency African diplomats to Kenya have expressed strong optimism for the upcoming Forum on China-Africa Cooperation summit, viewing it as an opportunity to further deepen ties and chart new paths of cooperation toward building a China-Africa community with a shared future. The diplomats, having toured key Belt and Road Initiative projects in Kenya, including the…
By Xinhua News , Agency African diplomats to Kenya have expressed strong optimism for the upcoming Forum on China-Africa Cooperation summit, viewing it as an opportunity to further deepen ties and chart new paths of cooperation toward building a China-Africa community with a shared future. The diplomats, having toured key Belt and Road Initiative projects in Kenya, including the…
Zimbabwean immigrants in South Africa are increasingly turning to human rights organizations for assistance as they face intensified harassment from South African authorities and citizens. The situation has worsened following a series of raids by South African police, supported by local residents, in the wake of the formation of a government of national unity (GNU) between the African National…
Zimbabwean immigrants in South Africa are increasingly turning to human rights organizations for assistance as they face intensified harassment from South African authorities and citizens. The situation has worsened following a series of raids by South African police, supported by local residents, in the wake of the formation of a government of national unity (GNU) between the African National…