Jose Tembe BBC News, Maputo Errors have been detected in Mozambique textbooks for the second year despite recent assurances by the education ministry that it would not happen again. Some errors were reported in Grade Six books last year – and this year the irregularities have surfaced in textbooks for the fifth and eighth grades….
AFP , Thursday 2 Feb 2023 Young people packing a stadium in DR Congo’s capital Kinshasa erupted in joy on Thursday as Pope Francis entered in his popemobile, on the third day of his trip to the country. The Argentine pontiff arrived at the Martyrs’ stadium around 9:00 am local time (0800 GMT), offering greetings and…
Habiba Hamdy , Thursday 2 Feb 2023 Egypt’s permanent delegation to the United Nations received on Thursday the rotating chairmanship of the UN African Group in New York for February 2023, following the end of the Senegalese presidency of the group for January 2023, a statement by the Egyptian foreign ministry said. “It is my pleasure…
AP , Tuesday 31 Jan 2023 Pope Francis is opening a six-day visit to Congo and South Sudan on Tuesday, aiming to bring a message of peace to two countries riven by poverty, conflict and what Francis has called a lingering “colonialist mentality” that still considers Africa ripe for exploitation. Aid groups are hoping Francis’ trip…
Reuters NAIROBI, Jan 30 (Reuters) – Egypt’s Commercial International Bank (CIB) (COMI.CA) has taken full ownership of Kenya’s Mayfair CIB with the purchase of the 49% of shares it did not already own, it said on Monday. CIB bought a 51% stake in Mayfair Bank in 2020, offering funds, skills and infrastructure to speed the…
Qin visited facilities of the African Union in Addis Ababa, including the new headquarters of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention Dawit Endeshaw, Reuters News January 11, 2023 Qin visited facilities of the African Union in Addis Ababa, including the new headquarters of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. China financed the…
AFP | Wed, Jan 11 2023 01:09 PM AEDT A judge on Tuesday ordered the release of a Senegalese journalist and prominent anti-government critic after more than two months in detention, his lawyers said. Pape Ale Niang, head of the Dakar Matin online news site, was arrested on November 6 and charged with “divulging information likely…
By Rédaction Africanews with AP The United States accused Russian military contractors backed by the Kremlin on Tuesday of interfering in the internal affairs of African countries and “increasing the likelihood that violent extremism will grow” in the Sahel region which is facing increasing attacks and deteriorating security — an allegation Russia denied. U.S. deputy…
Dave Chambers , Business Insider SA Sixteen Mile Beach in Yzerfontein on the West Coast is 52m narrower, on average, than it was in 1937. 100m of the beach has vanished beneath the Atlantic Ocean at the worst-affected spot, according to an analysis of aerial photos and satellite images. By 2040, say Wits scientists, the…
By Jerry Omondi Calm is slowly returning to South Sudan’s Eastern Equatoria province, the United Nations mission in the country, UNMISS, said on Thursday, noting however that displaced persons remain fearful of returning home. A sudden outbreak of clashes in Omoruo two weeks ago forced hundreds of people to flee their homes. The area was attacked by neighbors from…
