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  Feuding communities in Greater Kapoeta have taken a significant step towards reconciliation by hosting a peace conference aimed at resolving conflicts between the Toposa of Eastern Equatoria and the Murle of the Greater Pibor Administrative Area. Years of violence, fueled by cattle raids and child abductions, escalated recently when armed attackers invaded Kauto village, resulting in 31 deaths and the abduction of 24 children. In response, the Eastern Equatoria […]

  By: Selma Taapopi More than 200 businesses attended the Local Content Roadshow (LCR) organised by Hyphen Hydrogen Energy (Hyphen), which took place in Swakopmund on 27 February, Oshakati on 14 March, and Lüderitz on 27 March. The roadshow is part of Hyphen’s ongoing efforts to provide local businesses with vital, economically relevant information to help them capitalise on upcoming opportunities during the construction and operational phases of the project. […]

By: Hertha Ekandjo The Namibia Revenue Agency (NamRA) has exceeded its revenue target for the financial year FY2024/5, collecting a net total of N$88.6 billion, which amounts to 103.81% of the target of N$85.3 billion. For the period from April 1, 2024, to March 31, 2025, NamRA collected N$98.9 billion in gross revenue. After refunds totaling N$10.4 billion, the net revenue stood at N$88.6 billion. Comparing this to the previous […]

  Medical aid coverage is the exception rather than the rule across Africa: On average across 28 countries, fewer than one in four adults say they have insurance that helps pay their medical bills if they get sick, the latest Afrobarometer (www.Afrobarometer.org) findings reveal. Most citizens say they worry about being unable to obtain or afford medical care when they need it, including more than half who say they worry “a lot.” […]

  On 3 April 2025 in Praia, Cape Verde, an ECOWAS mission led by the Commissioner for Infrastructure, Energy and Digitisation, Mr Sediko Douka, accompanied by the ECOWAS Resident Representative in Cape Verde and the Acting Director and Programme Officer of the Project Preparation and Development Unit (PPDU), visited the cape Verdean minister for Infrastructure, Spatial Planning and Housing. On the agenda was a meeting on ECOWAS support for the development […]

  The 3rd Awareness Enhancing Workshop on the Importance of Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Blue Economy in Africa’s Socio-Economic Development, is being held from 07–09 April 2025 in Johannesburg, South Africa, bringing together key stakeholders from AU Member States, Regional Economic Communities, development partners, and civil society, and AWFISHNET South Africa Chapter to strengthen regional dialogue and action around Africa’s aquatic wealth. Organized by AU-IBAR and AUDA-NEPAD, the workshop is focusing […]

  The African region has made progress in lowering maternal mortality since 2000 but needs a 12-fold increase in the annual reduction rate to reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SGD) target of fewer than 70 deaths per 100 000 live births by 2030, new estimates by the United Nations Maternal Mortality Estimation Interagency Group show. Despite a 40% decline in maternal mortality, from 727 to 442 deaths per 100 000 live births […]

  “This week, we mark two years of war in Sudan which have caused one of the most harrowing crises of our generation, with the forced displacement of nearly 15 million people. Armed men have for more than 700 days and nights attacked defenceless civilians with impunity. Civilians have not been protected, and peace efforts have failed.  “We are witnessing a confluence of catastrophic factors—the widespread violence that has caused the deepest humanitarian […]

  On April 2, Ambassador Zhao Weiping paid a courtesy call on Hon. Amb. Selma Ashipala-Musavyi, Minister of International Relations and Trade of the Republic of Namibia. Minister-Counselor Shen Jian attended. Ambassador Zhao congratulated Minister Ashipala-Musavyi on her new appointment and said that, as good friends, China and Namibia have enjoyed frequent high-level exchanges, deepened and expanded cooperation in various fields over the 35 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations. The potential for the bilateral relations is […]