The engagement will focus, amongst others, on the outcomes of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Summit in Beijing, the 73rd session of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA73) in New York, as well as other regional and international developments PRETORIA, South Africa, October 5, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Minister
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Participants called on the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), the African Union Commission (AUC) and other pan-African institutions to work collaboratively in promoting and advocating the importance of geospatial information ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, October 5, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Regional Committee of the United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management
Read MoreThe Meeting will focus primarily on the review of progress made by the TICAD process since the conclusion of the 6th TICAD Summit, hosted in Nairobi, Kenya, during August 2016, and the TICAD Ministerial Review Meeting, concluded in Maputo, Mozambique, during August 2017 PRETORIA, South Africa, October 5, 2018,-/African Media
Read MoreCongolese doctor Denis Mukwege is one of two winners of the Nobel Peace Prize. Mukwege is a gynaecologist, who works in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He and his colleagues have treated thousands of victims of sexual abuse. They were targeted as part of the war in the DR Congo.
Read MoreA former commander of militant Islamist group al-Shabab, and one of its founders, Mukhtar Robow, has been barred from running for public office in Somalia. The ministry of interior has said in a statement that he is unable to put his name forward for the presidency of the country's South-West
Read MoreUganda on Thursday signed a deal with a German firm to start printing own security documents like bank notes, passports and cheques. The signing of the deal between government and Veridos Identity Solutions Group was witnessed by President Museveni at State House Entebbe. Government was represented by three ministers; Esther
Read MoreUganda's army has launched its own brand of condoms, named after the Swahili word for "protection", to help prevent soldiers contract HIV. A soldier cannot defend his country if he "does not ensure that he's safe", said Chief of Staff Brig Leopold Kyanda at the launch of the Ulinzi condom.
Read MoreThe headline seasonally adjusted PMI signaled a further improvement in business conditions in the Ugandan private sector in the month of September. The latest reading was 54.2, up from 52.1 in August and above the 50.0 no-change mark for the twentieth successive month. The PMI was above the average since
Read MoreThe initiative has benefitted 1.8 million young Africans to date PRETORIA, South Africa, October 4, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Deputy Minister of Communications, Ms Pinky Kekana will on Friday, 5th October 2018 launch Africa Code Week. Africa Code Week is an initiative led by SAP as part of its social
Read MoreThe initiative has benefitted 1.8 million young Africans to date PRETORIA, South Africa, October 4, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Deputy Minister of Communications, Ms Pinky Kekana will on Friday, 5th October 2018 launch Africa Code Week. Africa Code Week is an initiative led by SAP as part of its social
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