United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has registered some 87,600 Nigerian refugees in the country GENEVA, Switzerland, April 23, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is today expressing its alarm at continuing forced returns to Nigeria of refugees and asylum-seekers from Cameroon’s Far North Region. Despite
Read MoreThe special tribute will be presented by the Department of Arts &Culture in partnership with the Market Theatre Foundation PRETORIA, South Africa, April 23, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Arts and Culture Minister, Mr Nathi Mthethwa will honour the enormous contribution of South Africa’s Living Legends to the Arts, Culture
Read MoreThe amendment regulations have been published in terms of the National Environmental Management Act (Act No. 107 of 1998) PRETORIA, South Africa, April 23, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Minister of Environmental Affairs, Dr Edna Molewa, has published an amendment to the Financial Provisioning Regulations for the prospecting, exploration, mining or
Read MoreHigh Commissioner Zeid last visited Ethiopia in May 2017, when he met the then Prime Minister and other high-ranking Ethiopian officials and civil society members to discuss the human rights situation in the country and the work of the UN Human Rights East Africa Regional Office GENEVA, Switzerland, April 23,
Read MoreIt is believed that the building was looted and set alight by protesters on the evening of Thursday, 19 April 2018 CAPE TOWN, South Africa, April 23, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Portfolio Committee on Arts and Culture has expressed its anger at the burning of the Mmabana Arts Centre
Read MoreThe committee has urged the South African Police Service (SAPS) and other law enforcement agencies to assure the public that necessary steps will be taken to maintain public peace and stability CAPE TOWN, South Africa, April 23, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Portfolio Committee on Police has noted the incidents
Read MoreIn Ghana, USAID (United States Agency for International Development) works with the National Malaria Control Program and the Noguchi Medical Research Institute to detect and respond to insecticide resistance and indoor residual spraying efficacy through the monitoring of malaria-carrying mosquitoes KUMBUNGU, Ghana, April 23, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- On April
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Edward Kyeyune better known on the social scene as Ed Cheune has acquired new wheels worth Shs. 1.3 Billion. The renowned spendthrift recently unveiled his new Lamborghini Huracan, 2016 model. The Lamborghini Huracán is a sports car built by Italian automotive manufacturer Lamborghini replacing the previous V10 flagship, the Gallardo.
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Uganda’s Parliament will expand to 465 MPs from the current 453 come 1st July 2018 when new districts and Municipalities take effect, the Parliament Service Commission has said. Parliament is now seeking Shs3.3bn to pay the additional twelve MPs. It should be noted that on September 3, 2015, Parliament approved
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A fresh round of trade wars is simmering in East Africa after Uganda and Tanzania imposed taxes on Kenya made confectionery products like chocolate, ice cream, biscuits and sweets citing use of imported industrial sugar in the goods, the Daily Nation reports. The two states have rejected certificates of origin
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