The State Minister of Health - General Duties, Sarah Opendi has revealed that there are no records showing forced circumcision of male babies is taking place in Busolwe hospital in ButaleJa district as claimed. In a statement dated July 18, 2018 to Parliament, Opendi says in October 2017, only two
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Kenya Gets First Locally Licensed Online Foreign Exchange Trading Platform
By Reuters EGM Securities has launched Kenya’s first locally regulated foreign exchange electronic trading platform, opening up domestic forex trading to a broader range of investors, EGM’s chief executive said on Wednesday. Kenyan investors who wished to trade currencies on the Internet have previously had access to international brokers,
Read MoreSeychelles Ambassador Marie-Pierre Lloyd is one of the six new members elected to the Committee VICTORIA, Seychelles, July 18, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the COMESA Authority has endorsed a new group COMESA Committee of Elders at its meeting that took place on 15th July
Read MoreThe summit is expected to be attended by over 1 000 delegates from across the country, to exchange ideas, knowledge and expertise PRETORIA, South Africa, July 18, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Deputy President David Mabuza will tomorrow, 19 July 2018, officially open the National Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Rural and
Read MoreIt explores Mandela’s extraordinary life through five themes – Leader, Comrade, Negotiator, Prisoner, Statesman PRETORIA, South Africa, July 18, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- This year marks the centenary of Nelson Mandela’s birth as well as twenty five years of diplomatic relations between Ireland and South Africa. To commemorate both occasions,
Read MoreFor more than 30 years, the American people, through USAID, have contributed over $3 billion in assistance to Zimbabwe HARARE, Zimbabwe, July 18, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announces the launch of Pathways, a five-year $35 million program that will offer services to
Read MorePRETORIA, South Africa, July 18, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Remarks by The Minister of Small Business Development, Ms Lindiwe Zulu, on the Occasion of the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) Youth Summit:Programme Director;Chairperson of the National Youth Development Agency, Mr Sifiso Mtshweni;Honoured guests;Ladies and gentlemen Addressing young
Read MoreVarious proposals have been made during the parliamentary leg of the public hearings, where professional bodies came to present CAPE TOWN, South Africa, July 18, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Portfolio Committee on Transport has called on local communities to come in numbers and attend public hearings on the Road
Read MoreThe opening ceremony will include short videos reflecting blood donation activities in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, and Egypt CAIRO, Egypt, July 18, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- You are cordially invited to attend and cover the World Blood Donor Day 2018 Celebration and musical
Read MoreEquity Group has tapped long-serving manager Mary Wangari Wamae as its new group executive director overseeing the business' subsidiaries. Ms Wamae, who has been Equity’s Company Secretary and Director for Strategy and Legal Services, becomes the senior-most woman executive at the bank and next in hierarchy to Group Chief Executive
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