Soft drinks giant Coca-Cola has admitted to the presence of micro-plastics in Dasani water following a study released yesterday that shows the brand is among 93 per cent of world’s famous bottled water products contaminated by tiny pieces of plastic. The concentration of microplastics in Dasani water sourced in Kenya
Read MoreIn the area of nutrition alone, the ECHO funding has enabled over 160,000 children to be treated for severe acute malnutrition JUBA, South Sudan, March 16, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Thousands of children have been provided with life-saving humanitarian aid as a result of a European Union donation to UNICEF
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For Red Pepper directors, it never rains but it pours. This is because they are increasingly getting troubled, with the latest indicating that these creative entrepreneurs are set to lose properties worth millions due to bank debts. The directors on the verge of losing multi-million properties are Richard Tusiime, Johnson
Read MoreThe humanitarian crisis in the region remains one of the most severe in the world today, with at least 7.7 million people in need of humanitarian assistance in 2018 ABUJA, Nigeria, March 16, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The United Nations, through the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund, has allocated US$9 million to
Read MoreThe Parliament strongly condemns the practise of “mercy killings”, the unjustifiable and inhumane killings of disabled children and new-borns in Uganda BRUSSELS, Belgium, March 16, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- *The Maldives should immediately lift the state of emergency*Human rights defenders in Sudan should be released*Uganda’s authorities must prevent “mercy killings”
Read MoreDuring the visit, President Ramaphosa and his counterparts will discuss bilateral cooperation as well as regional, continental and global issues of mutual concern PRETORIA, South Africa, March 16, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- President Cyril Ramaphosa will undertake a Working Visit to the Republic of Mozambique and the Republic of Zimbabwe
Read MoreFor the first time in South Sudan, this JRC will allow 90 children in conflict with the law to be safely and securely housed JUBA, South Sudan, March 16, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Today (March 15, 2018), the United Nations Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General, Mr. Moustapha Soumaré,
Read MoreMost power and electricity transmission infrastructure in Africa presently operates at a fraction of installed capacity, owing to insufficient maintenance and lack of modernisation PRETORIA, South Africa, March 16, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Gauteng-based civil engineering and multi-disciplinary service company in the built environment, Isivuvu Technical Solutions is eager to
Read MoreNana Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana, will take part in the AFRICA CEO FORUM on 26 and 27 March in Abidjan. During a unique panel discussion, the President of Ghana and Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever, will discuss ways of building sustainable public-private partnerships in Africa and their respective expectations of
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Several Uchumi supermarkets assets could be auctioned in seven days to clear a KSh67 million (UShs2.4bn) debt owed to a supplier. This comes after Euromart Limited secured a court order to auction the goods to recover the debt incurred five years ago. In a letter dated December 3, 2017, the
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