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Rights body urge action in Ethiopia’s Oromia region
The state-appointed Ethiopian Human Rights Commission has urged officials to pay closer attention to the tensions and violence in the Oromia region.
The commission, which made the call in its annual report this month, said there have…
Kenya, China to deepen Belt and Road cooperation
Kenyan President William Ruto has met with Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, with both sides pledging to deepen Belt and Road cooperation.
Ruto noted that Kenya-China…
Ghana sanitation minister resigns over alleged stashed cash
Ghana's sanitation Minister, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, has resigned over reports staff found and stole stashes of local and foreign money from her home.
Dapaah made headlines on Friday after two former household staff appeared in court…
UNDP to improve transparency of credit ratings methodologies for Africa
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) says it will focus on improving transparency of the credit ratings methodologies to lower costs of borrowing in Africa.
Dr Raymond Gilpin, Chief Economist, Africa Bureau, UNDP, New York,…
Egyptian rights researcher, lawyer freed from detention
Egyptian rights researcher Patrick Zaki and lawyer Mohamed el-Baqer were freed, a day after being pardoned by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in cases that renewed attention to Egypt's human rights record.
Zaki had served 22 months in…
Four Indian Medicines Responsible For 70 Children Deaths In Gambia
Four types of medicine, made in India, caused the deaths of at least 70 children in Gambia last year, according to a presidential commission of inquiry.
According to the World Health Organisation the syrups contained "unacceptable"…
Sudan: armed men attacks aid workers-msf
Armed men attacked a Doctors Without Borders group in Sudan as the aid workers delivered medical supplies to a hospital in the capital city, the medical charity said on Friday amid months-long fighting between the nation's army and…
Algeria applies to join BRICS, contribute $1.5 billion
Algeria has applied to join the BRICS group and submitted a request to become a shareholder member of BRICS Bank with an amount of $1.5 billion, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said.
It added that Tebboune said at the end of his…
Gambia: Four Indian medicines responsible for 70 children’s deaths
Four types of medicine, made in India, caused the deaths of at least 70 children in Gambia last year, according to a presidential commission of inquiry.
According to the World Health Organisation the syrups contained "unacceptable"…
Forty nations express interest to join BRICS
Around twenty countries from around the world have applied to join the BRICS group, which currently consists of five nations, and an equal number of other countries have expressed an interest, South Africa, which is hosting its next summit,…