Botswana Ready to Fight Zika Virus
01/03/2016Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health (MoH), Ms Shenaaz El-Halabi says systems are in place to fight the Zika virus in case it spread to Botswana. Ms El-Halabi told.
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UK to Send Troops to Tunisia to Help Stop IS
01/03/2016Britain is to send troops to Tunisia to help prevent Islamic State fighters from moving into the country from Libya, the British defence minister has recently.
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Egypt Supports Ethiopia in Mitigating Drought
01/03/2016As part of support and solidarity to Ethiopia, Egypt has recently offered urgent food aid to help 100,000 drought victims in eastern Ethiopia via the World Food Program.
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UN Security Council to vote on North Korea sanctions
01/03/2016The UN Security Council will vote on a US-drafted resolution imposing a raft of new sanctions on North Korea following its nuclear test and rocket launch, US diplomats said. The.
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African Ministers Pledge to Improve Access to Vaccines
29/02/2016With one in five African children lacking access to basic life-saving vaccines, African ministers of health recently committed themselves to keep immunization at the forefront of efforts to reduce child.
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Mexican Ex-President Compares Trump to Hitler
29/02/2016Mexican ex-president Felipe Calderon has recently compared US Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler and blasting him as a racist.
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Gender
Let’s Curb Child Marriages Together– First Lady
29/02/2016FIRST Lady Esther Lungu has recently reiterated the need for the nation to work together in halting child marriage as it is an economic barrier. Zambia is one of the.
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Southern Africa: SADC States to Meet On El Niño
29/02/2016The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has recently convened a two-day consultative meeting in Johannesburg, to develop preparedness and response strategies on agriculture, food and drought in southern Africa. The.
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Governance and Policy
Burundi Accepts Deployment of AU Military Monitors
29/02/2016Burundi has recently agreed to the deployment of observers and military monitors from the African Union (AU) as part of peace restoring efforts. “The AU will deploy 100 human rights.
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Trade and Investment
Oil Prices “Totally Unacceptable”- Nigerian President Buhari
29/02/2016The OPEC cartel needs to take action to stabilize the oil market because crude prices have fallen to “totally unacceptable” levels, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has recently said.
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