Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | General Commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan on Thursday issued a constitutional decree forming a transitional Sovereign Council, headed by himself, Sudan TV reported. The decree stipulated naming Al-Burhan as Chairman of the Sovereign Council, and Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Daqlu as deputy chairman. …
Read More »EAC experts to identify investment incentives for antibiotics production
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Experts from the member states of the East African Community (EAC) on Wednesday began a two-day meeting aimed at identifying investment incentives for antibiotics production in the region. Jean Baptiste Havugimana, the EAC director of Productive Sectors, told the meeting in Tanzania’s northern city …
Read More »Records broken at 8th Africa Early Stage Investor Summit
Amsterdam, Netherlands | THE INDEPENDENT | Investors at the 8th Africa Early Stage Investor Summit (AESIS ) held November 3-5 celebrated record-breaking deal-making on the continent surpassing $3 billion invested in 2021 into African startups. AESIS 2021 showed that the number of startups securing funding in Africa outpaces funding for …
Read More »African Energy Week 2021: Role of oil and gas companies in the energy transition
Cape Town, South Africa | THE INDEPENDENT | The first day of African Energy Week 2021 Wednesday saw national oil companies (NOCs) engaged in a presentation on optimizing innovative and strategic exploration mechanisms for profitable and sustainable operations on the continent. The panel discussion began with an opening presentation by …
Read More »MP Kinywamachunda leads Uganda to Abuja Africa conference
Godfrey Ssali | THE INDEPENDENT | Kabula County Member of Parliament Enos Asiimwe Kinywamachunda is leading a high-level delegation of Members of Parliament that are representing Uganda at the 51st Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) – Africa Region Conference taking place in Abuja, Nigeria November 8th to 14th November, 2021. Kinywamachunda who doubles …
Read More »Norway, Britain, U.S. urge Sudanese army not to take unilateral action
Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | The Troika (Norway, Britain, and the United States) on Tuesday urged the General Commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan not to take “unilateral action,” the three countries said in a statement. The three countries made the remarks during a meeting with Al-Burhan on …
Read More »Sudanese court orders restoration of internet service
Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | A Sudanese court on Tuesday issued a ruling requiring the communications companies to immediately restore the internet service which has been blocked since Oct. 25. “The judge of Khartoum North Court has issued a ruling on the case filed by Sudanese consumers protection society obligating the …
Read More »East African nations urged to adopt 35pct maximum common tariff rate
35 percent maximum tariff rate will attract investments in industrial value chains and transform the bloc into an export-led, industrialized economy Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | The East African Business Council (EABC) on Monday urged member states of the East African Community (EAC) to adopt a proposed 35 percent …
Read More »UN envoy on genocide prevention warns of risk of commission of atrocity crimes in Ethiopia
Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | The UN secretary-general’s special adviser on genocide prevention, Alice Wairimu Nderitu, on Monday warned of the risk of commission of atrocity crimes in Ethiopia amid an escalation of the military conflict in the north. Nderitu is gravely concerned at the deterioration of the situation in Ethiopia, …
Read More »DR Congo army claims M23 rebels attacking military positions
Kinshasa, DRC | Xinhua | The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) on Monday accused the March 23 Movement (M23) of conducting attacks in DRC’s northeastern border region with Uganda, where violence has escalated since the beginning of this year due to presence of numerous armed groups. The …
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