At the centre of the demands is the communities’ struggle for the industry and government to recognise the right to free prior and informed consent.It would perhaps be unfair to accuse Gwede Mantashe, Minister of the newly-merged portfolios of minerals…
WASHINGTON – A series of Islamic State (IS) announcements of new provinces it controls in recent weeks has renewed debate over the group’s possible resurgence after its self-proclaimed caliphate fell, with some analysts warning an increasingly decentra…
CAPE TOWN, The ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Saturday voiced full confidence in President Cyril Ramaphosa who is implicated in an election donation scandal.Ramaphosa has the ANC’s full confidence in his ability to champion efforts of buildi…
ABUJA � Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari condemns the killing of 37 people by bandits in the northwestern state of Sokoto, his spokesman said Saturday in a statement. Armed gangs have killed hundreds of people in northwest Nigeria this year and for…
YAOUNDE – Switzerland has officially said it is helping the government of Cameroon negotiate with rebels to end the separatist crisis that has killed more than 2,000 people in Cameroon. The Swiss ambassador to Cameroon, Pietro Lazzeri, spoke in Yaounde…
GENEVA – A report issued on the eve of an international AIDS conference in Mexico finds progress in combating the global HIV/AIDS epidemic is receding. The joint U.N. program on HIV/AIDS, known as UNAIDS, warns the pace of progress in reducing new HIV…
The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has noted with concern the sewage spillage in Naledi Local Municipality. The Minister has subsequently dispatched a team of engineers from the Municipal I…
GENEVA – The World Food Program warns 1.9 million Mozambicans battered by two devastating cyclones earlier this year are at risk of severe food shortages without urgent international assistance. Hundreds of people were killed, tens of thousands made ho…
PURCHASE, New York and JOHANNESBURG, July 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEP) (“PepsiCo”) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire all the outstanding shares of Pioneer Foods Group Ltd. (JSE: PFG) (“Pioneer Foods”) for R110.00 per share in cash (approximately US $1.7 billion), which
ACCRA, Ghana, 19 juillet 2019 /PRNewswire/ — L’African Bicycle Contribution Foundation (ABCF), organisation à but non lucratif fondée par des Afro-Américains fin 2016, a annoncé aujourd’hui la distribution de 85 vélos en bambou à des élèves du district de Ningo-Prampram, dans la région du Grand Accra (Ghana). La cérémonie a
ACCRA, Ghana, July 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — The African Bicycle Contribution Foundation (ABCF), a 501(c)3 organization founded by African Americans in late 2016, today announced the distribution of 85 free bamboo bikes to students from the Ningo-Prampram District, of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The event was held, on
Le partenariat de Huobi avec le fournisseur régional de paiements en ligne CASHU met les cryptomonnaies à la portée de millions d’utilisateurs mal desservis. DUBAÏ, Émirats arabes unis, 18 juillet 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Grâce à Huobi et à CASHU, le géant des paiements en ligne de la région MENA, plusieurs
