NAIROBI, July 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kenyan President William Ruto announced the lifting of a near six-year ban on logging, despite the concerns of environmental campaigners. Ruto said the move was “long overdue” and was aimed at creating jobs and opening up sectors of the economy that rely on forest products.…

DAR ES SALAAM, July 3 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — Tanzania’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism has launched a digital tourism promotion during the 47th Dar es Salaam International Trade Fair (DITF)—Sabasaba. The Ministry of Tourism and Natural Resources, Acting Director of Tourism, Dr Thereza Mugobi, said that one cannot currently discuss…

GENEVA, July 3 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that health situation in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is on the verge of collapse due to disease, displacement of people, floods and food insecurity.     “The entire health system is really under stress,” WHO´s Senior Emergency Officer…

TUNIS, July 3 (NNN-XINHUA) — Tunisia has foiled 65 illegal immigration attempts to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Italy, the Tunisian National Guard said in a statement. The statement, posted on its Facebook page, said Tunisia’s maritime guard thwarted these illegal immigration attempts between June 27 and June 29, and…

TUC Secretary-General, Dr Yaw Baah ACCRA, July 3 (NNN-GNA) — The Trades Union Congress (TUC) Ghana, the largest trade union in Ghana, has notified the National Labour Commission ( NLC) of its planned nationwide strike beginning July 10 over Sunon Asogli Power’s dismissal of three of its workers for joining…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo ACCRA, July 3 (NNN-GNA) — President Akufo Addo has assured that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) extended credit facility program with Ghana will not affect nursing and teacher training allowance.In mid-May 2023 the International Monetary Fund (IMF) finally approved a US$3 billion 36-month arrangement with…

PRETORIA, July 3 (NNN-SANEWS) — Minister in the Presidency responsible for Electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, has reaffirmed government’s commitment to finding solutions to end load shedding. Briefing media on progress in the implementation of the Energy Action Plan in Pretoria, Ramokgopa reassured South Africans that, working with a team of…

PRETORIA, July 3 (NNN-SANEWS) — President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed off the remuneration increases for all Public Office Bearers for the 2022/23 financial year. In a statement, the Presidency said that after consideration of the recommendations of the Independent Commission for the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers, the President has…