Tanzania’s president uncovers massive fraud at Director of Public Prosecutions office

Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan DAR ES SALAAM, Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in Tanzania has come under scrutiny after President Samia Suluhu Hassan revealed that much of the money that was collected by the DPP through plea bargaining agreements have no…

Somalia hosts regional summit to discuss fighting al-Shabaab militant group

MOGADISHU, Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Somalia is hosting a summit of leaders from several neighbouring countries in the Horn of Africa to discuss the fight against al-Shabaab, as a wide-ranging offensive against the armed group gathers pace. The meeting in the capital, Mogadishu, drew leaders from three “brotherly neighbouring countries”,…

Record Botswana diamond sales in 2022

GABORONE, Feb 2 (NNN-GNA) — Sales of diamonds from Botswana reached record levels last year due to Western buyers shunning Russian stones and steady global demand for diamond jewellery.Botswana generates almost a third of its revenue and around 70% of its foreign exchange earnings from diamonds.Almost a third of the…

South Africa admitted to the International Human Frontier Science Program; the only country from Africa

PRETORIA, Feb 2 (NNN-SANEWS) — South Africa has been admitted as a member of the International Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) following a competitive application process. The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) and the National Research Foundation (NRF) will serve as joint institutional members.  The HFSP promotes international collaboration…

SADC calls for urgent National Dialogue in Eswatini

WINDHOEK, Feb 2 (NNN-SANEWS) — The Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders have called on the Kingdom of Eswatini to urgently initiate a national dialogue as tensions continue to rise in that country. This comes after the murder of a leading human rights lawyer and political activist in the Kingdom…

Half a million strike in UK as cost-of-living crisis bites

Empty rail tracks are pictured near Vauxhall train station LONDON, Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Half a million people stopped work over pay in Britain on Wednesday leaving transport networks paralysed and thousands of classrooms empty in the largest walkout in over a decade. As Europe battles a cost-of-living crisis, Britain’s…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Ukraine hopes for progress on path to EU at Kyiv summit

KYIV, Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ukraine will hold a summit with the European Union in Kyiv this week, the government announced Tuesday, as it expressed hope the conference will bring the war-battered nation closer to EU membership almost a year after Russia launched its invasion. Kyiv also announced it expects…

Manuela Roka Botey appointed Equatorial Guinea premier

   MALABO, Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Manuela Roka Botey was appointed prime minister of Equatorial Guinea, becoming the first woman in the central African country’s history to hold the post, state television announced Tuesday. Joining the government as the minister for national education in 2020, she is also the vice dean…

Huge crowds turn out for pope’s mass in DR Congo capital

Pope Francis arrives at N’Dolo Airport to celebrate holy mass. [Jerome Delay/AP Photo] KINSHASA, Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A huge crowd of singing and dancing worshippers turned out to attend a papal mass in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Wednesday, the second day of Pope Francis’s visit…

Brazil: 7 killed, dozens injured as tour bus overturns in southern state of Parana

 BRASILIA, Feb 2 (NNN-XINHUA) — At least seven people were killed and another 22 injured when a tour bus heading for Iguazu Falls overturned in the southern Brazilian state of Parana, police said.  According to Parana’s Federal Highway Police, the bus carrying 54 persons had departed Tuesday from Florianopolis, capital…