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Locusts destroy crops in Horn of Africa

According to a finding of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the locusts have damaged about 70,000 hectares of farmland in Somalia and neighbouring...

Tanzania & Rwanda to invest in mega airports

Infrastructural push being given by several African countries would have its impact soon according to some experts. The focus on critically important  infrastructural segments like...

Madagascar to hike government revenue from mining

A new Mining law is being drafted by Madagascar that proposes to hike royalties on nickel, cobalt, precious metals, and gemstones to 4% from current...

Madagascar to hike government revenue from mining

A new Mining law is being drafted by Madagascar that proposes to hike royalties on nickel, cobalt, precious metals, and gemstones to 4% from current...

World Bank-IMF support for Ethiopia

Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of Ethiopia, has revealed that the International Monetary Fund has agreed to extend financial assistance of USD 2.9 billion to Ethiopia to support...

Death toll rises at the Ugandan floods

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. expressed condolences to families of twenty-six people who were killed in two areas – Elgon and Rwenzori due to flood...

Abiy invokes Eritrean president as the Nobel Prize receiving ceremony

At the Nobel prize award ceremony, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed hailed Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki describing him as a “partner and comrade in...

Belna lashes over Madagascar: life comes to standstill

Madagascar is in the grip of a major storm, which damaged several buildings and roads and  rendered hundreds homeless.   Steps are being taken for...

Tanzania focuses on cashew production & processing

Tanzanian  government plans to triple cashew nuts production to 1 million tons over the next four to five years as against a production estimated...

Tanzania’s impressive gold trail: expected to bolster the economy

Shanta Gold (AIM: SHG), East Africa-focused gold producer, in an update said that  its New Luika Gold Mine in South Western Tanzania,  has considerably...

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