The North West Department of Agriculture is on high alert today with 138 confirmed cases of FMD. A mass vaccination rollout began this morning, and 16 out of 18 municipalities in the province are now under strict animal movement control.
The trial of Riek Machar in Juba was postponed until the 25th of February with judges saying they had to consult South Africa's Cybercrimes Act prior to passing sentence on whether to accept a South African digital forensics report into evidence.
Family members of men, believed to be fighting on behalf of Russia in the Ukraine conflict, are demanding the government helps their sons return. They claim their sons were lured into the fight with job offers, amid claims over a thousand Kenyan nationals were recruited after a briefing by the Kenyan National Intelligence Service.
Kenya’s National Intelligence Service has told parliament that more than 1,000 Kenyans were recruited to fight for Russia in the war against Ukraine. Recruits were allegedly lured with promises of high pay and foreign jobs, with dozens reported dead, missing, hospitalized or still deployed on the front lines.
"At least three aid workers were killed and others injured in an air strike in Sudan's Kordofan region, said to be related to fighting between paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. It hit a humanitarian aid convoy that was bringing in food and medical supplies, and shows the increasing danger to relief efforts".
Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, the youngest son of the late former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, was arrested in Johannesburg on Thursday after a gardener at his Hyde Park residence was shot and left in critical condition, South African police confirmed.
Tripoli’s government announced new fuel supply contracts with major Western energy traders and firms today, highlighting a dramatic shift in how the country sources gasoline and diesel and reshaping its role in Mediterranean energy markets.
A new mobile learning platform launched today will allow Tanzanians to study technical skills theory and prepare for practical training straight from their phones.
The Kenyan government began holding investor calls today to sell new dollar bonds maturing in 2034 and 2039. The money is intended to buy back $500 million of existing debt and manage the country's heavy repayment schedule.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) issued its first-ever major food-sector loan in Sub-Saharan Africa today. The €70 million will support cashew, cocoa, and sesame farmers in Côte d’Ivoire and Nigeria to help them process crops locally instead of just exporting raw materials.
