2015

DEFENCEWEB The Eastern Africa Standby Force (EASF) is one step closer to becoming a reality. Ten nations have pledged to contribute a total of three motorized battalions, one mechanized battalion and one light infantry battalion of 850 men…

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE African countries are clamping down on ivory smuggling, with large seizures for the first time exceeding those made in prime destination Asia, U.N. wildlife regulators said in June 2014. Until recently, seizures of…

VOICE OF AMERICA An oral vaccine for cholera has proved to be highly effective and could change the way future outbreaks are controlled. The medical aid group Doctors Without Borders says the vaccine was used during a 2012 outbreak in…

THE EASTAFRICAN Rwanda’s Ministry of Natural Resources has unveiled a new monitoring system to cut greenhouse gas emissions caused by deforestation and environmental degradation. Adrie Mukashema, deputy director-general in charge of…

UNITED NATIONS NEWS CENTRE The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization has warned that despite notable recent economic progress, Africa remains the world’s most food-insecure continent. It has called on all African agriculture…

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE A surge in disposable income and the growth in Africa’s middle class has led to an upswing in the number of shopping centers across the continent, a June 2014 report said. With shoppers searching for new ways to spend…

ADF STAFF One of Africa’s most acclaimed entrepreneurs, the founder of a shoe brand now selling in more than 55 countries globally, has announced the founding of a second company. In 2004, Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu started soleRebels in…

(Ludwick Marishane) VOICE OF AMERICA Unemployment remains stubbornly high in South Africa and is one of the greatest socio-economic problems facing the country’s youth. Job creation was a leading goal of government policy during the…

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE African governments and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have agreed on the urgent need to harness the continent’s rapid economic growth, as unrest and a plethora of challenges temper exuberance about the…

CLUES Rome conquered this ancient Punic trading post and converted it into a base for the conquest of the kingdoms of Mauritania. The site comprises Byzantine, paleo-Christian, Phoenician and Roman ruins alongside other indigenous…