Author: Daliana Stokes

Israel’s envoy to Spain accused Morocco and several Arab states of committing “ethnic cleansing” against Jewish communities in their countries, leading to a drastic decrease in their numbers since 1948. “Tell me more about ethnic cleansing in the Middle East,” wrote Dan Poraz, Israel’s deputy ambassador to Madrid, as he shared on Sunday, 26 November, an image titled ‘Jewish population in Arab countries’ that displays the number of Jewish communities decreasing to zero in some Arab states. Poraz’s tweet ignited wide controversy over social media platforms, especially among Moroccan users for whom the Israeli envoy’s post was problematic for three…

Dr Deckster Tonny SAVADYE, CEO of Zimbabwe National Biotechnology Authority (NBA), and Dr Yang Yili, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology China Regional Research Centre (ICGEB), visited Recbio. Dr SAVADYE and his team conducted an on-the-spot investigation of the manufacturing facilities for the COVID-19/Shingles vaccine and HPV vaccine at Recbio. Witnessed by the leaders of Taizhou Pharmaceutical High-tech Industrial Park, the three parties jointly signed a strategic cooperation agreement. According to the agreement, Recbio will cooperate with ICGEB China Regional Research Center to provide technical support related to vaccine production in Zimbabwe, including personnel training, plant designing, clinical trials,…

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa affirmed his country’s support for Saudi Arabia’s bids to host Expo 2030 and the 2034 FIFA World Cup on Monday. During a meeting with Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir in Harare, Mnangagwa discussed relations between Saudi Arabia and Zimbabwe and opportunities for developing them in all fields. They also exchanged views on a number of issues of common interest. The Kingdom submitted a letter of intent to bid to host the 2034 FIFA World Cup on Monday after announcing its intention to bid to host the tournament last week. Source : Arab…

Despite the dominance of Afrobeats in the African music landscape, an exciting transformation is unfolding as Rhythm and Blues (R&B) music is undergoing a notable resurgence across the continent, with an average year-on-year growth of 133 per cent on Spotify. While R&B is traditionally characterised by its soulful melodies, themes of love and relationships, African artistes are giving the genre a unique twist by infusing it with their own cultural and musical influences. To leverage this growing popularity of the genre, Spotify has partnered with ColorsxStudios for a multi-day R&B writing camp in Nairobi, Kenya. The camp will bring together…

The Congolese government has said a regional peacekeeping mission will have to leave the country by Dec. 8 due to poor performance. The force was deployed by the East African Community (EAC) bloc last year amid an insurgency by the M23 rebel group, which is backed by Rwanda. Kinshasa wanted the force to militarily engage the M23, but that proved tricky given that Rwanda is an EAC member state. Fighting between the M23 and pro-government militias has intensified since the beginning of this month, rupturing a shaky ceasefire. More than 50,000 people have been displaced from their homes by the…

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called for urgent assistance for the country’s aviation industry, stressing that the entire sector needs help to stay afloat and be profitable. This was the view of IATA’s Area Manager, West and Central Africa, Dr. Samson Fatokun when the group presented the IATA certificate of membership to United Nigeria Airlines that has been showing promise since the carrier was set up on February 12, 2021. The aviation industry in Nigeria, according to him, needs help, noting that the Federal Government needs to provide them with help. Fatokun noted that the dollar is the…

In a significant development aimed at bolstering Libya’s energy sector and fostering regional development, Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Council, Moussa Al-Koni, recently held a crucial meeting with the Minister of Oil and Gas of the Government of National Unity, Mohamed Aoun. The meeting, held in the capital city, addressed several pivotal issues including the possibility of establishing an oil refinery in the southern region of the country, enhancing fuel supply, and powering the Ubari power plant through a new gas pipeline. A statement released by the Presidential Council highlighted that both Al-Koni and Aoun acknowledged the vital importance of…

An old-fashioned Las Vegas gamble cost Martin Truex Jr. big in Sin City on Sunday afternoon.During the caution period separating Stages 1 and 2 in the NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, crew chief James Small made the decision to leave Truex and the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota on track after a 14-lap stint on fresh tires.The rest of the field took fresh rubber behind him, and the once-competitive No. 19 car quickly plummeted through the leaderboard before rallying to an eighth-place finish — Truex’s first top-15 finish since Watkins Glen International in August.Truex questioned…

Libya’s Airports Authority is participating in the Airports Council International for the Africa Region (ACI AFRICA) during its seventieth session and the annual general assembly meetings and the thirty-second conference and exhibition, which are being held from 14 to 20 of October in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, under the slogan “Flexibility through innovation. Resilience Through Innovation.” Libya’s Airports Authority is represented by the Director General of Mitiga Airport, Lotfi Altabeeb, Director of Sebha Airport, Al-Tahir Abu Al-Qasim, Director General of Misrata Airport, Suleiman Habrisha and Director of the Internal Audit Office at the Airports Authority, Abdul Rahman Ibrahim. Importance of…

Countries need to build ‘tax morale’ to reduce capital flight, reports John Crabb from the World Bank Group-IMF Annual Meetings in MarrakechCapital flight due to public distrust of national tax regimes is bleeding billions of dollars of potential revenue from governments’ coffers across Africa, ministers have warned. They called for new policies to stop the drain of resources, at a time when interest rates are high and the continent faces a debt crisis. All too often, those who make money in Africa move it offshore, sometimes illegally, depriving governments of desperately needed revenue. Analysts believe such tax avoidance is exacerbated…