Author: Nemiah Morton

Cui Jianchun, the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria visited Defence Minister Muhammad Badaru for talks on deploying China’s technological expertise in addressing the West African country’s security challenges. “We had very good discussions centered on military cooperation, focusing on the transfer of technology, training, and the protection of Chinese interests in Nigeria,” Badaru told CGTN Africa. The Chinese Ambassador emphasized his government’s commitment to Nigeria’s security challenges. “Nigeria is a giant, and China is willing to build military industries in Nigeria, supporting local production of military equipment,” Jianchun said. Source : CGTN

A major stride towards stepping up the Paris agreement will begin Thursday in Dubai, United Arab Emirate, as delegates take stock of countries’ compliance with the ‘Rule Book’ to address the multiple and escalating climate challenges facing the world. The 28th session UN Climate Change conference (COP28), the world’s only multilateral decision-making forum on climate change is where the world comes together to agree on ways to address the climate crisis, such as limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, helping vulnerable communities adapt to the effects and achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. More than 70,000 delegates are expected…

MPost, the Kenyan tech start-up which converts mobile numbers into virtual addresses to promote postal and e-commerce logistics through digital addressing, is relocating its headquarters from Nairobi to Kigali, Rwanda. The company has been based in Nairobi since its founding in 2016 and cited a more favourable business environment for tech start-ups in Rwanda. “The business operating environment is more favourable in Rwanda compared to Kenya and this also applies to the cost of running headquarters,” MPost founder and CEO Twahir Mohamed told Citizen Digital on Tuesday.By transforming mobile numbers into official virtual addresses, the start-up’s platform enables clients to…

Berlin (24/11 – 50) The Supreme Court of the Republic of Tajikistan sentenced five Pamiri leaders from the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) to life imprisonment. They are Tolib Ayombekov, Nazhmiddin Sherchonov, Imumnazar Shoishirinov, Munavvar Shanbiev and Niyozsho Gulobov. The press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan announced their detention in June of this year, presenting everyone as “leaders of an organized criminal group in the city of Khorog” – the administrative center of GBAO. According to information from the law enforcement agency, Shanbiev and Ayombekov were among those with whom the country’s authorities signed separate agreements in October…

Kenya has been ranked among the top five countries with the highest organised criminal activities in the continent. The newly released Africa Organised Crime Index 2023 Report that assesses increased criminality and growing vulnerabilities places Kenya in the fourth position after the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria and South Africa. Libya has taken the fifth position. The report by ENACT, a body that is enhancing Africa’s capacity to respond more effectively to transnational organised crime and is also working to mitigate the impact of transnational organised crime reveals that criminality has risen in the continent, with indication of growth in…

Effort of Federal government to eliminate impediments crippling food security in Nigeria has received boost with the new maize technology released by Institute for Agricultural Research, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Besides the sufficiency, the new technology will bridge the gap of about five million metric tons of maize shortage in Nigeria and drastically reduce huge foreign exchange being expended annually on importation of the crop. It is estimated that Nigeria presently produces less than 15 million metric tons of maize per hectare as opposed to between 19 and 20 million metric tons per hectare the nation requires to meet its…

One round of talks convened by international parties already collapsed, making some sceptical about imminent peace in Sudan Six months after civil war broke out in Sudan, its warring parties have restarted peace talks in Saudi Arabia, although cracks are already beginning to appear in the process. In a statement on Sunday, the US Department of State urged both sides to “approach the talks constructively”. The Jeddah talks which began on Thursday, are being steered by Saudi and United States officials. The two countries helped broker short ceasefire deals in May between the opposing sides: the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF)…

The global expanse of the Tunisian diaspora is remarkable. With nearly 2 million Tunisians residing abroad, their influence on the Tunisian economy is palpable. By the close of 2023, remittances from this group are projected to skyrocket to an impressive 10 billion dinars. Amidst this backdrop, 216 Capital, in its ongoing endeavor to bolster value-creation entities in Tunisia, has proudly announced an investment of 400,000 euros in the Franco-Tunisian fintech startup, My Easy Transfer. This startup is at the forefront of providing safe and efficient money transfer avenues for the Tunisian diaspora. The inception of My Easy Transfer is an…

Maisha Meds is a software platform for ensuring that rural pharmacists and clinicians effectively purchase quality affordable medicines and pass on subsidies to patients The US$5.25 million in funding from DIV, disbursed over three years, will support Maisha Meds’ expansion efforts to reach people in need of affordable, high-quality malaria care across Africa through private drug shops, pharmacies, and clinics that often serve as their first — and sometimes only — point of care. With additional support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Maisha Meds plans to expand its mobile software to 7,500 total pharmacies and clinics by the…

In this 90,000-acre (36,000-hectare) conservancy, the animals are protected from their biggest threat: poaching. “The black rhino, in this country, continues to face serious challenges, (the) majority being threat from rhino poaching, lack of secure habitats that are necessary to reintroduce rhino populations that are growing within the areas that (where) we currently have sanctuaries,” says Samuel Mutisya, head of research and species conservation at Ol Pejeta Conservancy, which claims to be the largest black rhino sanctuary in East and Central Africa. Historically, early settlers in eastern and southern Africa hunted rhinos for sport and sustenance. Nowadays, the demand for…