Africa (except North Africa)

DAR ES SALAAM, Feb 5 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — THE Tanzanian government is on Feb 15 expected to sign an agreement of a project dubbed ‘Grid Imara’ worth about 1tri/- to restructure and stabilise the electricity situation in the country, Energy Minister January Makamba informed the National Assembly.

Moreover, the government is planning to carry out maintenance of the national grid to tackle power outages problems in many parts of the country. Makamba revealed this while contributing implementation report of the Parliamentary Committee for Energy and Minerals for the past one year.

NAIROBI, Feb 5 (NNN-GNA) — The European Union has threatened to blacklist Kenya over corruption and money laundering, revisiting an old problem Nairobi has struggled to contain.

EU Ambassador to Kenya Henriette Geiger said Kenya’s reluctance to curb corruption and money laundering could scare off investors. She told a media briefing over the upcoming European Union-Kenya Business Forum with the Kenya Private Sector Alliance that Nairobi may also face restrictions.

BAMAKO, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will pay a two-day visit to Mali this week, the Malian foreign ministry said on Sunday, describing the visit as a reflection of a shared wish to strengthen defence and security ties.

Lavrov will arrive in Bamako on Monday. It is the first time a Russian foreign minister has officially visited the West African nation and reflects Moscow's focus on extending its reach on the continent while it is at loggerheads with Western powers over its invasion of Ukraine.

DAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- At least 17 people were killed and 12 others injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a mini-bus in Tanzania's northern district of Korogwe in Tanga region, an official said on Saturday.

The Tanga regional commissioner, Omary Mgumba, said is a statement that the mini-bus was carrying 26 mourners and a body from Dar es Salaam to Moshi in Kilimanjaro region for burial when the accident occurred on Friday night.

DAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Seven women who have fully recovered from obstetric fistula treatment are busy in a room making high quality handmade bags, accessories and toys.

These women have benefited from the specialized healthcare services operating in Dar es Salaam and Moshi in Tanzania, sponsors by the Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation Tanzania (CCBRT), a locally registered non-governmental organization (NGO).

MOGADISHU, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) said it has handed over a new hospital facility designed to provide quality treatment and care to Somali security forces involved in the fight against al-Shabab across the country.

Somalia's Minister of Defense Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur said the 68-bed facility located in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, would go a long way in providing urgent medical attention to soldiers and other security officers wounded on the battlefield.

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Kenyan former policeman was sentenced to death on Friday for the murder of a human rights lawyer, his client and a taxi driver.

Frederick Leliman and three others were convicted of carrying out the murders in 2016, in one of a series of cases of alleged police brutality and extrajudicial killings in Kenya.

Lawyer Willie Kimani was representing a motorcycle taxi operator who was suing Leliman for shooting him at a traffic roadblock. Leliman later started threatening and intimidating the man.

02 Feb 2023; MEMO: Chadian President, Mahamat Deby, said he would inaugurate an embassy in Israel on Thursday that would build on bilateral relations that were established five years ago, Reuters reports.

Deby announced the plan on Wednesday as he began a visit to Israel. An Israeli official said the Muslim-majority African country's embassy would be in the Tel Aviv area.

JOHANNESBURG, Jan 30 (NNN-BUANEWS) – South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, said yesterday that, the electricity crisis in the country, continues to undermine economic growth and investment.

“Load shedding damages businesses, disrupts households, compromises the provision of social services, and affects the safety and well-being of the people,” Ramaphosa, also president of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) party, made the remarks at the ANC’s National Executive Council lekgotla.

JUBA, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- South Sudan, the World Bank, and two UN agencies on Saturday kicked off a COVID-19 vaccine campaign following the arrival of 3.9 million vaccine doses into the country.

Yolanda Awel Deng, Minister of Health of South Sudan said vaccination coverage remains low in the country and the country-wide campaign aims to reach the 70 percent target.

She said these extra resources will enable South Sudan to strengthen its health system preparedness and help address urgent health and nutrition needs.