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  The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a contribution of €4 million from the Government of Italy to expand the Home-Grown School Feeding programme and support climate-smart agriculture and sustainable school meals by connecting schools with local farmers in Malawi’s Chikwawa District. The funding will enable WFP to provide daily nutritious meals to 20,800 children in seventeen primary schools across Chikwawa and supports the national school feeding programme […]

  Government is moving to revitalise the Uganda Telecommunications Corporation (UTel), after it secured investment commitments from Rowad Capital Commercial LLC (RCC), a United Arab Emirates (UAE) company. The move is aimed at capitalising UTel to take on the management and commercialisation of the ICT National Backbone Infrastructure (NBI) in Uganda. According to the Minister of ICT and National Guidance, Hon. Chris Baryomunsi, the company will take a 60 per […]

  Uncertainty over the implementation of the new Advanced level (A- level) school curriculum will soon end, after the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development allocated Shs7.1 billion for its implementation. The assurance was given after Members of Parliament sitting on the committee of Education and Sports put the Minister of State for Finance (Planning), Hon. Amos Lugoloobi to task to ensure that funds are allocated to the National […]

  Tens of thousands of people who fled violence during the brutal civil war that raged across South Sudan in 2013 found sanctuary next to the United Nations peacekeeping base in Juba. Twelve years later, many remain in the camps, as they feel unable to return safely to their original homes and are reliant on humanitarian support. Now, they are facing a fresh threat with clashes taking place between forces […]

  The people of Sudan are trapped in siege-like conditions “with no escape, no hope, and often forced to face unspeakable abuse,” a senior official with the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Friday in Geneva.  Mohamed Refaat, IOM Chief of Mission in Sudan, was speaking to reporters after returning from previously inaccessible Khartoum state, which is now back under the control of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF). War erupted […]

  Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has asked Parliament for an annual budgetary appropriation of Shs35 billion intended to establish a general hospital in each of its five divisions. KCCA officials led by the Minister for KCCA and Metropolitan Affairs, Hon. Kyofatogabye Kabuye, who appeared before the Committee on Health, argued that the move would decongest referral hospitals, by handling referrals from lower health facilities. “Elevating the KCCA directly managed […]

By Ludorf Iyambo The City of Windhoek says families should maintain their relatives’ graves and memorial structures. This includes any necessary repairs, beautification efforts such as planting flowers, and general cleaning of the gravesite. This comes after the recent heavy rains destroyed several graves at the Gammams cemetery in Windhoek. City of Windhoek spokesperson Lydia Amutenya says families should visit cemeteries to assess if there is any necessary repairs needed […]

The Oshana Regional Council commenced distributing relief food to communities affected by floods in Ompundja,  Uuvudhiya, and Okatyali. The Namibia Defence Force’s helicopter is helping transport the drought relief to areas cut off by the floods. Oshana governor Elia Irimari, who joined the team in dispatching the food, says they will first ensure that all the needed food as per the government drought relief programs is distributed to the allocated […]

Ounona veli 3 kamwe kena omido 4, 5 no 13 okwa ova xulifa konima eshi taku lopotwa vakwatwa kokashelu momukunda Katenture,   tauhangwa moshitopolwa sha Kavango East. Oo eli Commander wopolifi elilepo oshitopolwa omo mwaningilwa oshiningwanima, Commissioner Andreas Haingura okwa koleka oshiningwanima koikundaneki tati oshiponga oshaloka metitatu. Okwati okanona ko kakadona komido 10, oko yoo kali pamwe na vakwao ovo vakwatwapo koluvadi koo okaxupa noka twalwa koshipangelo sha Andara oko […]