adminJamaican artistes urged to value copyright
Failure by many reggae stars and songwriters to appreciate their copyright has resulted in Jamaica getting a low economic return on its music, according to a new study at the…
Wise use of wetlands
WETLANDS are areas that are seasonally or permanently covered by shallow water or areas where the water table is close to or at the surface, and these are usually characterised…
Nairobi mall siege over: Kenyatta
NAIROBI – The four-day siege at Kenya’s Westgate shopping mall is over, the country’s president declared on tonight in a strongly worded statement of defiance against the terrorist threat to…
UZ wins ethics contest
Business Reporter University of Zimbabwe students last week won this year’s Ethics and Transparency initiative competition held in Harare. The UZ team beat 8 other universities which participated namely Africa…
ICC offers to help prosecute Nairobi mall militants
THE HAGUE – International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda offered Tuesday to help prosecute those behind the deadly attack on Nairobi’s Westgate shopping mall, a statement said.
Galvanising support for increased US trade and investment in Africa
Washington – In her series of high level meetings in Washington DC, United States this week, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has been making…
Ruto visits Westgate attack victims
NAIROBI – Deputy President William Ruto on Tuesday morning visited some of Westgate terrorist attack victims admitted at Aga Khan and MP Shah Hospitals.
Venezuela to UN: Make sure US respects us at General Assembly
CARACAS – Venezuela said Monday it has asked the United Nations for guarantees that its president and his entourage will be respected by the United States when they attend the…
BREAKING NEWS: Militants say they are ‘holding out’ in Kenya mall
NAIROBI – Somalia’s al Shabaab Islamist group said on Tuesday there were “countless dead bodies” in a Kenyan shopping mall as security forces searched for militants still holed up in…
Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel initiative
Windhoek – In the margin of the Eleventh Conference of Parties to the United Nations Conference to Combat Desertification (UNCCD-COP11), the African Union Commission (AUC) in collaboration with the Food…