Every year on 16 June, readers around the world celebrate Bloomsday, the annual commemoration of Irish writer James Joyce‘s landmark 1922 novel Ulysses. The date marks the single day on which the novel unfolds: 16 June 1904, when its protagonist, Leopold Bloom, wanders through the city of Dublin. What began as a literary observance has…
Gaborone — Botswana and South Africa enjoy smooth relations, with emerging issues resolved efficiently and effectively through close collaboration, says President Advocate Duma Boko. Speaking during a farewell courtesy call by the outgoing South African High Commissioner to Botswana, Ms Thaninga Shope-Soumah in Gaborone on Monday, President Boko said Botswana was grateful for the role…
Reacting to the decision by Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to deposit formal notifications of withdrawal from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Marceau Sivieude, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for West and Central Africa, said: “This decision by the governments of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger threatens to deny thousands of victims the…
Last month, Mombasa made history as the first African city to host the Our Ocean Conference (OOC) – an international convening to protect and conserve the ocean, gathering well over a hundred countries. Yet the significance of the conference went far beyond where it was held. It demonstrated why Africa is increasingly becoming one of…
Egypt head coach Hossam Hassan believes his side’s experience against African opposition has prepared them well for Friday’s FIFA World Cup Round of 32 meeting with Australia. The Pharaohs face the Socceroos looking to extend their unbeaten run in the tournament after progressing from Group G with a draw against Belgium, victory over New Zealand…
Namibian international, Peter Shalulile has officially brought his time at Mamelodi Sundowns to an end, closing a successful six-year spell that saw him establish himself as one of the leading forwards in African club football. The lethal goal poacher leaves the African champions after scoring 136 goals in all competitions and helping the club win…
Google Play today launched its first Indie Games Fund, committing $1 million to support rising, innovative game studios from across 32 countries in Africa to scale their games and reach a global audience. The fund provides equity-free capital, technical support, and expert mentorship empowering African game developers with the skills and resources they need to…
More blistering heatwaves and other weather extremes are becoming increasingly likely across the world now and in coming months, linked to strengthening El Niño conditions in the tropical Pacific, the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Friday. “El Niño will also give an extra boost to global temperatures,” said WMO scientist Alvaro Silva. “We…
Bangui — new World Bank report released today calls for urgent structural reforms in the public finance sector and the mobilization of domestic resources in the Central African Republic (CAR) to consolidate macroeconomic stability and support human development, boost growth, and create the conditions for job creation. Entitled “Strengthening the Transparency, Sustainability and Efficiency of…
Current credit ratings may disadvantage the continent, but wouldn’t an African agency amount to Africa ‘marking its own homework’? Can Africa itself correct the bias it says the Big Three credit rating agencies display in grading African sovereigns? The African Union (AU) and other voices on the continent believe this bias gives African countries unfairly…
