National Biosafety Authority (NBA) Chairman David Wamatsi (far right), accompanied by Acting Chief Executive Officer Dr Ann Karimi, meets African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) Chairman Prof. Aggrey Ambali (second from right) on the sidelines of the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17), held in Yerevan, Armenia, from 19 to…
KNVB invites associations and confederations to a summit to discuss the overhaul of FIFA and how it runs football. Published On 30 Aug 202630 Aug 2026 FIFA president Gianni Infantino must be replaced by 2027, along with an overhaul of football’s global governing body, the Dutch football association (KNVB) has said. The KNVB, one of…
Francistown — The President of the All Africa Association for Small and Medium Enterprises (AAASME), Dr Ebiekure Eradiri has honoured President Advocate Duma Boko with the UbuntuSusu Continental SME Billion Fund recognition. The presentation was made on the sidelines of the Trade Up North 10th Anniversary in Francistown on Thursday. Speaking after the presentation, Dr…
Dar es Salaam — THE growing burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) has become one of Tanzania’s most pressing public health challenges, with obesity emerging as a major risk factor behind the rising number of people diagnosed with diabetes, hypertension, heart disease and certain types of cancer. Health experts say changing lifestyles, unhealthy diets rich in…
NewsFeed Hamas has announced the dissolution of its civilian governing body in Gaza after nearly 20 years of administration. The decision includes the resignation of key officials and the end of the government emergency committee. Published On 7 Jul 20267 Jul 2026 Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al Jazeera on…
A Frenchman convicted for the murder of his wife who disappeared more than half a decade ago — and whose body was never found — has confessed from his jail cell to killing her, his lawyer said on Monday. Cedric Jubillar, 38, was sentenced in October to 30 years in prison for murdering Delphine Jubillar,…
A smartphone screen displays the MarineTraffic map showing a concentration of ship beacons in the Strait of Bab el-Mandeb, with a map of the strait visible in the background, in Créteil, France, on March 30, 2026. (Photo by Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images A cargo vessel in the Red…
More than a year after the death of Zambia’s former President Edgar Lungu, his family have won their appeal to have his body buried in South Africa where he died – overturning a high court ruling that allowed the Zambian government to repatriate the corpse. It is not clear whether Tuesday’s ruling at the Supreme…
Geneva — History has repeatedly shown us that women are more likely than men to die during an Ebola outbreak, the chief of humanitarian action of UN Women has said in Geneva. “This is not because the disease is more deadly for women once they are infected,” Sofia Calltorp addressed journalists at a UN press…
The body of an American soldier who went missing while in Morocco for an annual training exercise has been recovered, the U.S. Army announced on Sunday. First Lieutenant Lamont Key Jr. was one of two U.S. service members who disappeared just over a week ago in waters off Morocco’s southern coast, near the Cap Draa…
