Starlink ordered to cease operations
JOHANNESBURG. – The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia said yesterday it has issued a cease-and-desist order to Elon Musk’s satellite internet provider Starlink for operating in the country...
View ArticleKenyan utility to advance renewable energy in Africa
NAIROBI. — Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen), a state-owned enterprise, said Thursday that it is committed to advancing renewable energy solutions across Africa. KenGen’s managing director...
View ArticleAustralia bans social media for U16s
SYDNEY. – Australia’s parliament has passed a law banning children aged under 16 from using social media, one of the strictest regulations targeting the platforms in the world. The law, which was...
View ArticleDebt slows down fight against HIV
NAIROBI. — Public debt is choking sub-Saharan African countries, leaving them with little fiscal room to finance health and critical HIV services. The World Aids Day report that was released on Tuesday...
View ArticleNamibia elects first female president
WINDHOEK. – Namibia made history on Tuesday by electing the country’s first female president, 72-year-old Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah from the ruling South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO) party....
View ArticleEgypt supports Syria’s sovereignty
CAIRO. — Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and his Syrian counterpart Bassam Sabbagh discussed in a phone call yesterday the latest developments in northern Syria and their impacts on the...
View ArticleUK to nationalise railways in 2025
LONDON. – The Labour government of the United Kingdom (UK) announced yesterday plans to renationalise three major rail operators in 2025 under the newly enacted Passenger Railway Services Act 2024,...
View ArticleMysterious disease kills dozens in DRC
KINSHASA. – At least 79 people died from “a disease of still unknown origin” that is raging in south-western Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)’s Kwango province, health authorities said in a...
View ArticleIsraeli attacks on Lebanon kill over 4 000
BEIRUT. — Lebanese Health Minister Firas Abiad yesterday said 4,047 people have been killed and 16,593 others injured in Israeli attacks on Lebanon since October of last year. At a press conference in...
View ArticlePalestinian envoy condemns Gaza massacre
Ivan Zhakata Herald Correspondent Palestinian Ambassador to Zimbabwe Dr Tamer Almassri has condemned Israel’s latest airstrikes on Gaza, calling them a “genocidal offensive” that flagrantly violates...
View ArticleTransitional authority to run Syria
DAMASCUS. – Mohammed al-Bashir announced Tuesday that he has been tasked with heading a transitional government in Syria until early March 2025 following the collapse of the government of Bashar...
View ArticleKenya confirms 5 new Mpox cases
NAIROBI. – Kenya’s Ministry of Health on Tuesday confirmed five new mpox cases, bringing the total tally to 28 across the country’s 12 counties. Cabinet Secretary of Health Deborah Barasa said...
View ArticleUphill task for Trump’s changes
WASHINGTON. – US President-elect Donald Trump’s planned sweeping changes could be an uphill climb, experts have said. “Trump will not be able to deport as many people as he says because of the...
View ArticlePolish tourists die in Kenya
MOMBASA. – Two Polish tourists were killed and four others, including two Poles, were injured in a road accident in Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa yesterday, police said. Resila Onyango, spokesperson...
View ArticleMozambique, South Africa urged to resolve logistics disruptions
CAPE TOWN. – The Parliament of South Africa yesterday urged cooperation among stakeholders to address the ongoing logistics disruptions at the country’s main border crossing with Mozambique. This came...
View ArticleJordan, Iraq intensify coordination to face regional challenges
AMMAN. – King Abdullah II of Jordan and Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani yesterday emphasised the importance of strengthening coordination between the two countries to address the...
View Article‘Trump’s tariff approach a major mistake’
WASHINGTON. – US President Joe Biden on Tuesday called President-elect Donald Trump’s tariff approach “a major mistake.” “He seems determined to impose steep universal tariffs on all imported goods...
View ArticleUganda beefs up security ahead of festive season
KAMPALA. – Uganda is strengthening security ahead of the festive season, a police spokesperson has said. Joint security personnel, both armed and unarmed, have been deployed to patrol mapped-out areas...
View ArticleZimbabwe, Nicaragua team to promote women in agriculture
Walter Nyamukondiwa in Trelawney Nicaraguan Ambassador to Zimbabwe Ms Nadaske Cuthbert and Mashonaland West Provincial Affairs and Devolution Minister Marian Chombo have toured Plot 6 at Triple and Pen...
View ArticleIsraeli army kills 6 Palestinians in West Bank
RAMALLAH. – Six Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrike and gunfire during two separate incidents in the northern West Bank, Palestinian sources said yesterday. “The bodies of four people and...
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