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LAGOS. – History was made as President Muhammadu Buhari inaugurated the first indigenous refinery in Nigeria, the US$18,5 billion Dangote Petroleum Refinery, in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday exchanged congratulatory messages with Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki on the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries. In his message, Xi pointed out that over the past 30 years, China-Eritrea relations have withstood changes in the international landscape, and the two sides have always been sincere and […]

PRETORIA. – President William Ruto has called for reforms at the United Nations, saying Africa deserves two permanent seats at UN security council. The Kenyan president also said African Union should reform so that it is relevant and not act as subservient to Western Europe. Speaking in South Africa while addressing the third African Parliamentarians […]

JOHANNESBURG. – Nine African countries will benefit from the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) African Fertiliser Financing Mechanism (AFFM) this year as fertiliser supply from Russia remains uncertain amid its war on Ukraine.

JOHANNESBURG. – South Africans, who officially enter winter on June 21, will face a tough time in the coming months, state-owned power utility Eskom warned yesterday, after it imposed 12-hour-a-day power cuts for months.

NAIROBI. – Kenyan authorities have suspended 27 civil servants on suspicion of misappropriating about 1 000 tonnes of sugar that was declared unfit for consumption, the country’s director of public service said on Wednesday.

NAIROBI. –  The death toll from the “Shakahola massacre” in a southeastern Kenyan forest, where a cult leader was meeting to fast to “meet Jesus”, has risen to 226 after 15 more bodies were found on Wednesday, the region’s prefect announced.

VICTORIA FALLS. –  Zimbabwe on Tuesday welcomed the first group of 20 Chinese tourists after the Covid-19 pandemic with a ceremony at the Victoria Falls International Airport near Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe’s prime tourist destination. “It is indeed a great honour for me to witness the arrival of this special group of visitors to Zimbabwe, the […]

NAIROBI. – Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga has denied holding political truce talks with President William Ruto in their three meetings over the weekend. Odinga on Tuesday termed his meeting with President Ruto at a burial in central Nyandarua county and later at two local football matches as “chance meetings” that had nothing to do […]

JOHANNESBURG. – More than 80 percent of South African children around the age of 10 have trouble reading and understanding what they read at the same time, an international study released Tuesday shows. “Unfortunately, the results show disappointing scores,” said Education Minister Angie Motshekga, citing the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (Pirls), conducted every […]

JOHANNESBURG. – The Russian embassy in South Africa has hit back at claims by US Ambassador Reuben Brigety that South Africa loaded ammunition onto a Russian ship last year. This after Defence Minister Thandi Modise criticised the narrative South Africa had chosen sides in the Russia-Ukraine war. In a statement on Tuesday, the Russian embassy […]

WINDHOEK. – Namibia’s Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the government must recognise the unions of same-sex couples who married in countries where it was legal for them to do so, even though same-sex marriage remains illegal in Namibia itself. The ruling, which drew mixed reactions in the socially conservative country, was in sharp contrast […]

The Sudanese Embassy in Zimbabwe is appealing to Zimbabweans, Diplomatic Missions and International Organisations accredited to Zimbabwe for humanitarian aid.

Blessings Chidakwa-Herald Reporter MOZAMBIQUE President Filipe Nyusi is expected in the country tomorrow for a three-day State visit that is set to bolster the strong relations between his country and Zimbabwe.  A business forum is scheduled to run on the margins of the visit and will focus on deepening relations economically, socially and politically between […]

Maxwell Tapatapa-Herald Reporter The second session of the Joint Permanent Commission on Cooperation (JPCC) between Zimbabwe and Rwanda opened yesterday with both countries overwhelmed by the positive results attained by the JPCC since its inception two years ago. The first session was held virtually, from March 16 to March 18, 2021 and memorandums of understanding […]