insert_link Africa Ghana’s economic crisis was caused by government borrowing – the central bank did the best it could: economist By Emmanuel Ameyaw, Tohoku University Ghana is going through its worst economic crisis in a generation. The past two years have seen record high inflation in the country. Ghana’s central bank (the Bank of Ghana) has been criticised in some quarters for its role in the country’s economic malaise, which has hit the profitability of Ghanaian banks. The Conversation Africa’s Godfred Akoto Boafo speaks to […] todayJune 17, 2024 13
insert_link Oshiwambo Latvia okwa tumu ekuthikuthi lyotango lyoo drone ku Ukraine ,onga oshitopolwa sho Drone Capability Coallition. Latvia okwa tumu ekuthikuthi lyotango lyoo drone ku Ukraine ,onga oshitopolwa sho Drone Capability Coallition. Onzonkundana yo Sky News oyati UK na Latvia oya tseyitha kutya otaya kwatele komeho embwinda lyoo drone mu February,tali lalakanene okupa Ukraine oo drone omayovi dho first person view drones meendelelo. Iilongo yilwe kwa tegelelwa yi wayimine ongundu yiilongo yembwinda lyoo drone omwa kwatelwa Canada,Australia,Denmark,Estonia,Poland,Sweden,Germany na Netherlands. Ominista yegameno lya Latvia Andris Spruds okwati embwinda […] todayJune 17, 2024 11
insert_link South Africa Students on the frontline: South Africa and the US share a history of protest against white supremacy By Rico Devara Chapman, Jackson State University Every year on 16 June, South Africa commemorates the revolt of black school children against the inferior “bantu education” system on that day in 1976. The horror of police shooting and killing unarmed children caused a global uproar. Historian Rico Devara Chapman’s research interests include a focus on the African diaspora’s historical and contemporary struggles for justice, particularly student […] todayJune 17, 2024 15
insert_link APO International United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) trains stakeholders in Eastern Equatoria on the electoral process [[{"value":"Civic education and voter registration are important parts of the process meant to lead to the first post-independence elections in the world’s youngest nation in December. Recently, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) held a workshop for the 25 members of Eastern Equatoria State’s electoral commission. “The content of this workshop is important, not least for us women, as we have discussed, among other things, the importance of […] todayJune 17, 2024 8
insert_link Africa World’s oldest termite mounds discovered in South Africa – and they’ve been storing precious carbon for thousands of years Purple spring flowers growing on termite mounds in Namaqualand. A Potts, Author provided By Michele Francis, Stellenbosch University The landscape along the Buffels River in South Africa’s Namaqualand region is dotted with thousands of sandy mounds that occupy about 20% of the surface area. These heuweltjies, as the locals call them (the word means “little hills” in Afrikaans), are termite mounds, inhabited by an underground network of […] todayJune 17, 2024 42
insert_link South Africa S.A Investigating Directorate Dismisses Imminent Arrest Report of ANC’s Gwede Mantashe The S.A Investigating Directorate has dismissed a report by Sunday World that the arrest of ANC national chairperson, Gwede Mantashe is imminent. The publication said Mantashe’s imminent arrest was linked to security upgrades at his properties in Gauteng and the Eastern Cape from Bosasa. However, ID spokesperson, Henry Mamothame says they have not decided nor discussed the matter: todayJune 17, 2024 20
insert_link Namibia Minister Sioka Calls for Empowering African Children for Brighter Future Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare minister, Doreen Sioka, called on stakeholders to ensure that every African child has the opportunity to reach their full potential and contribute to the realisation of a brighter future for Namibia and Africa as a whole. Sioka made this call during the National commemoration of the Day of African Child at Nghifikwa Ndailikana Primary School in Ohangwena. todayJune 17, 2024 24
insert_link World Trains collide in Darjeeling in India with rescue operations underway A goods train has collided with a passenger train in Darjeeling in India. Local media reports say that at least five people have been killed in the crash and several injured. Rebecca Bundhun reports from Mumbai. todayJune 17, 2024 15
insert_link APO International Kenya: Ukraine Commits to Openness in Peace Search with Russia [[{"value":"President William Ruto last evening held a bilateral meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine on the margins of the peace summit in Bürgenstock, Switzerland. President Zelensky reaffirmed the desire of Ukraine for peace and his openness to involve all parties in the search for a just and sustainable peace. President Ruto reiterated Kenya’s unambiguous stand on the principle of equality of nations, inviolability of territorial borders, pacific settlement of […] todayJune 17, 2024 6
