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  “I constantly worried that I would lose everything,” says Adelaida Nyawlingo, a 50-year-old widow from Dar es Salaam. Like many widows in Tanzania, her loss did not end with the death of her husband. It was followed by a long and painful struggle over land she believed was her home. After her husband died in 2011, Nyawlingo became the sole provider for her family. Soon after, multiple parties laid […]

  On January 21, commencing at 11:35 a.m. for approximately 90 minutes, Mr. MOTEGI Toshimitsu, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, held a meeting and working lunch with Hon. Selma ASHIPALA-MUSAVYI, Minister of International Relations and Trade of the Republic of Namibia, who is paying a visit to Japan, as a guest of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. The overview is as follows: At the outset, Minister MOTEGI […]

  On 21 January, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Olexandr Mischenko received the copies of credentials from newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria to Ukraine, Mr. Ahmed Ouail. Olexandr Mishchenko congratulated the Ambassador on the start of his work in Ukraine and expressed hope for the active development of bilateral relations as well as for more active support by Algeria for our State, […]

  The President of the Republic of Seychelles, Dr. Patrick Herminie, received the Letters of Credence of His Excellency Mr. Hatem Yousri Hosni, Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the Republic of Seychelles, during an accreditation ceremony held yesterday at State House. The ceremony marked the official commencement of Ambassador Hosni’s diplomatic mission to Seychelles and provided an opportunity for wide-ranging discussions on strengthening bilateral cooperation across several […]

  The Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Appropriations, Dr Mmusi Maimane, has expressed profound shock and sadness following a devastating road accident involving a private scholar transport vehicle, which claimed the lives of 13 school learners from the Vereeniging and Vanderbijlpark areas of Gauteng. Dr Maimane and members of the committee convey their heartfelt condolences to the families, friends, schools and communities affected by this tragic loss. Dr Maimane […]

  By Sanchia Temkin, Associate Director: Content, APO Group  (www.APO-opa.com). Most organisational failures do not begin with poor judgement or the wrong message. They begin earlier – at the moment a decision is required, and no one is clearly authorised to make it. This dynamic rarely appears in calm conditions. It surfaces in a crisis: when scrutiny intensifies, time is limited, and the organisation is forced to act beyond the […]

  The 17th General Assembly of the African Union of Broadcasting (AUB) (https://www.UAR-AUB.org), coinciding this year with its 20th anniversary, will be held from April 14 to 17, 2026, in Banjul, The Gambia, under the theme: “AUB, 20 Years Serving African Media: Heritage, Innovation and Transformation,” a strategic reflection on the present and future of the continent’s media ecosystem. In a global context marked by rapid technological transformations, new consumption […]

  As global consumers increasingly focus on nutrition, health and wellbeing with a back-to-basics approach of consuming minimally processed food, this Veganuary Emirates (www.Emirates.com) confirms new concepts are in development to celebrate real, whole, and farm-to-fork plant foods. The current development project sees a team of chefs create dishes that feel authentic, vibrant and rooted in culinary tradition, without replacing typical proteins with engineered plant-based meats and substitutes. The new dishes […]

  We, Catholic Bishops of Ibadan Ecclesiastical Province, comprising Ibadan Archdiocese (https://www.IbadanArchdiocese.org), Ilorin, Ondo, Oyo, Ekiti and Osogbo Dioceses, after our first meeting for 2026 at the Jubilee Conference Centre, (JCC) Ibadan, having prayerfully deliberated on pertinent issues of Church and national interest, hereby issue the following Communique: 1. The Saving Mission of Jesus Christ The Church exists to advance the mission of Jesus Christ. That mission expressed by the […]