Africa

Rickshaws, motorbike and bicycle taxis are banned from almost all of largest city Bujumbura, as the country think the popular cheap transport providers cause fatal road accidents

Parliament is debating an amendment to the Law on Private Voluntary Organisations that seriously threatens the right to freedom of association in the country, with human rights bodies concerned about the negative impact

The Economic Development Board Mauritius has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry to increase bilateral trade and investment opportunities across strategic sectors

The news of the death of artist Kelly Rajerison caused a cloud of tributes on social networks over the past day, with music lovers acknowledging this singer-songwriter's contribution to the Malagasy musical landscape

Government officials, civil servants, students from several schools in the vicinity of Thaba-Bosiu have planted five thousand indigenous trees in Ha Ntsane, Thaba-Bosiu, part of the government's effort to restore the ecosystem

The Khalifa Empowerment Programme Aqdar has completed the first phase of the 'Fifty Tree' initiative campaign, launched at the Aqdar World Summit Dubai Expo 2020, which aims to plant 50.000 mangrove trees in strategic areas

The 'Nigeria, full stop' initiative is aimed at fighting against the stigmatisation of Nigerian community in Italian media, with about 35 Nigerian associations clustered around it with the intention of showing a lesser known face of immigration

Rajabu, the rhino thought to have the largest family in East Africa and one of the country's most reproductive male rhinos, has died in Tanzania at the age of 43; the eastern black rhino is listed as a critically endangered species

The 8th African Islamic Finance Summit will be held at the Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Centre today to explore the African financial market potential; ultimate goal would be the socio-economic benefit of the region

After the president was engaged in an emergency meeting with cabinet ministers and members of the Economic Management Team, the salaries of ministers, heads of state enterprises and heads of municipal and district assemblies could be cut by up to 30%

17 African Heads of State and Government have confirmed that they will participate in the first African Cybersecurity Summit that opens today in Lomé; more than 700 participants, including private sector and civil society leaders, have also registered

During the recent Ocean Race Summit, the use of the ocean as a living laboratory and future developments of the Blue Economy in Seychelles were discussed in a meeting between Seychelles officials and the UN Special Envoy for the Ocean