A Tanzanian cargo ship sank Tuesday (Jan. 23) in a jetty in the southern Iranian port of Assaluyeh, state media reported. The official IRNA news agency said the vessel named Anil overturned because containers on it were configured incorrectly at the port’s dock No. 9. The port has more than two dozen piers. IRNA said…
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MOMO Pencils, based in Athi River, Machakos County, came up with an effective way to reduce the number of trees cut down every year to make simple writing pencils. The company, headed by brothers Mahamud Omari and Rashid Omari, sources its raw materials, in this case glue and old newspapers, locally. They currently import the…
Fourteen Iranian fishermen held in Somalia by the radical Islamist group Al-Shabab, some for eight years, have returned home, local media reported on Sunday. The fishermen had been abducted in international waters near Somalia and were released after “lengthy negotiations” involving “Iranian government officials and Somali tribal leaders,” the ISNA news agency reported. They were…
2022 African champions – Copyright © africanews AP Photo Last updated: 20 hours ago Sport Africanews looks back on a year of sporting exploits on the continent. Football, with the expected first crowning of Senegal in the African Cup of Nations and the historic fourth place of Morocco in the World Cup, the best african…
On Wednesday (Dec. 21), Somalia’s defence minister announced the return of the first batch of 5,000 Somali troops sent to train in Eritrea. It is during a press conference outside the Ministry of Information in Mogadishu, that the minister gave more details. The training of the soldiers was due to end last year but their…
2022 African champions – Copyright © africanews AP Photo Last updated: 15 hours ago Sport Africanews looks back on a year of sporting exploits on the continent. Football, with the expected first crowning of Senegal in the African Cup of Nations and the historic fourth place of Morocco in the World Cup, the best african…
The United Nations General Assembly discussed the ongoing effort to reform the U.N.’s most powerful organ, the Security Council. Debate centered on the discussion of expanding the number of member states in the council, the use of vetoes by permanent members and the efforts to transform the council to be more inclusive, with stronger representation…
Miner Abel, right, holds a pan with gold nuggets after a day of work at the Eldorado do Juma wildcat gold mine, near Apui, in the Brazilian Amazon, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007. – Copyright © africanews Victor R. Caivano/AP2007 Last updated: 7 hours ago Zimbabwe Miners operating in Zimbabwe will have to pay some of…
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