Botswana Cautions States on Mineral Boom
African governments must be wary of the risks created by rising global competition for the continent’s minerals, Botswana’s mines minister said, as world powers seek new sources of metals needed for the transition to a lower carbon economy. “When there is a rush, people come in, take whatever they want to take, and go, leaving […]
Banda to Look for African Countries In Need of Ukrainian Grain
Joyce Banda, a former president of Malawi, hailed the “love affair” between Ukraine’s leader and its people as she promised to help Kyiv identify African countries badly needing the country’s grain exports. Beginning work as one of Ukraine’s three “grain ambassadors”, the ex-president described Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s wartime direction as “an inspiring story”, part of an […]
HRW Accuses Eritrea of Forced Conscriptions
Eritrea has punished the family members of thousands of alleged draft evaders during a conscription drive intended to bolster its military campaign in neighboring Ethiopia, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday. Women as old as 71 were arbitrarily detained and expelled from their homes as the authorities sought to locate their missing relatives, the US-based […]
Zimbabwe’s Essential Workers Leave for the UK
The United Kingdom, which is buckling under a deepening shortage of nurses and teachers after exiting the European Union, is raiding, among other countries, its former colony Zimbabwe for key public sector workers: nurses, doctors and teachers. This is cruel. It appears unstoppable. Yet it also captures a vicious cycle in which foreign aid meant […]
Research to Assess the Distributional Impacts of Agricultural Policies in Zambia
MicroZAMOD, enables policymakers and researchers to analyse and compare the effects of different benefit policy scenarios on poverty, inequality and government revenues. The earlier version of the model was expanded by us to better capture the main impacts of agricultural policies on household incomes. The results show that Zambian agricultural policies reduce the share of […]
Kampala to Introduce Strict Waste Measures
Uganda’s environmental management agency says it will start imposing fines from April on motorists driving private cars without rubbish bins. Offenders will face a maximum fine of up to $1,630, according to a penalty scheme announced on Wednesday. Motorists who refuse to pay the fines will face prosecution and imprisonment or a fine determined by […]

Mitsumi Distribution opened State-of-the-Art Logistics Centre (MLC) in Jafza – Dubai A Second advance technology Logistics Centre in Jebel Ali free Zone for Streamlined Operations and Supply Chain Transformation ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, 10 February 2023 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- Mitsumi Distribution is thrilled to unveil the opening of the Mitsumi Logistics Centre (MLC), its second brand-new warehouse […]
