The African Heads of States and Governments pose during African Union (AU) Summit for the agreement to establish the African Continental Free Trade Area in Kigali, Rwanda, on March 21, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) The African Continental Free Trade Area has increased the appetite of Africa’s trading partners and the rush to secure more economic cooperation opportunities. The United Arab Emirates is leading the pack of Gulf countries who are eyeing such opportunities with the African continent. A man sits outside the office building of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)…
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Samuel Eto’o helped Cameroon to two successive Africa Cup of Nations in 2000 and 2002 and is the tournament’s record scorer with 18 goalsCameroon’s Under-17s face a race against time to field a team for regional African Cup of Nations qualifiers after more players failed age tests ordered by Samuel Eto’o, president of the country’s governing body, Fecafoot.The former Barcelona and Inter Milan striker’s insistence on using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) screening saw the squad ravaged at their training camp in Mbankomo, on the outskirt of Yaounde.Of the initial 30-member group, 21 failed the tests.But BBC Sport Africa now understands…
In the central marketplace of Gedaref, eastern Sudan, Mohammed Siddig counts the cost of the past year’s turmoil. The price of fuel, which he needs to run his farm near the border with Ethiopia, is up by about 300%. School fees, which he pays for four of his children, have increased by 400%. Yet just as unrest at nearby Port Sudan hurt farmers’ exports, the state-owned agricultural bank cut their subsidies. “It’s totally unprofitable,” Mr Siddig laments. His sesame and sorghum harvest recently fetched about half what it had the previous year. Now he is in debt, which he underscores…
She had a career breakthrough when photographer Peter Beard encountered her at the University of Nairobi. He took photographs of her with the assurance that he would provide her with a fee that would pay her tuition at the university. Beard persuaded Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid to join him in New York in 1976 where she signed up with Wilhelmina Models, as reported by Biography. She was born Zara Mohamed Abdulmajid in 1955 in Mogadishu, Somalia. But her name was changed at the behest of her grandfather, who suggested she should be renamed Iman. Her grandfather was of the view she…
The exciting festive season is here and we are all feeling the Christmas spirit. The best places to spend Christmas in Tanzania are those that offer scenery, adventure and joy. Once you are in Tanzania, the options are plenty but we have our favourite picks right here!As opposed to celebrating the conventional way, Christmas in Tanzania has sunny skies and blue waters. Wildlife and nature. So if you are looking to do something different this year, say goodbye to winter and hello to summer!Mount Kilimanjaro:Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest free-standing mountain in the world. Ans spending your holidays here will…
Hannibal Barca, one of the greatest military leaders, was famous for being the Carthaginian general during the Second Punic War. These wars were fought between the cities of Carthage in North Africa and Rome in northern Italy for supremacy in the Mediterranean region. When Hannibal’s father died, he assumed command of the army at the age of 26. He had promised his father that he would never be a friend to Rome. In 218 BCE, Hannibal decided to bring the fight to the Romans and invade northern Italy by crossing the mountain range of the Alps. Historians say the Iberian…
The Confederation of African Athletics (CAA), on Tuesday, named Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan as Africa’s Best Female Athlete for the Year 2022. Winner at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham where she set a record and also the World Championships in Oregon, where she set a new World Record of 12.12s in the Hurdles event, Amusan has been far above her contemporaries this year. She also won the Diamond League trophy for the second successive season, highlighting her rating as one of the world’s best and Africa’s undisputed number one at the moment. Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon and Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey, who are…
The yearly famed 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, an annual international campaign that kicks off on 25 November, and runs until 10 December came to a close a few days ago. While many conversations have been sparked once more and lessons drawn, the fight against all forms of violence against women remains far from being over, as the symbolic 16 days are not just a mere event that groups use to collect and spend funding but this exposes explicitly the real lived struggles that mostly women are facing daily.Cyber bullying is among the most eminent challenges that women…
The management of the Grace College of Education, Osogbo, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State for the commencement of degree programmes in some education related courses. A statement by the Proprietor of the College, Amos Adetunji, obtained in Osogbo, said the MoU empowered the institution to run degree programmes in education-based courses in affiliation with the university. The statement noted that at the signing of the MoU, AAUA Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Olugbenga Ige, said that with the agreement, students admitted by Grace College for degree programmes would become bonafide students of Adekunle Ajasin University and would…
In the great movements of population going on around the globe, there are 300 million people living somewhere other than their country of birth – and three times as many have migrated within their own country. But for every migration there are those left behind and most of them are women and children.The city of Daloa and its surrounding villages in western Ivory Coast encompasses all of this. An important regional hub, the trade in cocoa and coffee made Daloa prosperous and provided people with a relatively comfortable life. Small landowners could employ people to work the land for them…