Inflation in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) eased slightly in June but remained at a lofty 23.2%, regional data showed Tuesday.
The year-on-year, inflation rate, measured by the Harmonized Consumer Price Index (...)
Narendra Modi, leader of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has been sworn in as India's Prime Minister for a third term on Sunday.
The ceremony took place at Rashtrapati Bhavan, the official residence of the Indian President, with (...)
Seychelles aims to protect 100 percent of its seaweed off the Indian Ocean Island nation by 2030, compared to 87 percent this year, as it seeks to secure natural carbon sinks, Asharq Bloomberg reported on Monday.
State protection measures include (...)
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi received the credentials of several ambassadors accredited to Egypt on Tuesday.
The Ambassadors include Nuala O'Brien, Ambassador of Ireland; José Jesús Guillermo, Ambassador of the Republic of Peru; Penjiran (...)
Sharm El-Sheikh – Antonio Pedro — Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) — said that on the one hand, Africa's vulnerability to climate change has been widely reported.
"On the other, the continent enjoys rich natural (...)
The President of Seychelles, Wavel Ramkalawan will lead the Seychelles delegation at the upcoming twenty-seventh Conference of the Parties (COP 27) to be held from 6-18 November, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
Ramkalawan will be among the heads of state (...)
More than 90% of the inbound visitors in Egypt are Beach tourists, according to a recent study issued by the Egyptian Center for Strategic Studies (ECSS), entitled "Sustainable development: the role of the blue economy in promoting sustainable (...)
Elhamy El-Zayat, the former chairperson of the Egyptian Tourism Federation (ETF), told Daily News Egypt that Egypt's tourism will restore less than 70% of its pre-COVID level this year, but the sector will boom next year, especially after hosting (...)
Russia and Ukraine accounted for a combined 3% of global spending on international tourism in 2020 and a minimum of $14bn in global tourism receipts could be lost if the conflict extends into the long-term, according to the World Tourism (...)
The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has exceeded the 10 million mark with the rapid transmission of the Omicron variant, which has surfaced in at least 33 African nations.
Data from the Africa Centers for Disease Control and (...)
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) announced on Saturday the winners of the Tourism Video Competition 2021 for the best destinations harnessing the power of tourism for sustainable development.
Launched ahead of the 24th UNWTO General Assembly, (...)
After two years of lockdown due to COVID-19, the Embassy of India in Cairo has resumed its cultural activities by hosting contemporary dance performances.
The 12-member Anveshana Dance Theatre group, led by Sangeeta Sharma, performed twice on 2 (...)
The 2Africa consortium announced, on Tuesday, the addition of a new segment – the 2Africa PEARLS branch – to its subsea cable network, extending to the Arabian Gulf, India, and Pakistan. This extension will bring the total length of the 2Africa (...)
The 2Africa consortium announced, on Monday, that it will extend the subsea cable that serves the African continent and Middle East region to four more branches.
The consortium includes China Mobile International, MTN GlobalConnect, Orange, STC, (...)
The World Health Organization said Thursday that any COVID-19 vaccines it has authorized for emergency use should be recognized by countries as they open up their borders to inoculated travelers.
The move could challenge Western countries to broaden (...)
France is adding Russia to its "red list'' of countries from which travels are banned unless imperious motives because they are struggling with virus surges and worrisome variants.
French government spokesperson Gabriel Attal said Wednesday that (...)
When Italy won the Eurovision Song Contest with an over-the-top glam-rock performance, the victory signaled more than just a psychological boost for one of the countries hardest hit by COVID-19: Held before a live, indoor audience of 3,500, the (...)
On 16 January, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the world's largest adult immunisation drive across India.
Launching the country's vaccine drive in the fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), PM Modi said, "A vaccination drive (...)
“Africa doesn't need strongmen; it needs strong institutions. Nobody should be president for life. Your country is better off if you have new blood and new ideas.”
A strong warning issued by former US president Barack Obama 11 years ago during his (...)
Africa loses $90 billion to corruption annually. The amount is equivalent to the sum industrial countries give to the continent in the form of development assistance and direct investment.
These findings were released in a United Nations Conference (...)
The United Nations marked 1960 as the Year of Africa when 17 African countries gained independence in the largest wave to get rid of European colonialism since the 15th century.
However, none of the 17 countries were in a celebratory mood to mark 60 (...)
Gulf airline Emirates has resumed its Airbus A380 services to Cairo this week, with four weekly flights from Dubai, a press release by the airline read on Tuesday.
According to the release, the flagship A380, initially introduced in October 2019, (...)
Gulf airline Emirates has resumed its A380 services to Cairo this week, with four weekly flights from Dubai, a press release by the airline read on Tuesday.
According to the release, the flagship A380, initially introduced in October 2019, will be (...)
As COVID-19 cases surged in many parts of the world, the island nation of the Seychelles was looking good: 70-plus straight days without a single infection. Then the planes arrived.
Two chartered Air Seychelles flights carrying more than 200 (...)
Africa is expected to reverse an economic contraction linked to fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic next year, according to the International Monetary Fund, but the impact will be felt for years to come.
Sub-Saharan Africa's gross domestic product is (...)