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Cuban leader Castro address to the nation, Thawing relations with US and the Path Forward

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Compañeras and compañeros: We have experienced intense and moving moments in recent days. This December we successfully hosted the Fifth Caricom-Cuba Summit and the XIII Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America last Sunday, an occasion on which we paid tribute to its creators: the dear Bolivarian President Hugo Chávez Frías and Commander in Chief of... Read More

Zambian former President Rupiah Banda in Malawi: Mystery surrounds the trip

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BNLtimes reports Former President of Zambia Rupiah Banda was spotted alighting from a Malawi Government vehicle registration number MG 963 AC at Sunbird Capital Hotel, but different government officials are not coming clear on what he is in Malawi for. The former Zambian president was escorted by Malawian and his own security personnel who used another government vehicle registration number MG... Read More

US Embassy in Havana: Washington’s “Cuba Gambit”

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The lame duck, Obama, extending a conciliatory hand to Cuba by opening an embassy in Havana, by reopening, after 54 years of a criminal and crippling embargo, diplomatic relations? – At the same time Obama is making not a single concession in terms of lifting the blockade. This smells like a trap. Imagine – a US Embassy in Havana –… Read More

Swaziland:The Incwala Festival Is upon us

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Heralding the New Year, Incwala, also known as the ‘Festival of First Fruits’ is one of the biggest and most spectacular events in Africa. For the Swazi people it is an important religious ritual, a fertility ceremony designed to both prepare for the coming year and serve as a symbolic renewal of the monarchy. The ‘little Incwala’ began on 22 December.... Read More

Malawi researchers to tap into GSK’s £4m for cancer, diabetes

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Health researchers from Malawi are in line to tap from a £4m first round of funding that one of the world’s leading pharmaceuticals firms GSK has made available for eight African countries to research into non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancer, diabetes and chronic kidney disease. GSK said on Friday it has launched the first call for proposals for its... Read More

Government of Senegal boosts Ebola awareness through SMS campaign

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Senegal’s recent stamping out of Ebola was achieved not only through its rapid infectious disease control work, but also by using a novel SMS-driven platform originally designed to help people manage diabetes. On 29 August, Senegal’s first — and only — case of Ebola virus disease was confirmed in a young man who had direct contact with an Ebola patient... Read More

Airtel Africa joins GSMA MHEALTH Partnership across Sub-Saharan Africa

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Nairobi, Kenya November 4, 2014 - Bharti Airtel, a leading telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, is partnering with global mobile trade association the GSMA, to support its cross-ecosystem mHealth partnership programme. The initiative is designed to provide a range of services to women and children, with a particular focus on nutrition, across 11... Read More

Gambia: UN monitors denied prison access as they condemn ‘consistent practice’ of torture

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Gambia has again demonstrated its blatant disregard for human rights by stopping a UN team from investigating allegations of torture and extrajudicial killings in the country, Amnesty International said today. The UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Christof Heyns, and the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment, Juan Méndez, were... Read More

Burkina Faso hoping for a peaceful transition as talks move forward

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Burkina Faso's political parties and civil society groups were on Sunday set to adopt a transition plan for the west African country after the ousting of veteran president Blaise Compaore. Talks on forming a transition government began Saturday with the army at first declining to join, while Compaore accused his military and political opponents of jointly plotting his overthrow. . Read More
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