Tag: Africaglobalvillage

Zimbabwe’s ruling party, ZANU-PF, endorses President Emmerson Mnangagwa as sole party candidate ahead of next year’s polls. Speaking on Saturday at the party’s congress in Harare, President Mnangagwa called for unity in the party. “Let us mobilize and encourage our people to register to vote and turn up in numbers to vote for ZANU-PF on election day” (…) “Never grow tired… Read More

In Nigeria, 58 designers participated in Lagos Fashion Week that ended on Sunday. For her 2022 “Retrospect” collection, designer Ejiro Amos Tafiri sought inspiration in former Nigerian First Lady, Maryam Babangida. SOUNDBITE 2 – Ejiro Amos Tofiri, Creative Director at E.A.T Brand (female, English, 20 sec): “The acceptance of clothes made by Africans is growing, within Africa and outside Africa,… Read More

Thousands of people participated in Saturday’s Pride Parade in South Africa’s Johannesburg, the first such event since the end of the pandemic. The event went ahead after the US embassy in the country warned of a potential terrorist attack in the northern suburb of Sandton near Johannesburg. “We are always fighting for visibility and we are always in danger, so… Read More

The Rwandan authorities have set up an Ebola prevention booth at the Gatuna border crossing with Uganda. Anyone who crosses the border is invited to have their temperature taken, and if they have symptoms, they are placed in a quarantine room before being transported to an hospital. “This is where we receive people who come from Uganda and who show… Read More

In Somalia, the death toll from Saturday’s twin bomb attack in the capital, Mogadishu, has climbed to at least 100, according to authorities. Two cars packed with explosives were detonated minutes apart near the busy Zobe junction followed by gunfire. “I witnessed the first explosion then I fled the area. As I was in shock because of the first blast,… Read More

Tens of thousands of South Africans participated Saturday in a ceremony to formally recognise King Misuzulu kaZwelithini as head of South Africa’s most influential traditional monarchy. The event took place in a football stadium in the coastal town of Durban. “I understand that history has chosen me at this time, when the Zulu and other nations are facing several challenges… Read More

The State Department has ordered the families of U.S. embassy staffers in the Nigerian capital to leave due to heightened fears of a terrorist attack as it repeated a warning for all Americans to reconsider travelling to any part of the country and not to visit Abuja at all. The announcement came just two days after the department said it… Read More

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa and visiting Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Thursday agreed to strengthen bilateral relations. Ramaphosa told reporters at a joint news conference with Sanchez that there was consensus between the two countries about the effects of climate change on the continent. “South Africa and Spain agree that climate change, the loss of biological diversity and… Read More

The South African Ombudsman’s investigation into President Cyril Ramaphosa’s embarrassment over a scandal involving bundles of cash found in one of his properties during a burglary in 2020 could take at least two years, she said Friday. “The time of the investigation is not the time of the political news,” Kholeka Gcaleka warned at a meeting with the foreign press,… Read More

Angola’s National Airline, TAAG, is a company with over 70 years of aviation history. Similar to many carriers, TAAG is undergoing a transformation in order to confront the challenges of the times. With a new management team, a new partnership with Iberia Airlines, new destinations on the horizon and a firm commitment to making Luanda a global cargo hub, TAAG’s… Read More