HIGHWAY-AFRICA
The 2021 Highway Africa summit conference will be held virtually this year from June 21-23. The summit is said to be Africa's biggest conference for journalists, media scholars and NGOs working in the media. More from Director of Highway Africa, Francis Mdlongwa…
CORMSA-REFUGEE
Countries around the world will on Sunday commemorate World Refugee Day. World Refugee Day is an international day organised every year on 20 June by the United Nations. It is designed to celebrate and honour refugees from around the world. The day was first established on 20 June 2001, in reco…
COVID- S SUDAN
Now to South Sudan, where reports say, nearly half of the country's twelve million people have refused to be vaccinated against the Covid-19 infection because it causes infertility or blood clots. Channel Africa's James Shimanyula has more.
ZIM-MOURNS
Zimbabweans received the message of the death of the late Dr Kenneth Kaunda former Zambian President on Thursday with shock. They have hailed the late Dr Kaunda for his contribution to the country's liberation struggle. They spoke of the sacrifice Kaunda made at the expense of his own people in…
ZAMBIA-KAUNDA
The death of Zambia's first President and founding father, Kenneth Kaunda, has not only saddened Zambians but the international community as well. Zambia's icon who has been described as "God's Gift To Zambia" by his former first cabinet Minister, died on Thursday aged 97, after an illness. Chann…
LEGACY-KAUNDA
Tributes continue to pour in for Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia's first President and one of the last of the generation of African leaders who fought colonialism, who died on Thursday aged 97. Kaunda was admitted to a military hospital in the capital, Lusaka, on Monday suffering from pneumonia. In the …
BIRTH-REGISTER
A year old campaign has reiterated its call for governments and relevant stakeholders in Africa to accelerate measures that have proven efficient to provide children with a legal identity. In June 2020, the African Union and UNICEF launched the "No Name Campaign", a joint initiative to promote th…
Youth science
As South Africa commemorates Youth Month 2021 under the theme: "Growing youth employment for an inclusive and transformed society'", the big question is: Are young people ready and equipped to take up space in the data science field? According to the Education Commission, it is predicted that by 20…
Level 3 reaction
South Africans are back to level 3 of the nationwide lockdown in response to COVID-19. The move announced last night was prompted by the rise in infections which has seen the country entering a third wave of the virus. During his national address, President Cyril Ramaphosa also assured citizens…
Clean-energy
Eswatini has become one of the first African states to move towards clean energy production with an aim to lower carbon emissions and reduce its energy dependence on neighbouring countries like South Africa and Mozambique. The project will create a number of employment opportunities in the tiny K…