Mauritius becomes the first African country to fully implement the complete package of tobacco control measures from the World Health Organization (WHO), focused on reducing tobacco use and reducing related deaths. Called MPOWER Package, the WHO tobacco control package is a set of six measures to help countries monitor tobacco use and the effectiveness of […]
A financing agreement for a total of $400 million was concluded between the World Bank and the government of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia. The World Bank and the Ministry of Finance essentially agreed to a financing agreement of US$ 400 million (or around ETB 21.8 billion), of which US$ 350 million is in the […]
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King Mswati the third of Eswatini just officially opened this year’s International Trade Fair, during which he made a call for Zambia and Eswatini to improve trade with each other. King Mswati said trade between the two countries remains insignificant and has called for closer trade collaboration to boost business. The Eswatini leader said Zambia’s […]
The governments of Kenya and Uganda have partnered to revive the near-dead project to build the Standard Guage Railway (SGR) between them, as it poses renewed efforts to upgrade infrastructure on the Northern Corridor for better trade. On Friday, both governments issued the joint declaration and stated that the project is highly dependent on how […]