Stockholm – With Africa registering the lowest electricity generation in the world and hydropower severely underexplored, calls are mounting for leaders of government and industry alike to step up efforts to change the status quo.
Stockholm – Africa needs to take charge of its own development and sustainability agenda if it is to keep its head above the water in a world grappling climate change.
Stockholm – As the world’s collective attention falls on the 2014 rendition of World Water Week, experts in the energy and water communities remain seized with the business of finding ways to sustain these inextricably linked resources well into the future.
Pretoria – The Minister of Communications, Faith Muthambi, says South Africa’s tourism industry is not under threat from the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD).
Geneva – The World Health Organisation has authorised the use of experimental drugs to fight Ebola as the death toll increases.
Gaza - A 72-hour ceasefire in the Gaza Strip ended on Friday without reaching an agreement between Israel and Hamas-led militants in Gaza on a long-term truce.
Pretoria - The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) has urged the United Nations to protect the civilians in the Gaza Strip against Israeli attacks.
Washington – As African leaders prepare for a roundtable engagement with US President Barack Obama in Washington, President Jacob Zuma has called on leaders from both continents to seize the opportunity and consolidate their relationship.
Washington - President Jacob Zuma is attending the first ever US-Africa Business Forum in Washington, where several major deals are expected to be signed.
Jerusalem - The Israeli military announced that it will hold fire for seven hours today in parts of the Gaza Strip to facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid and for displaced Palestinians to return to their homes.
