HONG KONG, Jan 31, 2023 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Hypebeast, a leading global platform for contemporary culture and lifestyle, announces the launch of its new social media channel, Hypebeast Africa (@hypebeastafrica) https://www.instagram.com/hypebeastafrica/ , on Instagram today. Through the lens of Hypebeast, the platform will uncover culturally-relevant news and highly-curated content across the continent […]
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Hypebeast宣布建立全新社交媒體帳號Hypebeast Africa
HONG KONG, Jan 31, 2023 – (亞太商訊 via SEAPRWire.com) – Hypebeast,全球時尚流行文化平台,今天宣布於社交媒體平台Instagram開設全新帳號Hypebeast Africa (@hypebeastafrica) https://www….
Eight killed in mass shooting at birthday party in South Africa
Members of the Forensic Pathology Services stand near their vehicles on the scene of a mass shooting in Gqeberha, South Africa, on Jan 29, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) JOHANNESBURG – Gunmen killed eight people and wounded three others at a birthday party in South Africa's Eastern Cape province, police said, adding that manhunt was underway […]
Russia’s Lavrov visits ally South Africa amid Western rivalry
Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sergei Lavrov (left) is welcomed by South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor (right) ahead of their meeting at the OR Tambo Building in Pretoria on Jan 23, 2023. (PHILL MAGAKOE / AFP) PRETORIA – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was in South Africa on Monday […]
UNICEF appeals for $1b to help children in Horn of Africa
A Somali woman and children carry water at a camp for displaced people on the outskirts of Dollow, Somalia on Sept 20, 2022. (JEROME DELAY / AP) NAIROBI – The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Monday launched a $1 billion emergency funding appeal to reach millions of children in the Horn of Africa region in […]
UN report: Horn of Africa facing drought with catastrophic outcomes
In this file photo dated on June 30, 2022, Somalis who fled drought-stricken areas carry their belongings as they arrive at a makeshift camp for the displaced on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia. (FARAH ABDI WARSAMEH / AP) ADDIS ABABA — The Horn of Africa is facing an unprecedented drought emergency with catastrophic consequences, the […]
Museveni: E. Africa working to restore order in eastern DRC
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni speaks during the Uganda-Turkey Investment summit at the Munyonyo Speke Resort in Kampala, Uganda, on May 12, 2022. (BADRU KATUMBA / AFP) KAMPALA – Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has said East African nations working with the Congolese government will bring order in war-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Museveni, according […]
Aid agencies call for urgent relief against famine in Horn of Africa
Zamzam Jamac, a Somali woman displaced by the worsening drought due to failed rain seasons, feeds her child Fatuma Botan, 1, through a nasogastric tube at the paediatric ward in the Banadir Hospital, in Mogadishu, Somalia Sept 24, 2022. (FEISAL OMAR / REUTERS) NAIROBI – International aid agencies have called for immediate global solidarity to […]
16th Edition BFSI IT Summit South Africa
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, Nov 8, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – After successful 15 editions of BFSI IT Summit, Exito is all set to host another milestone event – which serves as an ideal platform to enhance the experience to latest insights in “Future Proofing BFSI In Africa”. The South African banking industry has […]
UN: Horn of Africa hit by drought, cholera
Livestock are seen in a dried field due to drought in Kidemu sub-location in Kilifi County, Kenya, March 23, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) UNITED NATIONS – Amid the worst drought in 40 years, Horn of Africa countries have been hit by outbreaks of cholera and acute watery diarrhea, while fighting in northern Ethiopia continues, a […]
N. Kenya faces hunger crisis as drought wipes out livestock
A young womann from the Turkana community waters goats from a shallow well dug into a dry riverbed at Eliye springs on the western shore of Lake Turkana in Turkana county, Kenya on Sept 28, 2022. (TONY KARUMBA / AFP) LODWAR, Kenya – In a dry river bed in Kenya's arid northwest, pastoralists dig ever-deeper […]
WMO: Horn of Africa on track for 5th failed rainy season
Women walk towards an open-air market in the village of Wagalla in northern Kenya on Aug 19, 2022. (BRIAN INGANGA / AP) GENEVA – The worst drought in the Horn of Africa in more than 40 years looks almost certain to persist after the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Friday that forecasts for October-December […]
WHO chief suggests Tigray crisis ignored due to racism
The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a media conference at an EU Africa summit in Brussels on Feb 18, 2022. (JOHANNA GERON/POOL PHOTO VIA AP, FILE) LONDON – The World Health Organization's director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has suggested that racism is behind a lack of international attention being paid […]
S. Africa’s Ramaphosa on knife edge as crises spur leadership race
President of ruling African National Congress and South Africa President Ramaphosa addresses the 6th National Policy Conference in Johannesburg on July 29, 2022. (AP PHOTO) JOHANNESBURG – South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa is beset by crises that have cast doubt on his presidency and left him vulnerable to a leadership challenge as his party begins the […]
20th Edition of MITS South Africa; Physical Conference on 27 July 2022
Africa, Jul 15, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – After successful 19 editions of Manufacturing IT Summit, Exito is all set to host another milestone event – which serves as an ideal platform to enhance the experience to latest insights in “Re-Imagine| Innovate| Transform”. The Manufacturing IT Summit is an ideal platform for IT […]
E. African initiative seeks to tap bioeconomy potential
The East African Community on Friday unveiled its Regional Bioeconomy Strategy at the EAC Headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania. The strategy is aimed at making use of the region's abundant natural resources to develop the bioeconomy. The strategy will offer an opportunity for partner states to achieve their individual aspirations, making use of the region's underutilized […]