Africa

Download logoThe UN refugee agency (UNHCR) on Friday urged States to keep borders open to people fleeing military infighting across Sudan and suspend "negative asylum decisions" for Sudanese nationals outside the country, who cannot return because of the conflict. Elizabeth Tan, UNHCR’s Director of International Protection said their first request was that … [Read more...] about Keep Sudan Borders Open United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Urges, amid Alarming Rise in Child Deaths

Download logoWith blackouts hovering between stages 4 and 6 a permanent reality for many South Africans, and the contentious move by national government to prolong the lifespan of some of Eskom’s coal-fired power stations, the need to intensify our focus on renewable energy sources is now more urgent than ever before. The Western Cape Government’s (WCG) Energy … [Read more...] about South Africa: Premier Alan Winde Hosts 9th Energy Digicon

Download logoThe National Treasury and South African Revenue Service (SARS) today publish the gazetted Notice (Government Gazette no. 3356 dated 3 May 2023) on tax exemption of bulking payments to former members of closed retirement funds in terms of Paragraph 2D of the Second Schedule to the Income Tax Act, 1962 (Act No 58 of 1962, “the Act”) (Notice) The Notice … [Read more...] about South Africa: Treasury Gazettes Notice on Tax Exemption of Bulking Payments to Former Members of Closed Retirement Funds

Download logoU.S. Peace Corps numbers grow in Madagascar! Twenty-one new Peace Corps Volunteers were sworn-in today in Antananarivo today by U.S. Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Tobias Glucksman, as the Peace Corps continues to rebuild its program after the 2020 global evacuation of Volunteers due to the Covid-19 pandemic.  The Volunteers have completed twelve weeks of … [Read more...] about Peace Corps Madagascar Swears-In New Volunteers

Download logoSpeaker, Anita Among has demanded immediate intervention for residents of the Kigezi-Rwenzori region who have been affected by floods. Reports indicate that 18 people died on Tuesday, 02 May 2023 as mudslides swept away houses and roads in the districts of Rubanda, Kisoro and Rukiga in Kigezi region. “We want to ask the Minister of Disaster to come and … [Read more...] about Uganda: Speaker calls for immediate support for flood victims