Experts meet to validate AfCFTA Business Index
Over the course of two days, Pan-African Trade experts will meet to validate the methodology to produce the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Country Business Index at the United Nations Conference Centre in Addis Ababa. The aim of the index is to provide an assessment of the extent to which businesses across Africa find […]
Media Practitioner and Human Rights activist advocates for more protection for marginalised as World observes Human Rights Day
Story by Razak Baba, a Journalist Human Rights Day (HRD) is celebrated annually around the world on December 10 every year. The date was chosen to honor the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption and proclamation on December 10, 1948, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the first global enunciation of human rights and […]
Algeria prosecutor ‘seeks 20 years in jail for ex-prime ministers’
The Algerian prosecutor’s office has requested 20-year prison sentences for two former prime ministers in a corruption trial, AFP news agency reports. Ahmed Ouyahia and Abdelmalek Sellal are two of 19 defendants accused in a huge corruption investigation which was launched after ex-president Abdelaziz Bouteflika was forced from power by protests against him running for […]
Tesla Model 3 on Autopilot crashes into police car
A Tesla has crashed into a police car and another vehicle while on Autopilot in the US. Both the police car and the other vehicle, which had broken down, were stationary at the time of the incident. The driver told police that he put his Tesla Model 3 on Autopilot so that he could check […]
