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By Abdul Rahman Suagibu –   NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi announced on Friday that, the Nacala Special Economic Zone in the northern province of Nampula is now bearing its first fruits. He was speaking of a logistics complex for graphite that is owned by the South African company Grindrod, which won the logistics contract issued by the Australian company Syrah Resources, which is exploiting graphite in Balama district in the neighbouring province of Cabo Delgado. The establishment of this logistics complex, according to Nyusi, “means the consolidation of the Special Economic Zone”. The zone was generating jobs and income for Nacala. He noted that “of the over 200 workers directly hired in this unit, 98% are...

By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- Amnesty International plus Equality Now and WAVES has joined forces together in a Tuesday press release that, the ban on pregnant school girls to write public examination applied by authority by erstwhile Minister of Education of Sierra Leone – Dr. Minkailu Bah in 2015 following the Ebola crisis was in conflict to the Right to Education without Discrimination. “Courts from South Africa, Zimbabwe to Colombia have already find that such bans violate the rights of women and girls to be treated equally and to receive education”, said Lucy Claridge, Director of Strategic Litigation at Amnesty International. “The case represents the first time that regional court in Africa has considered the issue. It, therefore, has...

BY YESMAN ANTOH-   NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Accra, Ghana- THE FORMER Central Bank Governor of Nigeria, Muhammad Lamido Sanusi has said the country is on the threshold of bankruptcy as a result of unfavorable economic policies such as subsidizing petroleum products and electricity tariffs. Speaking in Northwest state of Kano, Sanusi, advised President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to cancel petroleum subsidy and electricity tariffs if the economy must stabilize. “The country is bankrupt and we are heading to bankruptcy. What happened is that the Federal Government do pay petroleum subsidy, pay electricity tariff subsidy, and if there is a rise in interest rates, Federal Government pays,” Sanusi said at a forum organized by the office of the Accountant General of the...

By Abdul Rahman Suagibu –     NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- In order to capture tourists attentions from South African and other business travelers, state-owned Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) is bent on to rejuvenate its passenger schedule route connecting four major airports in Tanzania with the OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, commencing on June 28th 2019. There will be four direct flights per week will access recently-acquired Boeing 787- 8 Dreamliner jet of ATCL, which has the capacity to carry 262 passengers. Josephat Kagirwa, ATCL public affairs spokesman last week said, the four local airports to introduce South African connections are Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar International Airport,...