More than 2,000 Zimbabweans displaced by xenophobic attacks in South Africa have packed their bags for home. But Zimbabwe, a country teetering on the verge of economic collapse, is unlikely to offer them the means to restart their lives.
The President’s Delivery Bureau (PDB) that oversees implementation of the Big Results Now (BRN) initiative, has invited key agriculture stakeholders to evaluate and propose solutions to critical agriculture marketing issues in Tanzania. Towards that end, a five day mini lab has been organized to review current marketing models and trends for maize and paddy.
The main purpose of the forum is to provide a platform for stakeholders in the honey sector, including Government bodies, beekeepers/producers, processors, exporters, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and cooperating partners to review the performance, identify challenges, share new developments and initiate strategies for the industry.
Dr. Dayo Adeyanju says that the strange ailment that broke out in Ode-Irele a remote community in the Southern part of Ondo state, south-west Nigeria might have been as a result of the victims’ consumption of a local alcohol.
The group Concerned Sierra Leoneans, USA say they subjected Sierra Leone’s Head of State, President Dr. Ernest Koroma to immense embarrassment Friday in Washington. About 100 protesters with placards, bullhorns and drums demonstrated against President Koroma outside the World Bank Headquarters in Washington where he was presenting his Ebola recovery plans for additional money and support during the financial institution’s annual meeting.