International meeting on ending hunger in Africa - With nearly a quarter of Africa’s population still undernourished, the African Union (AU) will, from 30 June, host a two-day high-level international meeting here to focus on renewing partnership for a unified approach to end hunger in the continent.

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Gaborone, Botswana - Botswana’s central bank has slashed the country’s bank rate by half a percentage point to 8.5 percent, the bank announced after a meeting of its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on Tuesday.

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UN welcomes accord between Mali govt, Tuareg rebels - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the pact between the Government of Mali and Tuareg rebels, providing for an immediate ceasefire and paving the way for country-wide presidential elections next month.

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Rebuilding Zimbabwe's health system - A newborn baby lets out a feeble cry as midwife Anna Mungara tends to a small wound on its head, at the provincial hospital in Masvingo, a town in southeast Zimbabwe. With utmost care, Mungara cleans the cut, wraps the baby in two sets of warm blankets and makes cooing sounds to soothe him. When the infant calms down, she gently places him into an incubator.

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2013 FIFA Confederations Cup - African champions Nigeria, in upbeat mood, arrived Salvador, north-eastern Brazil Tuesday afternoon ahead of their much-hyped clash with South American champions Uruguay on Thursday.

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Tourism - The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) 20th general assembly to be co-hosted by Zambia and Zimbabwe takes place this year from August 24 to 29. This is the third time the event is hosted is Africa after Egypt in 1995 and Senegal in 2005. With such a high level event where over five thousand delegates are expected to troop in from around the world, the hosting countries have literally taken the world centre stage from all angles.

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Imported cement Tanzania - The Confederation of Tanzania Industries (CTI) wants the government to slap more taxes on imported cement to create a level playing field with local cement producers.

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Eagles Prepare for Uruguay - The Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi, and his players will not be celebrating the big win over Tahiti for too long as the attention has now shifted to their next opponents Uruguay.

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Microsoft Extends 9japps Contest for Developers Deadline - The software giant, Microsoft Nigeria has formally announced the extension of its 9jApps contest deadline which originally ended on June 14, 2013 till July 19, 2013.

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Air Namibia to receive new aircraft soon - Air Namibia has announced that it will receive two Airbus A330-200 aircraft from France later this year. The first aircraft is expected to arrive in September this year, while the second will enter the national airline's fleet in November, Air Namibia's Head of Corporate Communications, Paulus Nakawa said on Monday.

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Symantec advocates data protection law against smartphone boom - From available statistics, the use of smartphones would continue to increase globally in the coming years and Nigeria is one of the emerging ICT economies where the boom would pitch and apparently make more impact.

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Health - The Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) has announced a new treatment for hypertension called renal denervation therapy (RDT). The revolutionary procedure involves interrupting the tiny nerves that connect the kidneys with the brain, which cause the blood pressure to go down. This can be done safely without any operation, just by a small catheter introduced through an artery in the groin, according to Cardiologist at the Windhoek Central Hospital (WCH), Dr. Simon Beshir. Beshir explained that scientists established high blood pressure can be caused by faulty communication between the kidneys and the brain and added that the whole procedure is done under local anaesthetic for about 90 minutes.

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Technology: FG to launch fibre-optic network connecting 27 universities - The Minister of Communication Technology, Mrs Omobola Johnson, said that the Federal Government would launch its Fibre-optic Research and Education Network, connecting 27 universities to the Internet by July.

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Moët & Chandon East Africa - 'Even I haven't slept in the Chateau!' Niel Hendriksz, Moët Hennessy Portfolio Ambassador surprisingly commented as I volunteered details of my recent visit to Cognac, France.

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Insurance - One year after the ill-fated Dana Airline's Boeing MD 83 aircraft crashed in Iju area of Lagos State, killing all the 153 passengers and crew members on board in addition to 10 people on the ground, Prestige Insurance Plc has reassured stakeholders of its readiness to meet all the claims arising from the air disaster.

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Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) - Only 34,471,520 customers out of the 114.172 million active subscribers on the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) networks use data.

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'Insurance consultative committee will foster industrial harmony' - The umbrella body for all insurance professionals in the country, Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (CIIN), has said the yet-to-be-launched Insurance Industry Consultative Committee (IICC), would bring peace and harmony into the country's insurance market.

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Washington, DC, US - The US on Tuesday appointed former Senator Russ Feingold as the country's Special Representative for the African Great Lakes region and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

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Illegal miners in Ghana - China on Tuesday appealed to Ghana to deal leniently with Chinese nationals arrested in the West African country for engaging in illegal small scale mining, the local media reported.

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New York, US - The Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday said ithad  postponed the confirmation of charges hearing in the case against Mr. Bosco Ntaganda of Congo to 10 February 2014.

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