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Brazil's government has said it will reject an offer of aid worth millions of dollars from G7 countries to help fight raging fires in  the Amazon rainforest. French President Emmanuel macron aid on Monday during a G7 summit in Biarritz that the group - comprising the US, Japan, Germany, France, Italy, Britain and Canada - would donate $22m to help tackle the blazes. Separately, Britain and Canada also pledged $12m and $11m in aid respectively. Macron said the funds would be made available immediately and that France would also offer military support in the region. Brazilian officials gave no official reason for rejecting the group's offer, while it was not immediately clear if Britain and Canada's offers of aid had also been declined, but President jair bolsonora had earlier accused Macron of treating Brazil as if it were a colony. Onyx Lorenzoni, Bolsonaro's chief of staff, suggeste...

The Air Tanzania A220-300 registered 5H-TCH was confiscated after a scheduled passenger flight from Dar-es-Salaam to Johannesburg. The passengers on the return flight suffered a considerable delay and eventually flew to Dar-es-Salaam with another aircraft. In the 1980s, a large piece of land was expropriated from a South African farmer in Tanzania. But the Tanzanian government did not fully compensated the farmer for this operation. Including the interest, the amount of compensation has risen to 33 million dollars since then. Because the A220 (and the entire airline) belongs to the Tanzanian government, Air Tanzania will not get its aircraft back until the farmer is fully compensated or an adequate initial payment has been made. For Air Tanzania, the seizure means a major loss. The company has only two Airbus A220-300 in its fleet, in addition to one Boeing 787-8 jet and a few turboprops. The A220-300 joined the African carrier's fleet at the beginning of this year...

Moral policeman Ezekiel Mutua has banned playing of Tetema  song in public, saying it is pure pornography. According to Dr Mutua, the  CEO at the Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) , the song Tetema by Tanzanian singers Rayvanny and Diamond Platinumz can only be played in night clubsand bars where the audience is strictly adult. He also rapped some national leaders for dancing to the two songs in public. “Tetema and Wamlambez songs are strictly forbidden outside of clubs and bars. Its embarrassing to see even national leaders singing and dancing to the obscenity in public. The lyrics are dirty and not suitable for public consumption, especially mixed company or where children are likely to be watching or listening. Both songs are pure pornography,” said The Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) Chief Executive Officer Ezekiel Mutua. He added: “While we may not ban them because they are coded, its important for the public to know that they are ...

President Edgar Lungu has today left for Japan to attend the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 7) scheduled for 28th to 30th August, 2019. The President was seen off by Vice President, Inonge Wina, Lusaka Province Minister, Bowman Lusambo, Minister of Agriculture, Michael Katambo, Minister of Justice, Given Lubinda, among other cabinet ministers. Others were Service Chiefs and other senior government and party officials. The Tokyo International Conference on African Development was launched in 1993 by Japan, to create a forum for high-level policy dialogue, between African leaders and development partners. The forum, TICAD, was thus created to further empower the continent and its people by promoting African ownership and partnerships between the international community and African countries. The presence of the Zambian Head of State at the 7th TICAD will be cardinal as there will be a variety of events for leaders from regions and part...