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The African Union Commission (AUC) has impressed upon the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) to play an active role in propagating free movement of African citizens across the continent people as well as the use of the African passport. “Benefits of free movement of persons, goods and services far outweigh the real and potential security and economic challenges that may be perceived or generated,” stressed AUC Director of Political Affairs, Dr. Khabele Matlosa during the Committee Sittings at the PAP precincts in Midrand, South-Africa. Dr. Matlosa was updating members of the PAP Committee on Trade, Customs and Immigration on the progress made so far since the launch of the African Passport in July, 2016 and the work on the draft protocol to allow free movement of Africans across the continent. He said PAP through its committee on Trade, Customs and Immigration had a critical role to play in promoting the African Passport and free movement of persons across Africa espec...

The nourishment you eat genuinely characterizes you, on the off chance that you stuff yourself with unfortunate prepared and refined sustenance you are probably going to experience the ill effects of various wellbeing intricacies. To keep away from disease you have to receive a sound way of life that likewise incorporates eating right. Here are 15 characteristic disease battling sustenance that you can begin eating today. 1. Crunchy Carrots Carrots are rich in beta-carotene which is a strong cancer prevention agent. When you expend carrots consistently your cell films are shielded from being polluted by poisons. 2. Beans Beans are vegetables that are rich in fiber and phytochemicals which are successful in wrecking disease cells by repressing their proliferation and advancement of tumors. 3. Dark Seed Oil Your invulnerable framework will be reinforced when you take dark seed oil. It is additionally successful against growth cells and studies have demonstrated ...

A battery made with urea, commonly found in fertilizers and mammal urine, could provide a low-cost way of storing energy produced through solar power or other forms of renewable energy for consumption during off hours. Developed by Stanford chemistry Professor Hongjie Dai and doctoral candidate Michael Angell, the battery is nonflammable and contains electrodes made from abundant aluminum and graphite. Its electrolyte’s main ingredient, urea, is already industrially produced by the ton for plant fertilizers. “So essentially, what you have is a battery made with some of the cheapest and most abundant materials you can find on Earth. And it actually has good performance,” said Dai. “Who would have thought you could take graphite, aluminum, urea, and actually make a battery that can cycle for a pretty long time?” In 2015, Dai’s lab was the first to make a rechargeable aluminum battery. This system charged in less than a minute and lasted thousands of charge-discharge cyc...

Washington (AFP) – Sub-Saharan Africa, where more than a half billion individuals live without power, trails the world in government strategies that advance sustainable power , as per another World Bank report Wednesday. A great part the world, nonetheless, has gained ground toward making energy extensively accessible, creating renewable power sources and expanding proficiency, the inaugural Regulatory Indicators for Sustainable Energy report said. In a survey of 111 countries, the World Bank found that through 2015 nearly 80 percent had begun to adopt policies to expand electrical grids, connecting them to solar and wind generation, and to help make electric utilities creditworthy and financially viable while keeping energy prices down. More than a third of countries, home to 96 percent of the global population, were at an advanced stage and progress was not limited to rich countries. Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda outperformed their peers in access to energy, while P...

Zambian President, Edgar Lungu yesterday hosted a meeting with the African Presidents attending the African Union 28 th assembly in the Ethiopian capital to promote ending child marriage across the African continent. The President pleaded to other leaders to implement a common African position in putting an end to child marriage which now seems to be rampant across the continent. According to Edgar, 15 out of 20 countries with a high prevalence of child marriage are in Africa. Three quarters of the 16 million adolescent girls that give birth annually are already married. The child wife is exposed to health risks during pregnancy and more prone to child birth complications. According to the United Nations, the leading cause of death for girls aged between 15 years to 19 in the developing countries are complications from pregnancy and child birth. According to Lungu, if the government worked towards a low birth rates then there would be a smaller young populati...

As 2017 begins, China is poised to leap ahead of the U.S. on clean energy to become the most important player in the global market. Last year, China increased its foreign investment in renewables by 60 percent to reach a record $32 billion, according to a new report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis. This includes 11 new overseas investment deals worth more than $1 billion each. China’s new Going Global strategy for renewable energy was an important instigator of its huge increase in foreign investment in 2016. This is part of a broader picture of overseas investment. Last year, China showed its regional strength by establishing the Asia Infrastructure & Investment Bank and pouring money into the BRICS’ New Development Bank, which made its first loans, all for renewable energy. Renewables on the Rise Looking at the entire economy, not just foreign investment, China regularly outspends the U.S. on renewable energy. It invested more th...

Well, it doesn’t matter if you’re looking for a healthy vegetable, leaf or herb to add to your existing juice recipes or something entirely new to try – we really think that you should definitely include papaya leaf juice. Well, since few people actually eat papaya leaves, juicing it is a great way to take advantage of its tremendous health benefits. Many different studies have discovered that the phytonutrient compounds in papaya leaves act in synergy to display a strong antioxidant and immune enhancing impact in the bloodstream. Papain, alkaloids and phenolic compounds are responsible for their positive biological effects. The enzymes papain and chymopapain are the two biologically active components of papaya. They aid in digesting proteins and are widely used for treating indigestion, bloating, and other digestive disorders. In addition, the alkaloid compounds, carpaine, pseudocarpaine and dehydrocarpaine demonstrate chemo-preventive effects. You should also know t...