Oromia Culture and Tourism Bureau announced that the first of its kind Irreecha Expo 2017 will be held from September 28 to October 4, 2024 at the Addis Ababa Exhibition Center. Irreecha is the annual Oromo people Thanksgiving Day that is celebrated near the river banks or water, marking the end of the rainy season […]
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Government reclaims hundreds acre wetlands after successful public participation
Over a hundred acres of public wetland once used as a private area have been reclaimed in Nandi through an elaborate government multi-sectoral approach. The campaign to repossess the wetlands peaked when President William Ruto ordered the aggressive national tree planting exercise of 15 billion trees in the next ten years. Leaders who spoke on […]
IGAD to Implement Ten Year Sustainable Tourism Master Plan
IGAD is to launch a ten-year sustainable tourism master plan that aims at unifying fragmented efforts of individual countries in the area of tourism development. The IGAD Tourism Ministers’ Meeting was conveyed today in Addis Ababa to endorse the IGAD Sustainable Tourism Master Plan that will be implemented from 2024-2034. Speaking at the occasion, IGAD […]
West region: Gendarmes nab killers of 58 year old
Two suspects, Ndamené Kenné Derrick alias Arafat and his brother Noubissi Tiodong Hyppolite, 22 years old each, were presented to the press bymembers of the Batcham Gendarmerie for allegedly killing Mr Noutsa Maurice, 58 year-old father of 8, early Monday September 9, 2024 in Bamefouock, a vicinity in Batcham subdivision of the West. According to […]
Irreecha Expo 2017 to be Held at Addis Ababa Exhibition Center
Oromia Culture and Tourism Bureau announced that the first of its kind Irreecha Expo 2017 will be held from September 28 to October 4, 2024 at the Addis Ababa Exhibition Center. Irreecha is the annual Oromo people Thanksgiving Day that is celebrated near the river banks or water, marking the end of the rainy season […]
KFCB steps up campaign of cleaning content production
The Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) has rolled out a literacy program targeting creatives in arts and film to promote production of clean content. Through the initiative, the state agency seeks to empower creatives to generate content that upholds Kenya’s cultural and moral values while safeguarding children from exposure to inappropriate media content. This comes […]