Khartoum / Nyala / El Fasher / Port Sudan — As the Sudanese public prepare for the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, while the current official inflation rate has fallen to 63.3 per cent compared to 83.6 per cent in January, market prices for consumer goods are ‘stable’ at best, while some staples are rising […]
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Ethiopia is now emerging from two years of a brutal conflict in the north, during which all parties committed atrocities. With the November 2, 2022 cessation of hostilities agreement (COHA) in place, the fighting has stopped, human rights abuses in northern Ethiopia are significantly down, Eritrean forces are leaving, and the Ethiopian government is taking […]
The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU-EOM) said no fewer than 21 deaths were reported in the just concluded general election. The election monitoring group disclosed this in its second preliminary report released on Monday. According to the EU-EOM, the fatalities were recorded on election day. It said there were “multiple incidents of thuggery and […]
After the announcement of results from Adamawa’s 21 local government areas, Mr Fintiri polled the highest votes in the election that has now been declared inconclusive. The electoral commission, INEC, has declared the governorship election in Adamawa State inconclusive. Although final results tallied by INEC showed that Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of the PDP scored the […]
An official described the development as another sign of women empowerment. The wife of Ekiti State governor, Olayemi Oyebanji, on Monday felicitated with elected members of the state’s House of Assembly, especially the six female members. At the end of the March 18 House of Assembly elections in Ekiti, six women clinched six of the […]
Geneva — The Moroccan delegation deplored, on Monday at the United Nations Palace in Geneva, the attitude of the South African delegation, which is working for a well-known agenda in the region, by supporting the vain destabilizing aims of an armed separatist group. In exercising its right of reply, the Moroccan delegation recalled that the […]
Zimbabwe has been ranked the fourth unhappiest country in the world according to statistics from the World Happiness Report released today. The country is only better than war-torn Afghanistan, Lebanon and Sierra Leone. On 20th March every year, the world celebrates World Happiness Day and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network releases an annual report […]
Droughts in Somalia may have killed an estimated 43,000 people last year, a new report by the Somali government and United Nations said. The report released Monday said half of the drought-related deaths may have occurred among children under the age of 5. The highest death rates were estimated to have occurred in south central […]
Chris Kost, a public transport expert working with the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP), a global organisation that has worked with over 100 cities to design and implement transport and urban development systems, says the best way that Kigali can deal with its public transport challenges is by implementing a Bus Rapid Transit […]
INEC official shot during the election in the state is receiving treatment, the police say. The Director General of the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign in Ahoada West Local government area in Rivers State, Chisom Lenard, has been killed by yet-to-be-identified gunmen in the state. Mr Lenard was killed on Saturday during the governorship and […]
Police have said they will continue dispersing illegal assemblies despite last week’s Constitutional Court decision annuling some of the provisions of the Public Order Management Act (POMA), 2013. The Constitutional Court last week held that Sections 5 and 10 of the POMA, to the extent that they impose penal sanctions on organisers and participants in […]
In its Monday statement, INEC said an immediate review of the results from the affected areas in Abia and Enugu is being undertaken. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended further collation of governorship results in two local government areas of Enugu State over allegations of irregularities. The INEC spokesperson, Festus Okoye, disclosed this […]
Kampala — The president of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud held a meeting with his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni in Kampala on Monday morning. Villa Somalia said the two leaders discussed the fight against Al-Shabaab and an upcoming conference that will bring together leaders of the troop contributing countries [TCC]. “HE Hassan Sheikh met with his […]
Kenya’s veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga called Monday for weekly protests, as clashes erupted between police and supporters demonstrating over the country’s cost-of-living crisis. “Every Monday there will be a strike, there will be a demonstration,” Odinga told crowds of chanting followers in Nairobi. “The war has begun, it will not end until Kenyans get […]
Five persons, including three children, are reported dead after the boat they were travelling on from Azizanya to Azizakpe in the Ada East District, capsized on the Volta Lake, last Saturday. The dead, comprise of two female adults and three children,were purportedly among 100 passengers traveling from Azizanya to attend a funeral at Azizakpe when […]
Maputo — Mozambique has just submitted its first assessment report to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), as part of the steps the country is taking to leave the “grey list’, according to a source at the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF). The FATF is an entity that promotes international policies to combat money […]
Minister in the Presidency responsible for Electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, believes that Eskom employees are the heart of resolving the ongoing energy crisis. “My view has always been the biggest asset for any organisation is its workers and the reason we’re starting from the bottom up is to appreciate and understand the efforts being made […]
One week after Cyclone Freddy made landfall for a second time in Mozambique, creating severe disruption to critical services, the threat of cholera is growing rapidly for children and families. Thanks to preparation efforts by Government, the number of deaths and people displaced by the cyclone appears to have been lower than for past cyclones […]