Addis Ababa — Ethiopia is set to host the U.N.’s annual Internet Governance Forum later this month, despite an ongoing communications blackout in its war-damaged Tigray region. The government-imposed blackout in the Tigray region has left six million people without phone or internet access for nearly two years. The November 28 forum is expected to […]
More than 74 000 hectares have so far been put under summer crops, with experts advising farmers to speed up planting to ensure a bumper harvest in all crops. Farmers have also been advised to spread their cropping to include maize, cotton, traditional grains and tobacco plus late season crops such as cowpeas, sugar beans […]
A coalition of leading Ugandan rights groups and lawyers on Thursday filed a court challenge in Kampala to a controversial internet law, which they say is aimed at curbing free speech and targeting government opponents. The amendment to the Computer Misuse Act, signed into law by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni last month, has been criticised […]
Kampala — Uganda’s tourism sector is once again being hit by effects from a deadly disease. In 2021, it was the COVID-19 pandemic. This time, it’s the Ebola outbreak, with 141 confirmed cases and 55 deaths. President Yoweri Museveni said Tuesday in his address to Ugandans that he had been informed that tourists are canceling […]
The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (ZHRNGO Forum), a union of 22 rights organisations whose relationship with government have been shaky for over a decade, has expressed its support for re-admission of the country into the Commonwealth, albeit on certain conditions. ZHRNGO Forum’s submissions were shared at a meeting with the visiting Commonwealth delegation, in […]
Nairobi — Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Leader Raila Odinga and his counterpart from Wiper Kalonzo Musyoka have emerged as the biggest winner in the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) elections after their kins made it to the final list. Despite efforts to scuttle the attempts of Kennedy Musyoka and Winnie Odinga from making it to […]
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Tunisia: Being Black in Tunisia
Tunis — Growing up in a working-class Tunis neighborhood, Zied Rouine didn’t think much about his skin color. Not when children insulted him at school, or when his football teammates nicknamed him Pele, after Brazil’s dark-skinned football legend. His athletic skills and the fierce protection of his lighter-skinned brother from persecutors were tickets to acceptance. […]
Nairobi — Bunge La Mwananchi President Calvin Okoth popularly known as Gaucho has urged the Kenya Kwanza government to “give the youth the jobs they promised” during campaigns. Gaucho who faulted a reinvigorated multi-agency security operation in Nairobi geared at taming an upsurge in crimes including muggings said the government should “stop threatening the youth” […]
The African region is projected to have about 5.3 million health worker shortage by 2030, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. It said the high attrition of skilled health workforce from the region to ‘developed’ countries in recent times not only threatened health security but socio-economic development on the region. Dr Francis Kasolo, the […]
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Nigeria to Produce Additional 255,000 Bpd
Nigeria is set to produce additional 225,000 barrels per day, bpd, as Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited, SNEPCo, has completed the 2022 Turnaround Maintenance, TAM, of the Bonga floating production storage and offloading, FPSO. The FPSO was shut down on October 18, 2022, due to the statutory inspections, recertifications and other critical asset […]
Beaches, sunshine, entertainment and world attractions – Dubai has it all. It’s no wonder this year, Dubai was named the Most Popular Destination of 2022 in Tripadvisor’s Travellers’ Choice Awards. The emirate topped the list thanks to its blend of “modern culture with history, adventure with world-class shopping and entertainment”. Every visit to Dubai promises […]
Nairobi — Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has interdicted three county government officials over the collapse of a building in Kasarani that killed three people including a couple. The Governor asked the three officials to show cause within ten days saying they are directly responsible for the incident due to negligence of their duties including inadequate […]
ZIMBABWE Football Association (ZIFA) and Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) have indicated that they are in no hurry to get the country’s FIFA suspension lifted. Mlotshwa, who was presenting ZIFA’s forensic audit, Thursday, said lifting of the suspension was not their priority, adding that they were prepared to face-off with FIFA even if it meant […]
Cape Town — Measles Outbreak Spreads to Mpumalanga as Cases Rise A week after the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) reported 35 confirmed measles cases in Limpopo has seen the total rise to 57 as the outbreak begins spreading to Mpumalanga, TimesLive reports. “Capricorn and Waterberg districts in Limpopo and Ehlanzeni in Mpumalanga reported three or […]
Lusaka, Zambia — The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and Mastercard Foundation today rolled out a large-scale, multi-country COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Southern Africa under the Saving Lives and Livelihoods initiative. The Saving Lives and Livelihood is a $1.5 billion partnership between the Mastercard Foundation and the Africa CDC designed to […]
Sharm el-Sheikh — The fallout of a changing climate is indisputable as it is already disrupting the livelihoods of millions of people in Africa, especially the poorest and most vulnerable. It’s very, very clear now that the fallout of a changing climate is hitting people on the front lines, marginalised people the hardest, according Megan Rowling, […]
The African Development Bank Group has launched on 15 November 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on the sidelines of COP 27, the African Green Bank Initiative, a new initiative for green banks. It will be backed by the African Green Finance Fund (AG3F) next year, with the aim of helping to structure and develop an […]
United States President Joe Biden has weighed in on the extent to which climate change is devastating the livelihoods and economies of not only poor countries but also that of the United States. President Biden who spoke at the ongoing COP27 in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, elevated the crisis into a security issue. “The climate […]