PRESIDENT ALI HANDS OVER DOZENS OF VEHICLES TO 20 COMMUNITIES

PRESIDENT ALI HANDS OVER DOZENS OF VEHICLES TO 20 COMMUNITIES

Avellon Williams GEORGETOWN, GUYANA- During the Easter weekend celebration, in support of his government’s aggressive push to improve the lives of people living in the hinterland, President Dr. Irfaan Ali handed over more than two dozen vehicles to over 20 communities in Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo). To promote community development, the vehicles distributed were tractors with trailers, canters, buses, […]

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 BURNA BOY BECOMES FIRST AFRICAN TO SELL OUT ZIGGO DOME IN NETHERLANDS

BURNA BOY BECOMES FIRST AFRICAN TO SELL OUT ZIGGO DOME IN NETHERLANDS

Lisa Mugo African musical giant Burna Boy, has officially become the very first African to sell out Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam, Netherlands.  The ‘Kilometer’ hit-maker performed at the 17,000-capacity dome on Thursday and Friday. The hype at the ‘Space Drift’ show saw the Ziggo management team present Burna with a plaque to congratulate him for being the first African to […]

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 KAGAME IN BARBADOS: PLANS TO VISIT RWANDA’S VACCINE PRODUCTION  PLANT ONGOING

KAGAME IN BARBADOS: PLANS TO VISIT RWANDA’S VACCINE PRODUCTION PLANT ONGOING

Avellon Williams  BRIDGETON, BARBADOS- The answer to Barbados’ need for a readily available supply of vaccines to combat COVID-19 and future pandemics may lie in Rwanda’s leadership in setting up a manufacturing entity for the distribution of vaccines in Africa in the coming months. Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley announced that the Minister of Industry, Innovation, Science and Technology, Davidson […]

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 SOMALIA ONE STEP CLOSER TO ELECTING NEW PRESIDENT

SOMALIA ONE STEP CLOSER TO ELECTING NEW PRESIDENT

Faith Nyasuguta  For the first time on Saturday, the newly elected Somali parliament convened with new legislators sworn in. The session set the ball rolling for the election of the next president. The parliamentary elections ought to have been completed before incumbent President Mohamed’s term expired in February 2021. Elections in Somalia follow an indirect […]

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 ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY CRITICIZES UK-RWANDA REFUGEE PLAN

ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY CRITICIZES UK-RWANDA REFUGEE PLAN

Ekeomah Atuonwu An Anglican archbishop has slammed the British government’s plan to send some asylum seekers on one-way flights to Rwanda, claiming that “subcontracting out our responsibilities” to refugees will fail to pass God’s test.  In his Easter Sunday sermon, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby took an unusually direct political intervention, saying there are “severe […]

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 WORLD BANK GIVES ETHIOPIA $300M FOR TIGRAY WAR RECOVERY

WORLD BANK GIVES ETHIOPIA $300M FOR TIGRAY WAR RECOVERY

Faith Nyasuguta  The World Bank has vowed to disburse $300 million targeting local communities whose lives have been destroyed by the Tigray war. The funding issued under the International Development Association (IDA) is part of the bank’s Ethiopia project dubbed the Response-Recovery-Resilience for Conflict Communities. A fraction of it will go to reconstructing local facilities […]

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 AFRICAN FOOTBALL PRESIDENT DONATES $2M FOR SOUTH AFRICA FLOOD VICTIMS

AFRICAN FOOTBALL PRESIDENT DONATES $2M FOR SOUTH AFRICA FLOOD VICTIMS

Wayne Lumbasi South African Billionaire, Patrice Motsepe has donated R30 million ($2.045M) to flood relief efforts in KwaZulu-Natal through his Foundation. This is one of a couple of pledges and donations that have come in to assist those affected by the devastating floods. The province was battered by heavy rains last week. The damage caused by the floods is estimated to be […]

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