UGANDA DENOUNCES EU’S RESISTANCE TO OIL PROJECT

UGANDA DENOUNCES EU’S RESISTANCE TO OIL PROJECT

Renson Mwakandana The European Union Parliament’s resolution urging Tanzania and Uganda to halt the development of their oil and gas projects in the East African area has been denounced by the Ugandan parliament. The resolution, according to Uganda’s deputy speaker Thomas Tayebwa, is based on a deliberate distortion of important facts about the preservation of the environment […]

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 SOUTH AFRICA’S EMERGING CANNABIS BUSINESS HAS A BRIGHT FUTURE

SOUTH AFRICA’S EMERGING CANNABIS BUSINESS HAS A BRIGHT FUTURE

Grace Ossongo – Yaounde, Cameroon As Africa’s first cannabis-targeted special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, Cilo Cybin Holdings has been given permission to list on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Through an IPO that will not be open until November, the company hopes to raise $115 million for the production of medicinal cannabis. Cilo Cybin Holdings, […]

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 TO COMBAT FOOD INSECURITY, AFRICA MUST REMOVE OBSTACLES TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE, URGES IFPRI

TO COMBAT FOOD INSECURITY, AFRICA MUST REMOVE OBSTACLES TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE, URGES IFPRI

Grace Ossongo – Yaounde, Cameroon Following the publication of the US Department of Agriculture’s monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, experts at the International Food Policy Research Institute or the IFPRI warned that African countries must upgrade their transnational transport infrastructure or risk remaining vulnerable to shocks in global food supply chains. In the […]

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 TOBAGO CARNIVAL TO FEATURE NIGERIAN GIANT BURNA BOY, OCTOBER 27

TOBAGO CARNIVAL TO FEATURE NIGERIAN GIANT BURNA BOY, OCTOBER 27

Avellon Williams  SCARBOROUGH, TOBAGO- It has been confirmed that Grammy-winning Nigerian singer Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu“aka” Burna Boy will perform at the Tobago Music, Arts and Culture Festival (TOMAC) in Plymouth on October 27, 2022. Burna Boy is one of the top entertainers in the Afrobeat genre. He is known for mega-hits such as Last Last, Ye, and Kilometre. There are parties planned for the […]

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 HAITIAN POLICE OFFICERS KILLED DURING TENSE PROTESTS

HAITIAN POLICE OFFICERS KILLED DURING TENSE PROTESTS

Avellon Williams  PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI- Social media was used to circulate images of the deaths of at least three Haitian police officers in the capital by the Ti-Makak gang yesterday. In the area where the armed group operates, anti-gang police officers conducted an operation, and gang members kidnapped at least one dead and took the weapons. The same region south […]

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 THE ASMAT TRIBE: A PEOPLE KNOWN FOR CANNIBALISM

THE ASMAT TRIBE: A PEOPLE KNOWN FOR CANNIBALISM

Ekeomah Atuonwu The Asmat people live in Indonesia’s Papua province, which includes New Guinea. The Asmat call themselves Asmat-ow, which means real people, despite the fact that the meaning of the term Asmat is sometimes disputed. Some think it means man from tree, while her neighbors, the Mimika, claim the name means man-eater. The Asmat tribe is the most well-known cannibalistic tribe in the world, […]

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 AFRICA LOSES UPTO 15% OF GDP GROWTH TO CLIMATE CHANGE

AFRICA LOSES UPTO 15% OF GDP GROWTH TO CLIMATE CHANGE

Faith Nyasuguta  Currently, the African continent is losing between five per cent and 15 per cent of its per capita economic growth due to the effects of climate change. It is also facing a gaping climate finance shortfall, according to the African Development Bank (AfDB). Africa has been hit disproportionately hard by the fallout from […]

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 UGANDAN PARLIAMENT ATTENDS SPECIAL SESSION FOR QUEEN ELIZABETH II

UGANDAN PARLIAMENT ATTENDS SPECIAL SESSION FOR QUEEN ELIZABETH II

Renson Mwakandana Uganda’s parliament attended a special session to honor Queen Elizabeth II, who passed away on Thursday in Scotland. The prime minister made the proposal, which was discussed for two hours. The Queen made her first trip to Uganda in 1954, and her latest official trip to Africa was in 2007 for the Commonwealth Heads […]

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 DIAMOND PLATNUMZ BECOMES MOST SUBSCRIBED TO ARTISTE IN AFRICA

DIAMOND PLATNUMZ BECOMES MOST SUBSCRIBED TO ARTISTE IN AFRICA

Lisa Mugo Tanzania’s Diamond Platnumz, is officially the most subscribed to African artiste on YouTube, with a total of over 7 million subscribers. Diamond, who is popularly known as ‘Simba’, shared the good news on his Instagram account stories where he revealed that he will be celebrating in honor of his milestone. The 31-year-old is also the […]

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