Faith Nyasuguta The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $500,000 grant to fund a feasibility study for the Kigali Urban Cable Car Project – a bold plan to establish sub-Saharan Africa’s first aerial cable car public transit system. Spearheaded by Ropeways Transit Rwanda Ltd (RTRL), the $100 million project will feature a 5.5-kilometre cable […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The U.S. government has resumed student visa processing after a temporary suspension – but with a major new condition. Foreign students applying for visas must now grant U.S. consular officers access to their social media accounts, allowing American authorities to scrutinize online posts for any signs of hostility toward the United States, its […]
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Faith Nyasuguta In a last-minute legal move, the Zambian government has filed an urgent court case in South Africa to halt the planned burial of former President Edgar Lungu, igniting fresh controversy over where the late leader should be laid to rest. The state’s action, announced by Zambian state broadcaster ZNBC, comes just days after […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Kenyans are taking to the streets today, Wednesday, June 25, to mark the first anniversary of the dramatic storming of Parliament during last year’s anti-government protests. While the planned processions, vigils and digital campaigns are largely peaceful in intention, the day is clouded by deep fears of unrest. The protests, both online and […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Rwanda has officially begun enforcing a new law that bans the unauthorized use of foreign currencies – particularly the U.S. dollar – in domestic transactions. The National Bank of Rwanda (NBR) has rolled out strict regulations designed to combat informal dollarization and bolster the use of the national currency, the Rwandan franc. This […]
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Faith Nyasuguta In a landmark ruling, the U.S Supreme Court has given President Donald Trump the green light to deport undocumented migrants to third-party countries, including several in Africa – even if the deportees are not from those nations. The 6-3 decision reverses earlier legal blocks and solidifies Trump’s aggressive immigration agenda in his second […]
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In 2025, Gaza is not only enduring war – it is starving to death under it. Amid bombed-out buildings and collapsed infrastructure, a new kind of violence has emerged. Palestinians, desperate for food, now face gunfire at the very sites meant to offer relief. This is not a battlefield in the traditional sense – but […]
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Faith Nyasuguta U.S President Donald Trump has downplayed Iran’s missile strike on Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, calling it a “very weak response” to recent American attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities. The strike, launched Monday, was widely viewed as Tehran’s retaliation for a major escalation that saw U.S forces target three key Iranian nuclear […]
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Faith Nyasuguta A new report from INTERPOL has revealed a dramatic rise in cybercrime across Africa, warning that the continent is becoming a major hotspot for digital threats. According to the 2025 Africa Cyberthreat Assessment, cyber-related offences now make up more than 30% of all reported crimes in Western and Eastern Africa. The report draws […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The Sahel region has become the world’s deadliest hotspot for terrorism, accounting for 51 percent of all terrorism-related deaths in 2024, according to the newly released 2025 Global Terrorism Index (GTI). Published by the Sydney-based Institute for Economics and Peace, the report highlights a dramatic surge in extremist violence across West Africa, despite […]
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