Renson Mwakandana After years of prolonged illness, the former president of Angola, José Eduardo Dos Santos, died last week on Friday in Barcelona, Spain at age 79. The family of Santos, led by his sons, rejected a state funeral proposal, claiming that for unknown reasons, their patriarch wanted to be buried in Barcelona. They pressed for adherence to their […]
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Renson Mwakandana Salva Kiir Mayardit, the president of South Sudan, has put a halt to all dredging operations (clean out the bed of a harbor, river, or other area of water by scooping out mud, weeds, and rubbish with a dredge) on Nile tributaries in response to internal opposition, protests from activists and environmentalists, and […]
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Renson Mwakandana Three years after a controversy about their recruitment surfaced, the contentious Somali army trainees in Eritrea made their first public appearance. With the new president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who is touring Eritrea on a four-day trip loaded with political importance, the troops were pictured at a parade on Saturday. Mr. Mohamud is in […]
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Thandisizwe Mgudlwa • Commemorating the 20th anniversary of the AFRICAN UNION (AU). CAPE TOWN, South Africa, July 8, 2022/ — CONTINENTAL leaders will today announce and launch the African Union’s Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) Pan-African Month. The event is geared specifically for the African Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and the African Citizenry to […]
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Renson Mwakandana Safaricom said on Thursday that it will begin offering paid services in Ethiopia in August. The firm, which is a member of the Vodafone group, has come under increasing criticism because it didn’t begin as planned in April 2022 as promised. Safaricom stated that “it is on course to a phased launch of its network […]
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Renson Mwakandana According to a ministry official, Lieutenant General Muhoozi Kainerugaba of Uganda’s Land Forces’ tweets in favor of Tigray rebels are his personal opinions and do not represent the army’s position. While cautiously avoiding mentioning Lt Gen Muhoozi by name in an interview with the BBC’s Focus on Africa on Monday, Brig Felix Kulayigye, […]
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Renson Mwakandana According to an announcement made by the president of Angola, João Lourenço, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda agreed to immediately halt hostilities on Wednesday. Felix Tshisekedi of the DRC and Paul Kagame of Rwanda both decided to establish an ad-hoc surveillance mechanism after their meeting on Wednesday in Luanda, he added. […]
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Renson Mwakandana Tuesday saw an agreement between Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed and the head of the junta in Sudan, Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, for the peaceful resolution of differences. This occurred when the leaders convened for their first meeting following their recent disagreement over unresolved concerns between the two nations. Only four […]
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Renson Mwakandana Tanzania has begun testing its first Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) electric train between Dar es Salaam and Morogoro. Tanzania’s SGR reached a top speed of 160Km/h, while Kenya’s SGR utilizes diesel and can only reach 120Km/h. Once operational, the new SGR train is projected to be able to move at a speed of […]
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Renson Mwakandana The Uganda Cabinet has recognized Kiswahili as an official language and instructed that it be made a compulsory subject in primary and secondary schools. To oversee the adoption of Kiswahili as the second national (official) language, the government established the Uganda National Kiswahili Council in 2019. As a courtesy to the East African […]
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