Renson Mwakandana For the first time in over 18 months, Ethiopian Airlines has started operating commercial flights to the war-torn Tigray region’s capital. Flights to Mekelle, according to its chief executive Mesfin Tasew Bekele, would reunite families and strengthen commercial links. In certain places, banking and telephone services have already been restored. During the two-year conflict between the […]
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By Renson Mwakandana In order to make up for the harm that four Nigerian farmers and their communities claim was brought on by pollution from Shell’s oil pipeline leaks, Shell has agreed to pay $16 million (£13 million) to them. The oil firm and the environmental advocacy group Friends of the Earth reached an agreement […]
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By Rendon Mwakandana The wildlife agency of Ethiopia 🇪🇹 is organizing a group of hunters to hunt dangerous hyenas close to Addis Ababa. This follows an increase in hyena attacks on people in the city and its vicinity recently. According to Banki Budamo from the Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority (EWCA) , eight individuals have died […]
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By Renson Mwakandana German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock traveled to Abuja, Nigeria, to personally deliver a collection of more than 20 items that British colonial forces had taken more than a century before. The ancient Kingdom of Benin, which was located in what is now southwest Nigeria, had its artifacts stolen. “We are here to […]
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By Renson Mwakandana The government of The Gambia 🇬🇲 claims to have repelled a coup attempt. According to a statement, three accused collaborators and four troops had been apprehended. President Adama Barrow, who was elected to a second term last year, was overthrown on Tuesday, although it is unclear exactly who was behind the plot. […]
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By Renson Mwakandana 19 Muslims were detained by the Islamic police force in the largest city – KANO in northern Nigeria 🇳🇬 on suspicion of attending a same-sex marriage. According to the force’s spokesperson Lawal Ibrahim Fagge, a tip-off led to the raid on the wedding in Kano. He claimed that the pair, who had […]
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By Renson Mwakandana 37 patients who were held back because of unpaid debts have now been let go. This has happened following Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja’s order to free patients being confined in county health institutions due to unpaid medical fees. While Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital released 19 patients with debts of KSh900,000 (USD 7,300), […]
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By Renson Mwakandana On Monday, a 35-passenger Rwandan bus that was traveling through Kisumu County in Kenya caught fire and was reduced to a shell. The Trinity Express Bus Company’s bus from Rwanda was traveling to Kampala in Uganda. When the accident occurred at 2.30 am in the Odoyo market, the 35 passengers were unharmed. […]
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By Renson Mwakandana Dominic Ongwen, a Ugandan 🇺🇬 child soldier who rose to become a prominent leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity on Thursday, and his conviction was affirmed by the International Criminal Court (ICC). The court would decide on the rebel leader’s appeal […]
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Renson Mwakandana On Tuesday, close to 50 African leaders gathered in Washington to begin three days of discussions on topics important to the future of the continent and the entire globe, such as health, food security, climate change, civil conflicts, and even space exploration. The first U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit since 2014 is taking place this week, at […]
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