Renson Mwakandana The UN and Ethiopian refugee organizations said on Tuesday that over 100,000 people had sought safety in a remote part of Ethiopia in the past month after escaping hostilities in Somaliland, the country of Somalia’s self-declared separate region. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates that 98,000 people have arrived in three woredas […]
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Faith Nyasuguta A woman claimed to be the oldest in the world has died at the age of 128 in South Africa. Johanna Mazibuko, a mother to seven, died in her home in Jouberton, North West Province, home on March 3, and would have been 129 in May according to local reports. Those close to […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a major issue of concern in Kenya considering the number of women and girls who undergo the outlawed practice every year. Following this, a village founded in 1990 by a group of 15 women who were survivors of sexual harassment by local British soldiers provides a safe haven […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Cyclone Freddy is set to make landfall again in Mozambique later this week after striking Madagascar for a second time on Monday. According to Madagascar’s government, eight people were killed and more than 1,000 homes were destroyed. Late February was the first time the storm wreaked havoc in south-eastern Africa, killing 21 people […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Fighting is still ongoing in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) despite the announcement on March 3 in Luanda of a new truce accepted by the M23 rebellion, as revealed by local sources. On Monday morning, fighting had resumed on between the army and the M23 on the northern and southern fronts […]
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Faith Nyasuguta China’s debt across several African nations has been dubbed a hot-button subject as it relates to global economics, so much so that the U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on her visit to Africa in January 2023, spoke fervently on the topic, accusing China of setting a debt trap for impoverished African countries. China […]
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Faith Nyasuguta A clash between the visiting French president Emmanuel Macron and his DR Congo counterpart Felix Tshisekedi played out on Saturday when the two heads of state were having a joint press conference in Kinshasa. The former French Foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian in 2019 had termed the election of President Tshisekedi as controversial […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Kenyan banks are running out of dollars on some days following a shortage of the US currency, making it difficult for manufacturers and general goods importers to meet their obligations. The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has directed commercial banks to ration dollars following a shortage of the currency and the race to […]
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Faith Nyasuguta On Thursday, French President Emmanuel Macron reiterated that Paris has no intention of returning to past policies of interfering in Africa. He arrived in Gabon’s capital Libreville on Wednesday at the beginning of a four-nation African tour aimed at boosting relations with the continent. “I prefer to be very clear and explicit in […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Elon Musk has been dethroned and he is now the world’s second richest person after Bernard Arnault the CEO of LVMH, the world’s largest maker of luxury goods. This development comes just two days after the Tesla CEO reclaimed his crown as the world’s richest person. He got bumped to the second position after […]
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