Faith Nyasuguta Tanzania has given its approval for the construction of a $3.5 billion crude oil pipeline despite human rights and environmental concerns about the mega-project. The 1,443-kilometre (900-mile) pipeline is set to transport crude oil from vast oilfields being developed in Lake Albert in northwestern Uganda to a Tanzanian port on the Indian Ocean […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Jill Biden, the US First Lady will this week visit Namibia 🇳🇦 and Kenya 🇰🇪, making her first trip to the African continent as First Lady amid a deepening desire to improve relations with Africa. She has already visited Africa five times before, including when her husband was Vice-President in the Obama administration, but […]
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Faith Nyasuguta A new study has revealed that there was an increased number of women of colour in leading roles across the top-grossing movies of 2022. The Annenberg Inclusion Initiative conducted a new research study examining the gender, race, ethnicity and age of lead and co-lead actors across the 100 top-grossing movies each year from […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The current unprecedented climate emergency has proven to be a water crisis for Africa. Driven by global emissions that have the least to do with Africa’s development, the continent’s temperatures are increasing faster than the global mean, contributing to water stress, related inequalities, and conflicts. The period between 1991 and 2021 saw Africa […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The number of Kenyans affected by drought and hunger has shot from 4.2 million to six million, according to the latest report by Kenya Food Security Steering Group. The report also notes that more than 970,000 children below the age of five and 142,000 pregnant and lactating mothers require urgent treatment for malnutrition, […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed has stressed that Africa needs a continental level media house to share its narratives and combat misleading stereotypes. The Prime minister delivered a statement at the opening ceremony of the 35th Ordinary Session of the AU Assembly. He called for the establishment of an African Union-led media […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Recently, Forbes Africa published its latest list of the wealthiest people in Africa, including 19 billionaires. The list was released on the February 13, 2023 on ForbesAfrica.com. Just as it was expected, Aliko Dangote came in at number one with a net worth of $13.5 billion, with other expected entrants like Johann Rupert […]
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Faith Nyasuguta South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a state of disaster with immediate effect to deal with the country’s severe electricity crisis which includes lengthy daily power blackouts. “Extraordinary circumstances call for extraordinary measures. The energy crisis is an existential threat to our economy and social fabric,” said Ramaphosa during his State of […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Gauteng, South Africa’s economic hub is bearing the brunt of water shortages sparked by dropping reservoir levels following a high demand of water. As taps are running dry, Dr Ferrial Adam, Water and Environment Manager for the Community Action Network (WaterCAN) notes that the major causes of the crisis include ageing infrastructure and […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has conceded “shortcomings” after being blasted for his government’s slow response to the massive earthquake that has killed over 15,000 people in Turkey and Syria. So far, the sprawling scale of the disaster that flattened thousands of buildings, trapping an unknown number of people, has swamped relief operations […]
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