JOAO CANCELO SET TO JOIN BAYERN MUNICH

JOAO CANCELO SET TO JOIN BAYERN MUNICH

Wayne Lumbasi Portuguese defender Joao Cancelo is all set to join Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich from Manchester City on loan. Cancelo’s loan deal includes a buy option of $76.3m. The 28-year-old has spent three and a half years at the Etihad after joining from Juventus in 2019. Cancelo is now eager to leave to get first-team football […]

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 POPE FRANCIS TO VISIT DR CONGO AMID CONFLICT

POPE FRANCIS TO VISIT DR CONGO AMID CONFLICT

Faith Nyasuguta Pope Francis is on Tuesday(today) expected to land in the Democratic Republic of Congo, home to the largest Roman Catholic community in Africa, for a three-day visit. It has been over 37 years since the previous Pope, John Paul II, visited the country. It was then called Zaire. The pope will travel to […]

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 ERITREAN FORCES ARE STILL IN ETHIOPIA- US

ERITREAN FORCES ARE STILL IN ETHIOPIA- US

Faith Nyasuguta According to a senior US official, Eritrean troops have still not yet withdrawn from Ethiopia contrary to what Ethiopian authorities’ claim. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US representative to the United Nations, says Eritrean forces only moved back to the border but still remain in Ethiopia. She made the remarks at a weekend news conference while […]

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 AFRICA MUST LEARN TO FEED ITSELF- SENEGAL PRESIDENT

AFRICA MUST LEARN TO FEED ITSELF- SENEGAL PRESIDENT

Faith Nyasuguta Speaking during the opening conference of the ‘The Dakar 2 Summit on Feeding Africa: Food Sovereignty and Resilience’, Senegalese President and the African Union boss, Macky Sall,  said that “Africa must learn to feed itself“.  “To transform our potential into reality, we need to allocate at least 10% of the national budget to […]

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 AFRICAN ECONOMIES TO EXPERIENCE FASTER ECONOMIC RECOVERY- AFDB

AFRICAN ECONOMIES TO EXPERIENCE FASTER ECONOMIC RECOVERY- AFDB

Faith Nyasuguta The African Development Bank (AfDB) has noted that Africa’s economies are set to grow faster than global projections this year. However, the budget and trade deficits will continue weighing down majority of the countries as risks persist. In its Africa’s Macroeconomic Performance and Outlook report released Thursday, the AfDB said the continent’s GDP […]

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 UGANDA KICKS OFF OIL DRILLING, PRODUCTION SET FOR 2025

UGANDA KICKS OFF OIL DRILLING, PRODUCTION SET FOR 2025

Faith Nyasuguta Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday commissioned the nation’s first of four oil rigs to commence drilling at the Kingfisher field on the shores of Lake Albert as the country eyes production in 2025.  The three other rigs will be installed at Tilenga. The East African nation discovered crude reserves estimated at 6.5 […]

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