BODIES OF 26 ETHIOPIANS FOUND IN MALAWI MASS GRAVE

BODIES OF 26 ETHIOPIANS FOUND IN MALAWI MASS GRAVE

Faith Nyasuguta  Officials in Malawi have exhumed the bodies of 26 suspected Ethiopian migrants from a mass grave 255 kilometers (155 miles) north of the capital, Lilongwe, according to the police. “The grave was discovered late on Tuesday but we cordoned it off and started exhuming today. So far, we have discovered 25 bodies,” police spokesman Peter […]

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 TANZANIA PRESIDENT SULUHU CALLS FOR BETTER BIRTH CONTROL IN THE.COUNTRY

TANZANIA PRESIDENT SULUHU CALLS FOR BETTER BIRTH CONTROL IN THE.COUNTRY

Faith Nyasuguta  The president of Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan, has called for better birth control in the east African nation in a dramatic reversal of the stance of her authoritarian predecessor, John Magufuli. Since becoming head of state last year, Samia has won praise for her efforts to counter most of Magufuli’s controversial policies, particularly his denial of […]

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 ZIMBABWE BECOMES 1ST AFRICAN NATION TO APPROVE INJECTABLE HIV PREVENTION DRUG

ZIMBABWE BECOMES 1ST AFRICAN NATION TO APPROVE INJECTABLE HIV PREVENTION DRUG

Faith Nyasuguta  Zimbabwe has given a nod to the use of long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention, the first for Africa as a continent. Information given by the World Health Organisation (WHO) notes that “CAB-LA may be offered to people at substantial risk of HIV acquisition as part of comprehensive HIV prevention approaches”. In […]

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 FOREST GIRAFFES THREATENED BY GOLD MINING IN DR CONGO

FOREST GIRAFFES THREATENED BY GOLD MINING IN DR CONGO

Faith Nyasuguta  Democratic Republic of Congo’s environmental groups have cautioned that gold mining in the north-east of the East African nation is threatening the habitat of the forest giraffe, or okapi. The stripy-legged herbivore – the only surviving relative of the more familiar giraffe – has already been classified under the endangered species. Organisations among them the Congolese […]

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 AFRICAN AIRLINES STILL OPERATING BELOW CAPACITY DESPITE EASE OF COVID RESTRICTIONS

AFRICAN AIRLINES STILL OPERATING BELOW CAPACITY DESPITE EASE OF COVID RESTRICTIONS

Faith Nyasuguta  Majority of African airlines are still operating below 40 percent of their routine capacity despite ease of restrictions on movements following the Covid-19 pandemic. The local airlines only served 39.5 percent capacity of the domestic market, carrying about a third of the expected passenger numbers. It was revealed that about 30 percent of all passengers carried […]

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 CONGO PRESIDENT TSHISEKEDI PROMOTES DEAD GENERAL

CONGO PRESIDENT TSHISEKEDI PROMOTES DEAD GENERAL

Faith Nyasuguta An announcement by the presidency’s office promoting a deceased general has sparked some hilarity and confusion in the Democratic Republic of Congo.  Netizens have been tweeting clips of the announcements, with many wondering how the error was made. General Floribert Kisembo Bahemuka was killed in 2011 during an operation, but his name was […]

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 SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT SCRAPS FREE WATER, ELECTRICITY FOR MINISTERS

SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT SCRAPS FREE WATER, ELECTRICITY FOR MINISTERS

Faith Nyasuguta  South Africa’s ministers and deputy ministers will no longer be getting municipal services, such as water and electricity, for free at their official residences. This after President Cyril Ramaphosa withdrew his previous amendments to the ministerial handbook that changed the rules of Cabinet’s perks. The huge benefits sparked a public outcry as they were considered insensitive at a time […]

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 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA FACES HUGE DEBT BURDEN, DEFAULT RISK HEIGHTENED

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA FACES HUGE DEBT BURDEN, DEFAULT RISK HEIGHTENED

Faith Nyasuguta  Sub-Saharan’ African nations are facing an immediate risk of defaulting on their loans in the coming monthsfollowing a combination of increasing debt servicing costs, high borrowing, rising import costs and higher inflationary pressures tied to the continued appreciation of the dollar. The looming defaults could undermine prospects of a full economic recovery from the pandemic as economic […]

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