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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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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Faith Nyasuguta UN chief Antonio Guterres warned on Monday that the situation in Ethiopia was “spiralling out of control” as fighting raged in the north of the country and the federal state vowed to seize control of airports and other sites in Tigray. International alarm has been growing over the ballooning of combat in Tigray, where […]
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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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Faith Nyasuguta Eunice Wanjiku, a Kenyan youth, is long dead and forgotten. In the Kenya’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs records – she is just another statistic. By the time she met her death in the hands of her Saudi Arabian employer, 23 year old Wanjiku had lost most of her liberties. On passing away, they […]
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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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Faith Nyasuguta Rwandan head of state Paul Kagame has aided Zimbabwe secure $800 million for a rural electrification programme in a bid to end the country’s perennial power shortages, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has disclosed. Speaking to the ruling Zanu PF party during a rally at the weekend, President Mnangagwa noted that President Kagame will visit Zimbabwe this month to […]
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Faith Nyasuguta If internet searches are anything to go by, Kenya reported the second highest cases of headaches, followed by South Africa worldwide in statistics running from early 2020. A detailed analysis of web searches over the six months running between February 2020 to July 2020 shows that across the world, the term ‘headache was […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Kenya is reported to have defaulted on repayment of the Chinese loans provided to build the standard gauge railway (SGR), reviving the nation’s struggles with the ballooning public debt. In the year ending June, the Chinese financial institutions fined Kenya Ksh1.312 billion ($10.8 million) for loan defaults, according to Treasury documents seen by the […]
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Faith Nyasuguta In several cultures, spitting results from irritation, disregard or disagreement. This, however, is the opposite among the Maasai tribe of Kenya and northern Tanzania. Despite this tribe making only about 1% of the population, they are internationally recognised and have become a tourist attraction. Their unique cultural practices and authentic way of life has been featured in […]
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