Faith Nyasuguta A baby boy has died in Tanzania after being snatched from his mother by a troop of monkeys which had gone into their house, authorities say. The mother was breastfeeding her one-month-old baby outside her house on Saturday afternoon when the monkeys invaded her home, snatched the baby boy and attempted to run […]
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Faith Nyasuguta South Africa has now turned to Russia for food as it also considers Moscow’s help to mitigate record fuel prices. SA President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke on the phone with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Wednesday seeking the supply of agricultural products and fertilisers. The telephone discussion between the two BRICS (Brazil, Russia, […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Over 30 percent of Sudan’s population is currently facing a food crisis because of the compounding effects of climate shocks, political turmoil, and shooting global food prices. A joint report by the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization said 15 million people face acute food insecurity across all of […]
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Faith Nyasuguta East African ports are lagging behind their global peers in operations via red tape and underperformance, a global report shows. The region’s busiest ports following the cargo handled — Mombasa (Kenya) and Dar es Salaam(Tanzania) — are still a far cry from gateways in the Middle East, for example. They are currently ranked […]
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Faith Nyasuguta A United Nations team has announced the uncovering of a Malawi refugee camp suspected to hold trafficked men, women, and children. The UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Malawian Police Service made the discovery in routine monitoring of trafficking routes, the UN said. According to the UN, measures are in […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema is meeting his host counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta in Nairobi as he commenced his very first official trip to Kenya since taking up power last year in August. According to the Zambian leader, the meeting is part of his constant search for economic opportunities for his people. “We’ve safely arrived […]
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Faith Nyasuguta For the very first time in the history of the Tigray conflict, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has said his government is open to negotiations with the northern Tigray rebels. Dr Abiy, in response to queries from members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, said his administration has set up a committee […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The World Health Organization (WHO) will officially rename monkeypox to clarify that it isn’t African and scrap the possibility of offending anyone by making a particular race or skin complexion the face of the disease. The racism and stigma concerns are similar to those that convinced the WHO to rename SARS-CoV-2 after it […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Rwandan president Paul Kagame has ordered the immediate deportation of 18 Chinese nationals for mistreating local workers in the country. “the 18 investors were found guilty of mistreating Rwandan workers and grubbing land on which they operated their business,” President Kagame said. He confirmed that the Chinese investors exploited Rwandan people and also […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The London Court of Appeal has rejected an appeal filed by immigration rights advocates and public employee unions seeking an injunction to temporarily block deportation flights, which are scheduled to begin Tuesday. A planeload of 31 claimants is due to depart Tuesday (today). Raza Husain, one of the migrants lawyers, had argued that […]
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