Faith Nyasuguta In a historic move, the Central Bank of Somalia (CBS) has licenced the first two foreign lenders since 1970. Central Bank Governor Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi noted that Egypt’s Banque Misr and Turkey’s Ziraat Katli can now operate in the nation after the board gave a nod to their applications. “CBS Board concluded that […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Southern Morocco’s traditional fortified villages are currently under threat. The major issue is the lack of restoration that threatens this cultural and architectural heritage. “Those buildings are made with fragile materials, so they don’t resist that much, so when it’s raining it’s cracking and comes down that’s why we have to keep it […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The Central African Republic has set in motion its government-backed cryptocurrency hub called Sango – named after one of the nation’s official languages. Head of state Faustin Archange Touadéra launched the hub on Sunday in a live announcement on social media platforms.. The fresh move follows the country’s adoption of Bitcoin as legal […]
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Faith Nyasuguta For a week between June 26 and July 3, 2022, the East Africa Community Sexual and Reproductive Health Bill under consideration at the East Africa Legislative Assembly was out for public participation across 6 of the 7 EAC countries. Africa Equity Media (AEM) spoke to Stephanie Musho, a Nairobi-based human rights lawyer leading […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Tanzanian Maasai herders that were arrested early last month during violent clashes with security forces over a land dispute with the government have been charged with murder. The 25 suspects had been part of the protests against the eviction of their community from their ancestral land in Loliondo in the northern Ngorongoro district. […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Internet access was disabled in East African nation Sudan ahead of nationwide protests slated for Thursday to press for civilian rule. Internet monitoring organisation Netblocks reports that internet access was disrupted across the country at 08:00 local time (06:00GMT). For days, the protesters have been using social media platforms to organise. Reports indicate […]
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Faith Nyasuguta A burial ceremony has been held in the Democratic Republic of Congo to lay to rest the gold-crowned tooth of independence hero Patrice Lumumba over 60 years after he was assassinated. Since his death, the tooth is the only existing part of his body after his remains were dissolved in acid. The Belgian […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The UN ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bintou Keita, on Wednesday warned the Security Council against a conflagration that could get out of hand in the east of the country where armed groups are proliferating. “If the (rebel movement) M23 continues its well-coordinated attacks against the FARDC (Congolese armed forces) and […]
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Faith Nyasuguta In Africa, most of us are used to seeing high school boys wearing trousers and shirts as uniforms. However, there is a school in Uganda, Nyakasura Secondary School, where boys wear skirts. Currently, Nyakasura is the only school in Uganda and perhaps Africa where male students wear kilts as their school uniform. While […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Kenya’s only home-grown automaker, Mobius Motors, is set to ramp up production of its second-generation model with an eye on the regional market particularly Uganda and Tanzania. The automaker, which in 2014 pioneered the production of a stripped-down car model for African roads, is betting on the spruced up Model II worth Ksh1.5 […]
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