Faith Nyasuguta The first grain shipment from Ukraine to Africa since Russia’s invasion which began more than six months ago has docked in Djibouti, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) confirmed Tuesday. The grain is meant for people in East Africa affected by drought and conflict. Food security experts say it is a drop […]
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Faith Nyasuguta A South African man who literally went the extra mile to prove his love for his woman has set online users on a frenzy and has been making rounds on social media. The 57-year-old man, identified as Joseph Kagiso Ndlovu, ran a 90km (56 miles) marathon to propose to a woman named Prudence. […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Tanzania is set to join Kenya on the list of nations to be left out of the Chinese debt relief deal at the end of this year following their lower-middle-income status even as the East African nations grapple with a ballooning debt burden. As reported earlier, Chinese Foreign minister Wang Yi announced that […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The Himba people are unique, interesting and welcoming. A moment with them will surely be one to remember. In the Himba tradition, “When a visitor comes knocking, a man shows his approval and pleasure of seeing his guest by giving him the Okujepisa Omukazendu treatment, which is that the wife is given to […]
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Faith Nyasuguta On Wednesday, fighting erupted between government forces and Tigrayan rebels in northern Ethiopia, shattering a five-month ceasefire between the warring sides. The fresh warfare follows both sides repeatedly blaming the other for a lack of progress towards negotiations to halt the brutal 21-month conflict in Africa’s second most populous nation. According to the […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Kenya Airways (KQ) has confirmed the death of a passenger aboard its flight operating from New York to Kenya. The airline noted that the passenger passed away mid-flight on Monday August 22. In a Tuesday statement seen by AEM, Kenya Airways said one of the passengers in flight KQ003 was taken ill prompting […]
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Faith Nyasuguta So far, about seven African countries are at various stages – commissioning, shopping for vendors and mapping appropriate sites – in the roll-out of nuclear power plants, as most eye 2030 as a start-date for generating electricity from nuclear energy. Presently, Egypt is the only nation that has kicked off construction, following the […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Kenyans forcibly evicted from their ancestral land in the Rift Valley by British colonisers have now filed a case at the European Court of Human Rights, according to their lawyers. They point out that Britain’s treatment of their complaints has violated the European Convention on Human Rights to which the UK is a […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The global economies’ electrification has created new demand for the “red metal”, pushing prices of copper to a 10-year high. Following this, one of the industry’s most influential players has called the moment an “inflection point” for the metal, as Africa sees a jump of investment and newly sparked interest in copper mining […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Usually, a grade four pupil may fumble with simple addition mathematics. However, a donkey in Kenya’s coastal town of Lamu can comfortably and easily give you an answer, and a correct one at that. All thanks to one Mohamed Abeid, 45, the only donkey whisperer that has ever lived on this side of […]
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