By Faith Nyasuguta Researchers in the Democratic Republic of Congo have said that missing money, opaque pay practices and poor management impede the coronavirus response in the nation. Based in New York University, the Congo Research Group says that many new committees that were established cost more money but failed to solve the problems. The […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, the Guinea president has named an ex-diplomat as prime minister in the nation’s transitional government. Having served as the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General once, Mr. Mohamed Béavogui, was this week appointed PM via a presidential decree broadcasted on state broadcaster RTG. As prime minister, Béavogui will be the head […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta The World Health Organization has endorsed the widespread use of the first-ever Malaria vaccine in Africa. Experts say that the move could annually save tens of thousands of children’s lives across the continent. Dubbing the move “historic”, the WHO director-general, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that after a triumphant pilot programme in three […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta A gorilla that was photographed in 2019 posing for a calm selfie with game rangers at the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Virunga National Park orphanage has died. The mountain gorilla named Ndakasi, passed away after “a prolonged illness in which her condition rapidly deteriorated”, the park revealed in a statement. “She died in […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta African business owners that solely depend on social media platforms to spur their sales have revealed they incurred major losses during the Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp outage. According to experts, most e-commerce services that registered a massive growth in Africa during the Covid-19 were the most affected. “Those who received the biggest […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta The United Nations has revealed that government forces have rescued kidnapped children who were forcefully recruited by Al-Shabaab jihadist group in northern Mozambique. However, UN child agency UNICEF said it could not give more details on the numbers of minors involved, over the fear of endangering efforts to unshackle more children. “Children have […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta The government of Sudan has warned of a looming shortage of essential goods including medicine, fuel, and food including wheat after protestors blocked major transport goods for imports. For a number of weeks now, protestors from the East of Sudan have blocked the ferrying of supplies from the main port on the […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta About 5,000 migrants have been detained in Libya, The Norwegian Refugee Council has said. According to the NGO, this is the fiercest crackdown launched so far by the Libyan authorities targeting migrants. A human rights worker for the Norwegian Refugee Council alleges that up to 5,000 refugees may have been detained in […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta On Monday, there was very little or no reporting in Kenyan newspapers on the fresh revelation where President Uhuru Kenyatta’s family was revealed to have secretly owned a chain of offshore firms for decades. The Star Newspaper https://www.the-star.co.ke/ was leading with the story on its website with the headline No evidence Kenyattas stole […]
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A recent investigation has revealed how Uhuru Kenyatta’s family has stashed millions of dollars in offshore firms.
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