Renson Mwakandana During a trip to Tanzania on Thursday as part of an African tour to fortify connections with a continent where the power of China and Russia is growing, US Vice President Kamala Harris announced intentions to increase commerce with and investment in Tanzania. The visit started on Sunday in Ghana, and on Wednesday […]
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Faith Nyasuguta According to police and authorities, the death toll from Cyclone Freddy, which dissipated in mid-March after mega flooding and landslides in southern Africa, could hit over 1,200 in Malawi as hopes of finding survivors shrink. The cyclone saw the death of at least 676 people in Malawi, the disaster’s epicenter. The nation’s disaster […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Pope Francis, 86, spent Wednesday night in hospital in Rome, where he will continue receiving treatment on Thursday for what the Vatican said is a respiratory infection. A spokesman mentioned that the pontiff had been admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Wednesday for previously scheduled tests — but in a later statement disclosed […]
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Renson Mwakandana In an address on Tuesday in Accra, Ghana, US Vice President Kamala Harris emphasized her optimism for the African continent she is visiting and advocated for further investments in innovation. After a conference with African leaders sponsored by the US President Joe Biden in Washington in December to counterbalance the expanding influence of […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The UN has called on Ugandan president, Yoweri Museveni, to halt an anti-LGBTQ+ bill that has harsh penalties for some homosexual offences, among them death and life imprisonment. “The passing of this discriminatory bill – probably among the worst of its kind in the world – is a deeply troubling development,” said the […]
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Faith Nyasuguta On Monday, an armed group invaded a mega property owned by the family of ex-Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta in the capital, Nairobi. The protesters, loudly chanting Mau Mau slogans, could be heard saying that they too are Kenyans and deserve to own land just like the Kenyatta family. When local reporters arrived at the scene, scores […]
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Maina wa Njuguna Africa as the second largest continent after Asia is endowed with wealth and diverse resources that the world 🌎 cannot seem to do without. Africa’s coastline is 26,000 kilometre-long (16,156 mile-long). The African continent at about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth’s land […]
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Maina wa Njuguna I have always been somewhat suspect as to why the West seems so eager to see Africa’s population curtailed. Among all the challenges the continent faces, the one thing consistent is donor aid on contraceptives. An economic argument could be made that an exploding population is an expansion of a converted production […]
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Maina wa Njuguna The highest US 🇺🇸 official to visit Africa will be the US Vice President Kamala Harris accompanied by her husband, Second Gentleman, Doug Emhoff, as she readys herself for a week long trip to Ghana 🇬🇭, Tanzania 🇹🇿,and Zambia 🇿🇲. VP Harris visit to Ghana includes a tour to Cape Coast Slave Castle […]
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By Thandisizwe Mgudlwa SOUTH AFRICA 🇿🇦 will host the inaugural much-anticipated CAF African Schools Football Championship Continental Final phase at King Zwelithini Stadium, CAF announced this week. The soccer spectacle will take place at Durban’s King Zwelithini Stadium from 05-08 April 2023. According to CAF, the first year of the Programme, a historic and first […]
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