Grace Ossongo – Yaounde, Cameroon Following the publication of the US Department of Agriculture’s monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, experts at the International Food Policy Research Institute or the IFPRI warned that African countries must upgrade their transnational transport infrastructure or risk remaining vulnerable to shocks in global food supply chains. In the […]
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Renson Mwakandana Uganda’s parliament attended a special session to honor Queen Elizabeth II, who passed away on Thursday in Scotland. The prime minister made the proposal, which was discussed for two hours. The Queen made her first trip to Uganda in 1954, and her latest official trip to Africa was in 2007 for the Commonwealth Heads […]
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Renson Mwakandana The restoration of Uber and Bolt commute services has been declared by Tanzania’s government following weeks of debate about the fate of the two businesses. After the government’s regulatory amendments went into effect in March, Uber opted to discontinue its services in April, while Bolt decided to focus only on business clients in August. Habibu […]
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Renson Mwakandana President-elect William Ruto will be inaugurated today, Tuesday, September 13th, and many leaders have confirmed they will be present, showing the region’s support for Kenya’s fifth head of state as he begins his new tenure. At the event where Dr. Ruto will be sworn in and subsequently address a crowd at the Karasani stadium in Nairobi, 20 […]
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Staff writer African and Caribbean countries have had mixed feelings or reactions this past few days over the death of Queen Elizabeth II. As a courtesy and tradition, elected officials of former British territories have passed condolences 🙏🏿 to the departed’s family, whereas good percentage of the general citizenry from Africa, Caribbean and The Middle […]
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Renson Mwakandana All Ugandans have been told to leave wetlands and forest reserves, but investors who had built up factories in the meantime will be allowed to continue doing so since they had been misled. According to Finance Minister Matia Kasaija, the investors are permitted to inhabit the catchment regions since they could not have been […]
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Renson Mwakandana In Somaliland, a murderer’s life was saved thanks to a last-minute agreement to pay 100 camels as restitution. The unnamed guy was one of five prisoners scheduled for execution on Tuesday in the Madheera region, northeast of Hargeisa, the self-declared republic’s capital. Elders from the killer’s and victim’s families arrived at the execution location […]
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Renson Mwakandana Martin Griffiths, the UN’s humanitarian director, warned on Monday that famine is “at the door” in some regions of Somalia. He claimed to have solid evidence that famine will strike areas of south-central Somalia between October and December during a news appearance in the country’s capital, Mogadishu. This follows his visit to Baidoa […]
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Renson Mwakandana A suspect in drug and wildlife trafficking has been extradited to the US by Kenyan authorities. Abdi Hussein Ahmed, also known as Abu Khadi, was sought for his suspected participation in the poaching of more than 100 elephants and 35 rhinos. According to Kenya’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations(DCI), he was charged in the […]
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EPSA 5 will cover electricity, connectivity, health, agriculture and nutrition as priority areas in order to address key challenges in Africa By Thandisizwe Mgudlwa – Cape Town, SA On this week’s announcement of the $5 billion in support for Africa’s private sector, the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina commented: “EPSA 5 […]
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