Faith Nyasuguta Food prices in Nigeria have steadily risen following high inflation rates. The most populous African nation with about 210 million residents reported a food inflation rate of 22.28 per cent in May 2021. That means the local food demand is way higher than food production, steadily pushing food prices to rise. The high […]
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Faith Nyasuguta An Ivory Coast court has sentenced 10 people convicted of child trafficking to 10 years behind bars each. This is part of the government’s effort to hunt down organised networks that smuggle in unsuspecting children to work in the country’s cocoa plantations. As a whole, the leading cocoa producer and firms purchasing the […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Rwanda has penned a $3.6 million deal with the European Union in a bid to boost the nation’s laboratory muscle to attract Covid-19 manufacturing investors. The funds will reinforce the Foods and Drugs Authority’s quality control for medical products so that the regulator can get necessary certification from the World Health Organisation (WHO). […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The Nairobi Expressway, currently under construction is set to be completed next year. The road will help decongest Nairobi, a Kenyan city that has for years experienced traffic snarl-ups. See how Nairobi and Kenya as a whole will benefit from this ultra-modern road.
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Faith Nyasuguta Rwanda has legalised the medicalised use of Cannabis even as the nation nears mass production and exportation of the multi-billion-dollar cash crop. However, the recreational use of Cannabis and its products in Rwanda remains unlawful. The East African nation still maintains its harsh punishment on the unauthorised production, distribution and usage of cannabis. […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Angola has piled up approximately $1billion in debt to Western oil companies handling its oil fields. According to three industry sources, the huge bill has pushed the African nation into beginning a sale of stakes in its flagship offshore blocs. The debt has been on an upward trajectory over the years and it […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta Russian military instructors aimed at civilians with outrageous force, random killings in the Central Africa Republic (CAR), a fresh United Nations report has shown. ‘The sanctions experts’ report to the U.N. Security Council also said they worked alongside CAR troops even in large-scale looting and occupation of schools. Further, groups tied to […]
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Faith Nyasuguta A fresh report has disclosed that toxic chemicals in plastic waste exports from rich nations are polluting food in low and middle income countries. Dubbed ‘Plastic Waste Poisoning Food and Threatening Communities in Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, and Latin America’ the report showed how plastic waste handling methods poisons local populations. […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The high COVID-19 infection rate in Africa is proving to be the most brutal in the continent, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Africa Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have warned amid low vaccine supply. John Nkengasong, the Director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) last Thursday […]
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Faith Nyasuguta North-East Nigeria’s 12-year conflict has caused about 350,000 deaths, majority being children below five, the United Nations has said. The death toll is 10 times higher than any previous estimates of approximately 35,000 based only on those killed during fightings in Nigeria. The data was commissioned by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in […]
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