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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Faith Nyasuguta The world’s most-followed Tik-Tokker, Khaby Lame, has become an Italian citizen. The 22-year-old was born in Senegal then moved to Italy as a toddler and was raised in a poor area of the town of Chivasso, outside of Turin. While obtaining his citizenship, he swore to be faithful to the Italian Republic and […]
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Faith Nyasuguta According to Investopedia, the debt-to-GDP ratio is a significant metric for comparing a nation’s gross national debt to its gross domestic product (GDP). It measures how much a country owes compared to everything the country currently produces. You may have already learnt that the GDP comprehensively measures the monetary value of all the […]
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