Summary The 85-year-old pope has been undergoing treatment for knee pain, believed to be caused by a torn ligament. The trip’s pace suggests the Vatican expects the pope’s condition to improve in the next month, although officials say privately that he likely will use a wheelchair at least some of the time. By REUTERS Vatican…
By AGGREY MUTAMBO Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is facing a load of expectations from both his people and neighbouring countries, seeing him as an old hand to improve ties and solve some of the region’s pressing problems. Mr Mohamud, 66, won the election on May 15, beating odds and 36 other contenders to clinch the…
Amid autochthony struggles and political fights over resource control, food remains one of the only frontiers in which conviviality continues to hold across borders and identity differences. writes Divine Fuh. Last week we observed Africa Day, commemorating 59 years since the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), now African Union (AU), was founded in Addis Ababa in 1963.…
KAMPALA, May 30 (Reuters) – Ugandan researchers have developed low-cost air quality monitoring sensors that work in extreme conditions and will allow Uganda to switch from expensive imported monitors in its bid to tackle rising air pollution. Kampala, Uganda’s capital home to two million people, ranks among the world’s most polluted cities, with pollution levels up to…
May 31 (Reuters) – South African miner Gold Fields Ltd GFIJ.J on Tuesday agreed to buy Canada-based precious metals miner Yamana Gold Inc YRI.TO in an all-share deal, valuing the Toronto-listed company at $6.7 billion. Gold Fields said its shareholders will own about 61% of the combined group, while Yamana Gold shareholders will own around 39% after the deal completes. The…
Sudanese authorities have released 125 political prisoners after the country’s military leader lifted the state of emergency on Sunday. They were leaders of the Resistance Committees who opposed the military coup after months of unlawful detention, the private Sudan Tribune website reported, citing a Sudanese lawyers’ group. The activists were released from prisons in the…
In our series of letters from African journalists, Zeinab Mohammed Salih writes that some people facing attack again in the troubled Darfur region rue the day they joined Sudan a century ago. “I wish we could have joined Chad instead of Sudan,” said Saad Bahar Addin, who holds the title of sultan of Dar Massalit,…
Egyptian President Abel Fattah El-Sissi met Monday with Polish President Andrey Duda in Cairo. The North African leader is hosting his counterpart for a three-day state visit. Topics on the agenda included strengthening economic and scientific cooperation as well as the next UN summit on climate scheduled in November in the Egyptian city of Sharm…
KINSHASA, May 28 (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo has summoned Rwanda’s ambassador and suspended RwandAir flights to Congo in response to what it says is Kigali’s support for M23 rebels carrying out a military offensive in its eastern borderlands. Rwanda denies supporting the rebels, who advanced as close as 20 km (12 miles) this week to…
Prices of fuel, transport and drugs on the increase Aid groups forced to cancel or review projects Cost of peanut paste for malnourished kids also rises Some countries diverting aid money to Ukraine crisis By Edward McAllister DAKAR, May 30 (Reuters) – A small charity broke ground this year on a clinic in northern Burkina Faso to…