2 countries express conviction that they are capable of addressing security challenges internally Benjamin Takpiny JUBA, South Sudan South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir and his Sudanese counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Burhan agreed Thursday to establish a joint security force to prevent the infiltration of illegal weapons. The heads of state emphasized the importance of maintaining stability…
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has written to President Cyril Ramaphosa requesting an urgent meeting about Eskom and the growing power crisis. This as the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has granted the power utility a tariff increase of 18.65 percent instead of the 32 percent it had applied for, effective from April 1st. DA Shadow…
A woman cried on Wednesday as she testified to a Swiss court that a former Liberian rebel commander had raped her repeatedly during the country’s civil war, on the first day of his appeal to overturn 22 convictions for war crimes. While Alieu Kosiah is appealing the 2021 ruling Swiss prosecutors are arguing that he…
Uganda’s cabinet has agreed for the energy ministry to sign production-sharing agreements (PSA) for two oil exploration blocks with two oil firms, including a unit of Australia’s DGR Global, the government said on Thursday. A cabinet meeting on Monday had approved the signing of an agreement with DGR Energy Turaco Uganda Limited, owned by Australia’s…
By BUSINESS DAILY Elon Musk’s satellite Internet firm Starlink announced it will launch in Kenya in the second quarter of this year, posing competition to other players in the industry including Safaricom and Zuku. The billionaire technology entrepreneur’s company announced it is “pending service coverage or regulatory approval”. Kenyans, however, can order and deposit an…
By PATRICK ILUNGA Leaders of the M23 rebel group met with regional peace facilitator, former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, in Mombasa, where they agreed to withdraw fighters from the Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu province and follow a ceasefire. But the meeting came as activists in eastern DR Congo demanded that the East African Community Regional…
Silvia AmaroCNBC The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, kicks off next week. It’s an annual meeting where a global elite of business leaders, politicians and economists make bold predictions and try to set the agenda for the year ahead — but they don’t always get it right. Here’s a recap of some calls made…
By Africanews with AFP DIPLOMACY The French and German foreign ministers, Catherine Colonna and Annalena Baerbock, on Thursday visited a WFP distribution center in Adama, just outside Addis Ababa, containing recently shipped grain for the war-torn regions of Ethiopia. The site holds 50,000 tonnes of wheat. During their visit, the ministers hailed the success in implementing…
By Rédaction Africanews and Ndea Yoka BUSINESS AFRICA Rising borrowing costs and global economic uncertainty weigh on the African real estate sector. Amid these challenges, estate agency Nawali bet on participatory payment mechanisms such as the tontine. It focuses on reliable and participatory solutions for Africans in the diaspora and others to acquire real estate…