By AGGREY MUTAMBO Kenya says it has shut down its embassy in Khartoum to protect staff, in what could close the door on any further evacuation for civilians and signal bad days ahead in the Sudan war. Kenya’s Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Sing’oei said on Monday that Nairobi’s diplomats in Khartoum were facing safety…
By AFP Ten Democratic Republic of Congo citizens have died in Sudanese army strikes on a Khartoum university campus, the Congolese government said on Monday. Sudan has been mired in a political and humanitarian crisis since mid-April after fighting erupted between the regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The capital Khartoum has been an…
Fred Ojambo and Laura Millan The East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline is said to create thousands of jobs and boost government revenues. But activists say the drilling of hundreds of wells in and around nature reserves will destroy delicate ecosystems. The pipeline will carry 216 000 barrels a day from Uganda to Tanzania for export.…
Tannur AndersReuters JOHANNESBURG, June 6 (Reuters) – The South African rand was stronger in early trade on Tuesday ahead of the country’s first quarter gross domestic product (GDP) figures, which could shed light on the health of Africa’s most industrialised economy. At 0633 GMT, the rand traded at 19.2300 against the dollar , around 0.17%…
By Naomi Grimley & Camilla Horrox BBC News, Accra The recruitment of nurses by high-income countries from poorer nations is “out of control”, according to the head of one of the world’s biggest nursing groups. The comments come as the BBC finds evidence of how Ghana’s health system is struggling due to the “brain-drain”. Many…
By Africanews ANGOLA The president of Angola, João Lourenço, has welcomed the Portuguese president, António Costa, in the capital, Luanda, on Monday. Ministers from both countries signed a total of 13 agreements ranging from financial to legal. “I have to say that we sensed a great willingness to collaborate on the part of the Portuguese justice system, with whom we were able to…
By Africanews SOUTH AFRICA South Africa-based American explorer and scientist Lee Berger announced the discovery for the first time of a non-human species that uses symbols to mark their dead. On Monday the scientist announced that he had proof that between 200,000 and 300,000 BC, Homo Naledi, a species with a brain the size of a chimpanzee’s, buried its dead and engraved symbols…