My Dream Stead school in Nigeria accepts recyclable waste as payment for fees. The scheme helps reduce the number of children out of school and the amount of rubbish on the streets of Lagos. Proceeds are used to pay teacher salaries, children’s uniforms, books and pens, among others. For climate change news and analysis, go to News24…
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI and DESMOND TIRO MBIRIKANI, Kenya (AP) — Parkeru Ntereka lost almost half of his goat herd to hungry lions that wandered into his pen located near Kenya’s iconic Amboseli national park. The 56-year-old’s loss made headlines in the east African country as it led to the spearing to death of six lions…
By Sandrine Lungumbu BBC World Service Black Tunisian women say they are experiencing more instances of racism after the country’s president criticised sub-Saharan migrants. “In Tunisia people are always questioning the fact that I’m Tunisian,” says activist Khawla Ksiksi, a black Tunisian citizen. In February, President Kais Saied ordered “urgent measures” against sub-Saharan migrants, accusing…
Rwandan genocide An 88-year-old man accused of being a major financier of the 1994 Rwandan genocide is unfit to stand trial, a UN court has ruled. Félicien Kabuga’s lawyers had argued that he suffered from dementia. He was arrested in Paris in 2020 after evading capture for 26 years, reportedly moving around East Africa. He…
By Rédaction Africanews and AP SENEGAL Dozens of emotional friends and relatives gathered to pray around 26-year-old Elhaji Cisse outside a mosque near his house on June 5. While a cautious calm returned to Dakar on Monday (June 5) after days of clashes, at least 16 people were killed in the violence and hundreds injured.…
A UN court has ruled that ageing Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga is unfit to stand trial, calling instead for an ‘alternative’ legal procedure that would not end in a conviction. Text by : NEWS WIRES The Hague-based International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals said in an order late Tuesday that it “finds… Mr Felicien…
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%…