By Megha Mohan Gender and Identity reporter Efforts to prevent a young Sudanese woman being stoned to death, after she was convicted of adultery, are being hindered by the absence of government ministers in the country. Sudan has been run by a military junta since a coup one year ago. Campaigners say the 20-year-old didn’t…
A wildfire that officials thought was under control on Africa’s highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro, has reignited, Tanzanian officials said on Tuesday. The blaze began on Friday evening near the Karanga site used by climbers ascending the famous peak, at about 4,000 metres (13,000 feet) altitude on its south side. Hard winds helped fan the fire…
Diageo Plc, the largest spirits producer in the world, announced on Friday that it has proposed to purchase more shares in Kenya’s East African Breweries in order to increase its interest there by a third to 65%. The multinational alcoholic beverage company Diageo announced in a statement that it is making an offer to purchase…
Burkina Faso’s new government on Wednesday declared its top priority would be to secure the nation’s territory, after the latest coup to rock the jihadist-torn Sahel state. A UN envoy warned in New York that around 4.9 million, or a fifth of the population, need urgent aid in Burkina Faso as many “mothers were forced…
By TESFA-ALEM TEKLE The Africa Union-brokered peace talks between the Ethiopian government and rebel Tigrayan forces, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), started Tuesday in South Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s spokesperson Vincent Magwenya told reporters. Mr Magwenya said the talks will end on the October 30, 2022. He said the talks “have been convened to…
By JACKSON MUTINDA The President of the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) Nestor Kayobera says the court needs more financial and administrative autonomy for it to effectively deliver on its mandate. Speaking in Kampala on October 25 during a training for East African journalists on the role of the court, Justice Kayobera said the…
Lee Ying ShanCNBC KEY POINTS IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol warned emerging and developing countries are most vulnerable to soaring energy prices. “We are in the middle of the first truly global energy crisis,” Birol said. “Our world has never ever witnessed an energy crisis with this depth and complexity.” Soaring energy prices plaguing global…
By Paige Neal-Holder & Khadra Salad BBC News Researchers in the US have found a genetic link between people with African ancestry and an aggressive type of breast cancer. They hope their findings will encourage more black people to get involved in clinical trials in a bid to improve survival rates for people with the…
South Africa says it will allow a sanctioned Russian oligarch to dock his superyacht in Cape Town. The $521m (£472m) vessel, which belongs to Alexei Mordashov – an ally of Russian leader Vladimir Putin – left Hong Kong earlier this week. South African opposition leaders had urged the government to seize the 465ft long (141m)…
Africa marked Tuesday as Anti-Sanctions Day in support of Zimbabwe but the buck stops with the country’s own government. Tafi Mhaka Johannesburg-based social and political commentator. Every year since 2019, African leaders have commemorated October 25 as Anti-Sanctions Day to protest against the longstanding restrictions on trade and commerce with Zimbabwe, imposed by the United States, United…