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…
Official campaigning in Kenya’s elections is now under way ahead of voting in August. Already, fake endorsements for the two main presidential candidates are being shared widely online. We’ve been taking a look at some of the misleading social media posts and videos circulating. Barack Obama hasn’t endorsed a candidate President Uhuru Kenyatta is standing…
Sudan’s leading general lifted, Sunday, a state of emergency that was imposed in the country following the October coup he led. The country experienced over the weekend yet another day of protest against the military coup. The ruling military authorities in Sudan lifted Sunday the state of emergency imposed since the October military coup and recommended…
**Lawmakers in Bangui voted Friday to abolish the death penalty. For the legislation to become law, President Faustin Archange Touadéra still has to issue it.** Lawmakers in the Central African Republic voted Friday to abolish the death penalty. The law was passed by acclamation as the speaker of the national assembly made the announcement. For…