By VINCENT OWINO Kenya, South Sudan, and Somalia are among African countries which will benefit from a donation of grains from Ukraine meant to help alleviate the growing hunger crisis on the continent, despite Kyiv’s own internal woes in the face of a war with Russia. Kyiv has partnered with international donors including the European…
By MARY WAMBUI East African Community (EAC) leaders have expressed hope of finding a lasting solution to the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) through peaceful means, but have signalled that they will not hesitate to use military action to achieve the goal. The heads of state were speaking during the opening of…
By AGGREY MUTAMBO The decision to delay the drawdown of the African Transition Mission in Somalia (Atmis) may indicate gaps in rebuilding the country’s security forces meant to take over once the continental arrangement fully exits next year. This week, the African Union (AU) said it will delay withdrawal of its sanctioned military forces in…
MTN Ghana, which is Africa’s largest mobile operator’s third-most lucrative market, is bracing for the potential deactivation of a quarter of its subscriber’s sim cards on Thursday, as it looks to comply with directive from regulators in that country over biometric registration. The directive from Ghana’s National Communications Authority concerns deactivating those sim cards that…
Two-time Malawian vice-president Saulos Chilima is the highest-ranking corruption-accused official who has been arrested along with 83 others. The public in Malawi overwhelmingly supports President Lazarus Chakwera’s corruption fight. Chilima’s supporters want him to pull out of the ruling Tonse Alliance because they feel they have been given a raw deal. If public opinion is to…
By Peter Mwai & Rachel Schraer BBC Reality Check “I think there is no Ebola in Uganda.” Those are words of Battle Kay, as he is known online – a 28-year-old who lives in the capital, Kampala, and makes social media videos criticising the actions of the government. But he’s also part of a new…
By Julia FishNew Tech Economy reporter, Johannesburg Young engineer Nolwazi Zulu says that when she was a teenager she decided that she would “go out and do something” about the regular power cuts that bedevil her community. Now 25 years old, Ms Zulu is from rural Kwazulu-Natal on the eastern coast of South Africa. Like…
The French baguette, Algerian Rai music and Tunisia’s harissa condiment are among this year’s contenders for recognition as intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO, which started deliberations Monday in Morocco. The United Nations’ cultural agency is examining 56 proposals for items to add to its Lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage, including four in urgent need of…
Chad is to try 401 people detained during and after deadly anti-government protests last month, prosecutors said on Friday. Officially, around 50 people — including 10 members of the security forces — died when police opened fire on the demonstrators in the capital N’Djamena and several other cities on October 20. But opposition groups say…
Risha Maduray | @SABCNews Eskom CEO André De Ruyter says there have been wide-ranging acts of sabotage at a number of power stations. It follows last week’s arrest of a contractor, working at Camden Power Station in Mpumalanga, after being positively linked to an incident of sabotage. In a statement the power utility said, the contractor admitted…