By NDI EUGENE NDI Karou Modou lived a happy life tilling her garden and rearing animals in her native Cherif-Moussari village at the foot of Mandara Mountains along the Cameroon-Nigeria border. The 42-year-old mother of eight says her garden was all she had to provide and educate her children. But things changed in 2015. Boko…
Dar es Salaam Tanzanian authorities said Tuesday more passengers would likely have survived a deadly plane crash into Lake Victoria earlier this month had emergency workers been prepared and rescue operations launched swiftly. Nineteen people died when the Precision Air plane plunged into Africa’s largest lake on November 6, prompting a frantic rescue effort by…
By Chris Giles & Sean Coughlan at Buckingham Palace BBC News King Charles has spoken of the strong friendship between the late Queen Elizabeth and Nelson Mandela, as the King hosted a state visit by South Africa’s current president. At a banquet in Buckingham Palace, the King welcomed Cyril Ramaphosa and hailed the cultural and…
By Reality Check team BBC News A video of Giorgia Meloni, a right-wing politician who has become Italy’s new prime minister, accusing France of using a “colonial currency” to “exploit the resources” of African countries has been widely shared on social media. There have been recent tensions between the two countries over how to deal…
By Andrew Harding BBC News, Bukure It is just after five in the morning, and three pickup trucks – each bristling, like porcupines, with a dozen heavily armed soldiers – are tearing along a winding, sandy track in the dawn-grey wilderness of central Somalia. The driver of the middle car, hunched forward over his wheel,…
Thousands of South African government workers took part in nationwide demonstrations on Tuesday (Nov 22) to demand a 10% increase in their salaries. Negotiations between public sector unions and the government are deadlocked. The government is resolved to unilaterally implement a 3% pay hike, which hasn’t satisfied the unions. In Pretoria workers downed tools and…
By NELSON NATURINDA The Ugandan government has come under attack after a major marathon event organised by MTN at a time when the country closed its schools, placed the central districts of Mubende and Kassanda under restrictive movement and is monitoring and restricting travel out of the country as well as encouraging social distancing in…
Gavin MaguireReuters LITTLETON, Colo Nov 22 (Reuters) – African nations made clear at last week’s United Nations climate summit that the region would develop its fossil fuel resources to alleviate fuel shortages, help lift local populations out of poverty and spur vital economic growth. Africa’s electricity consumption growth since 2017 was second only to top power consumer…
David LawderReuters WASHINGTON, Nov 21 (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund said its executive board on Monday approved an $88.3 million disbursement to Malawi under the new “food shock window” emergency lending facility launched in response to food price spikes and shortages caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine. The IMF also said the executive board assessed that…
David LawderReuters WASHINGTON, Nov 21 (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund said its executive board on Monday completed its first review of Mozambique’s three-year loan program, allowing for an immediate disbursement to Maputo of about $59.26 million. The review brings total disbursements under the $456 million Extended Credit Facility program approved in May to about $150 million to date,…