Zimbabwe took delivery Thursday (May 18) of helicopters reportedly purchased from the Russian Federation. The event was attended by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the chief executive of the Russian State Corporation “Rostec”. The aircrafts will be deploying for policing, wild life protection duties and disaster management. “Zimbabwe is under sanctions, we are constrained unlike our neighbours and the rest of… Read More

The police in Anambra state in Southeast Nigeria briefs media on the attack on a US convoy in the region, that killed seven people.“Three of the consulate officials and four police mobile personnel were killed during that attack while two other officials of the consulate are still missing,” says Anambra state Police Commissioner Echeng Echeng. He added that “two persons… Read More

Tunisian journalists on Thursday protested against “repressive” anti-terror laws they say are being used to intimidate the media after a broadcaster was jailed for five years earlier this week. Dozens of protesters gathered in front of the national union of journalists’ headquarters in the capital Tunis, chanting: “We are journalists, not terrorists” and “Freedom for the Tunisian press”. The rally… Read More

Africa could lose up to $50 billion by 2040 due to the effects of climate change, even though it emits only 4% of greenhouse gases. Africa is, therefore, the continent most exposed to climate change, but also the most fragile. With repeated episodes of flooding and high temperatures driving millions of people from their homes each year, economists are advocating… Read More

This year’s Carrosse d’Or award at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, went to Mali’s Souleymane Cissé, the veteran director credited with reinventing film as an African art form. For Malian filmmaker Souleymane Cissé, the Carrosse d’Or awarded by the Directors’ Fortnight is an incentive “to make new films” in the hope of overturning the “censorship” which, according to him, affects… Read More