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Fitness instructor Solange Cutie Tashobya, a 31-year-old mother, lost her job the day Uganda went under lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic in March of last year. With very little savings, she and her daughter were forced to move in with her sister where she started doing odd jobs to make ends meet, including baking for friends and neighbours. She… Read More

The world’s first sailing dhow made out of recycled plastic sails the waters of Lake Victoria in Kenya with the hope of creating awareness against plastic pollution. The founders the project want to spur a movement of using recycled waste to build boats and other ships. In 2017, Kenyan authority introduced the world’s toughest law against plastic bags, with offenders… Read More

Foreign Criminal Activity in the DRC Two whistleblowers Gradi Koko Lobanga and Navy Malela were sentenced to death in absentia in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). T A sentence that was awarded for denouncing Afriland First Bank which in turn filed a complaint against its two former employees — accusing them of “theft of documents, violation of banking secrecy,… Read More

They are the second-largest land mammal and an endangered species with a near-threatened status. To save white rhinos from extinction, a zoo in Taiwan is preparing to send a young female southern white rhinoceros, called Emma, to Japan where they hope she will breed. “We currently count only around 18,000 of the white rhinoceros species in the world right now,… Read More

Moroccan track and field competitors continued their preparations at the National Institute of Athletics in Rabat with one eye firmly on qualification for the 2021 Olympic Games. Among the athletes who have chances to qualify for a place in Tokyo are Abdelati El Guesse, Oussama Nabil, Assia Raziki, Lejdoud Youssra, Ghizlane Siba and El Bachir Lembarki while the others prepare… Read More

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Thursday called for an “objective and independent investigation” in the Ethiopian region of Tigray, after having “corroborated serious violations” likely to constitute “war crimes and crimes against humanity”. In a statement issued in Geneva, Bachelet said her office “has managed to corroborate information on some incidents that occurred in… Read More

Senegalese police clashed with supporters of arrested opposition leader Ousmane Sonko on Thursday, leaving one person dead in the south of the country, a police official said. It was the first death confirmed in clashes since Sonko was arrested on Wednesday for disturbing public order as protests broke out ahead of his court appearance on a rape charge. Sonko, leader… Read More

Health officials in Egypt have begun the second phase of a nationwide vaccination drive. The elderly and those with underlying medical conditions, are receiving their first doses of the Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccine against the coronavirus. There are 40 vaccination centres countrywide. “I was expecting a mess and this did not happen at all. Everything was organized and there was a very… Read More

Rwanda’s economy Rwanda’s economy is in a recession. Restrictions imposed to curb the coronavirus is piling pressure on the economy. Thousands face unemployment and there’s risk of more Rwandans falling into poverty. That’s why analysts are urging the government to take additional measures to spur growth in this East African nation. Retail trade, leisure, hospitality and conference tourism are key… Read More

Guinean migrant Mamadou Yaya Bah, who was subject to an immediate expulsion order, will now be able to stay in France after the regional prefecture reversed its decision. A month ago, his boss Patricia Hyvernat, the owner of the bakery where he works, went on hunger strike to demand her apprentice be granted legal status. The strike prompted the French… Read More