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Uganda’s ambitions of joining the oil producer’s club almost entirely rest on a pipeline being built between the oil fields in the Lake Albert region and the Tanzanian port of Tanga on the east African coast. Officially called the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), the facility, the world’s longest heated pipeline – will move 230,000 barrels of oil per… Read More

The people of Ouagadougou are reacting to the announcement that Captain Ibrahim Traoré, leader of the 30 September coup d’etat, has taken power. “It is a good thing that he assumes (power)” says one man. Traoré was designated head of state and supreme commander of the national armed forces on national television, in a statement entitled “Acte fondamental”. “My problem… Read More

President William Ruto on Wednesday, October 5, made a surprise visit to Parliament buildings to join lawmakers for lunch at the members’ lounge. Ruto who has been in office for about two weeks was reported by local media to have made a surprise visit to the law-making complex after minutes after flagging off Kenyan tea to Accra, Ghana under the… Read More

In Ethiopia‘s embattled Tigray region, the death rate of babies dying in their first month of life is four times the rate before the war, according to a recent study. The most common causes were prematurity, infections and perinatal asphyxia, or the inability to establish breathing at birth. “So, we can say that the under-five mortality during war time doubled… Read More

The new trailer for Marvel’s ‘Black Panther 2: Wakanda Forever’, sequel to the 2018 smash hit ‘Black Panther’has been released. There has been much speculation about who will take on the role of the Black Panther. American actor, Chadwick Boseman, who played the titular role in the original film, died of colon cancer in 2020. He was the first black… Read More

There is growing concern among residents in the Port-Bouët area of Abidjan in Côte d’Ivoire. The first metro line, intended to relieve congestion in the city, is currently under construction and passes through their neighbourhood. Many elderly people are being forced to leave their homes but are worried about the slow process for receiving financial compensation. Retired teacher, Lehouc Édouard,… Read More

It is the second largest country in Africa and the third most populous. The Democratic Republic of Congo is a key player on the continent. It has one of the strongest growth rates in the sub-Saharan region. Euronews went to the Congolese capital, Kinshasa to observe an unprecedented conference designed to explore the country’s economic strengths and weaknesses. Balancing the… Read More

A witness testifying at the trial of Félicien Kabuga for his role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, which got underway last week at a United Nations tribunal in The Hague, said on Wednesday that he should have stopped the propaganda broadcast on his radio station calling for the killing of Tutsis. Kabuga is being charged with three counts of genocide… Read More

In Congo-Brazzaville, the Challenge Futura Foundation, headed by Congolese engineer Tsengué-Tsengué, has just completed training a group of deaf people in mushroom production. It has provided them with a Fungiculture farm, to launch them their entrepreneurial efforts and ultimately to their empowerment.  The training took place at a workshop called the Scientific city of Brazzaville where the hearing impaired were… Read More

The last 23 hostages held by gunmen who carried out a major attack on a train in northwestern Nigeria at the end of March have regained their freedom, authorities in Africa’s most populous country announced Wednesday. Nigeria, which is preparing to elect a new president on February 25, is plagued by widespread insecurity. Criminal groups are attacking villages almost daily,… Read More