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Despite efforts made by countries over the years to industrialize, Africa’s share of global manufacturing remains negligible. Manufacturing has been touted as the key to unlocking productive jobs, bigger export revenues, and sustainable development. In 2019, Africa’s industrial GDP expanded by 17% to $731 billion, with the value-added of manufacturing surging by 39%, according to the African Development Bank. The… Read More

Kenya’s DP William Ruto presented, Thursday, key policies he would implement if elected in the August 9 presidential race. Speaking in Nairobi, Ruto vowed to carry out the plan of his Kenya Kwanza coalition. Before a crow of supporters, the Deputy President insisted the policies in the manifesto aimed at achieving “durable growth, while maintaining macroeconomic stability and empowerment of… Read More

Thursday was a bloody day of protests in Sudan. According to the Sudan’s Doctors Committee, a medical group, security forces killed seven people during anti-coup demonstrations. The group said in a tweet that four people were fatally shot in Omdurman, the capital’s twin city. The Doctors Committee which tracks casualties during protests said, a fifth person died after being shot… Read More

Maasai pastoralists from northern Tanzania were taken to the town of Arusha to appear in court.On Thursday, They were charged with the murder of a police officer during a demonstration early june in the district of Ngorongoro. The prosecutors increased the number of accused to 25 and added conspiracy to the charges. The pastoralists and rights groups have accused the… Read More

After a nine-day journey across the nation, the remains of DRC’s independence hero Patrice Lumumba have been laid to rest in Kinshasa on June 30. During a solemn ceremony, President Tshisekedi paid one last tribute to the country’s first Prime Minister. “Dear national hero, it was on the night of the 27th of November 1960 that you left Kinshasa, then Leopoldville,… Read More

The Ladoum sheep, known as the “king of sheep” in Senegal, has started to catch on again as Eid-al-Adha approaches. Ladoum, which is a hybrid of two species called “toubaire” from Mauritania and “balibali” from Mali, is considered more than a sheep by the Senegalese. The price of the ladoum varies according to many criteria such as size, weight, age,… Read More

Last updated: 42 minutes ago Around 500 protesters marched across Lisbon on Wednesday, taking part in what they called a “Blue March” to attract the attention of world leaders and decision makers to ocean preservation. Organized by over 200 local and international groups, the protest happened just a few kilometers away from the venue where the United Nations Ocean Conference… Read More

According to the World Bank, an estimated 2,400 tons of solid waste is generated in Nairobi every day, 20% of which is in plastic form. Most of it ends up at the Dandora rubbish dump, a huge mountain of trash where all garbage is mixed. But a high-tech trash bin is aiming to turn the tide. It has been set up outside… Read More

A protest was held outside the UNHCR’s office in Rabat Morocco by African migrants on Tuesday. It comes after dozens died Friday while attempting to cross by force into the Spanish autonomous city of Melilla from Moroccan territory. The Spanish Attorney General’s Office announced on Tuesday the opening of an investigation into the incident. “We went to the city of Nador… Read More

Two senior Libyan officials on Tuesday began talks on constitutional arrangements for elections, in the latest U.N. effort to bridge a gap between the country’s rivals. The meeting of Aguila Saleh, the influential parliament speaker, and Khaled al-Meshri, head of the Tripoli-based government’s Supreme Council of State, has taken place at the U.N. headquarters in Geneva. According to the United… Read More