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The doors are open, and 18-year-old Natasha Mwangi is welcoming guests into Ayira’s Neuro Soul Café. The establishment aims to be a welcoming space for everyone, including guests who have cognitive disabilities. It’s also a source of employment for young people like Mwangi, who was born with cerebral palsy. Job opportunities are scarce for young people with neurological disorders such… Read More

A young entrepreneur in the Democratic Republic of Congo has opened up a coffee factory that is helping revive the coffee industry in Kinshasa, the capital of the central African nation. Tisya Mukuna set up her business in 2022 after completing her studies in France. She’s introduced mobile coffee carts to target low-income earners in a city where many coffee… Read More

The next English monarch is to be crowned Saturday during a ceremony where soldiers from countries of the commonwealth will be marching alongside British troops in honor of the king. For some, its an affirmation of the lasting friendship that binds Britain and its former colonies, But for most, news of the ceremony is met with apathy at best and… Read More

The UN warned Friday that large numbers of children were dying in the Sudan conflict, pointing to reports indicating that seven children were being killed or injured every hour. “As feared and as warned, the situation in Sudan has become fatal for a frighteningly large number of children,” James Elder, spokesman for the UN children’s agency UNICEF, told reporters in… Read More

President Joe Biden has issued an executive order permitting sanctions against Sudan, with the aim of bringing an end to the fighting. Mr Biden described the violence as a tragedy and a disloyalty to the Sudanese people. He stated that the unrest in Sudan posed an “extraordinary and exceptional threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United… Read More

At least 13 civilians were killed in a camp for displaced people on Wednesday night in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, in a region where sporadic clashes between armed groups and the M23 rebellion persist, local sources said Friday. There have been reports of 145 people killed by the M23, a rebel movement with a Tutsi majority. But no reliable… Read More

Ethiopia received Thursday an envoy for Sudan’s General Abdel-Fattah Burhan to discuss the ongoing conflict amid reports of continuing violence in Khartoum. The special envoy said that the Sudanese government would soon put an end to the conflict. “Shortly the government of Sudan is going to put an end to this rebellion.I assured them that we are keen for stability… Read More

In a show of support to the next monarch and his inclusive coronation, the Black British Classical foundation will be giving a post coronation concert of May 7th. But as the whole of Great Britain along side the world prepares for the coronation of the kingdom’s next monarch, opinions about the empire’s colonial past and King Charles’ inclusivity bid are… Read More

Pope Francis has sacked a 64-year-old clergyman of Rwandan descent, Wenceslas Munyeshyaka, who had been serving in northern France for close to 30 years. The bishop of Évreux issued a communiqué, which has been circulating online, stating that Munyeshyaka “is excluded” from continuing to serve as a priest “anywhere else” and “automatically loses clerical rights.” The authenticity of the communiqué… Read More

Mining agreements have long been plagued by accusations of unfair terms, where one party – usually investors- wins at the expense of host countries. Now armed with critical minerals such as cobalt and lithium, African countries are out to rewrite their mining contracts. They are demanding more in taxes, royalties and profits. Endowed with the world’s largest cobalt reserves, the… Read More