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U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday praised Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo for his “democratic principles” during a visit with the West African leader, who’s facing rising discontent over inflation and fresh concerns about regional security. Harris is just beginning a weeklong trip to the continent that will also take her to Tanzania and Zambia, part of a concerted effort… Read More

Kenya Airways remained loss-making in 2022 with a net loss more than doubling to hit a record Ksh38.26 billion ($290.62 million). It grew 1.4 times from Ksh15.87 billion ($120.55 million) posted in 2021 and took the national carrier’s accumulated loss to Ksh172.68 billion ($1.3 billion). The results were announced during a virtual investor briefing, Monday (Mar. 27). Costs grew from… Read More

High in the rugged hills some 460 kilometres (280 miles) south of the capital Rabat, Ait Kine is home to one of country’s few remaining collective granaries called agadir in Amazigh, Morocco’s Berber language. According to Abdelghani Charai, merchant of village of Ait Kine; “The granary was a guarantee of security, especially in the event of an “insiba” (rebellion of local… Read More

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has killed 14 people, including two traditional chiefs, since Friday by alleged militiamen from a rival tribe, an administrative official said on Monday. The chief of the village of Kimpasi, in the Kisia-Ngasi grouping, was killed in his residence by assailants from Kwamouth,” Amedeo Bangambuma, administrator of the Bagata territory in Kwilu province, told… Read More

Since a jihadist insurgency started in Nigeria over a decade ago, fighters caused the death of more than 40,000 people forcing 2 million to displace, according to the United Nations. At the weekend, Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff disclosed that between July 2021 and May 2022 that 13,360 Boko Haram fighters surrendered to the federal government. In total 51,828 Boko… Read More

Police in Kenya were on high alert on Monday as they braced for a new round of anti-government protests, as the opposition called on people to take to the streets every Monday and Thursday over the high cost of living. Despite a police ban, veteran opposition leader, Raila Odinga on Sunday said Kenyans should join what he described as “the… Read More

Seventeen people taken hostage the day before in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo were executed on Sunday by the community militia CODECO (Cooperative for the Development of Congo). On Saturday, at least “17 people had been taken hostage by CODECO militiamen between the Bambu and Kobu villages”, in the territory of Djugu, about 45 km north of… Read More

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Director for Africa has alerted for the increased risk of cholera following the devastation caused by cyclone Freddy particularly in Malawi, Madagascar, and Mozambique. In southern Malawi, the cyclone killed almost 500 people and displaced thousands. “The cyclone has left an appalling humanitarian situation in its wake. More than 300 health faculties including university… Read More

North West Province based chicken farmer Herman Du Preez is still counting his losses after 40, 000 of his broiler chickens suffocated and died due to power supply disruptions which affected the small farming town of Lichtenburg earlier this year. In recent years South Africa’s power generation has become so inadequate that the continent’s most developed economy must cope with… Read More

In an attempt to find solutions to South Africa’s energy crisis, newly appointed electricity minister, Kgosientso Ramokgopa, visits the Lethabo Power Station in the Free State. The Minister says the Lethabo power station is the first that he has come across, since he started his visits this week, that is performing well. Ramokgopa says he is optimistic that load-shedding will… Read More