AFRICA

JOHANNESBURG | Xinhua |  South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) has secured about 40 percent of votes with over 99 percent of ballot counting completed in the country’s general elections, the Independent Electoral Commission’s (IEC) results showed on Saturday. Millions of people went to the polls on Wednesday in …

African countries pay interest rates eight times higher than those of the typical World Bank loan COMMENT | WILLIAM RUTO | Climate change continues to ravage Africa, which is enduring extreme weather and natural disasters on an unprecedented scale. My own country, Kenya, has just emerged from its longest drought on …

MALABO | Xinhua | Since the establishment of their diplomatic relations, China and Equatorial Guinea have supported and helped each other, yielding rich fruits in bilateral cooperation with broad development prospects, said Equatorial Guinean President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. “China has supported Equatorial Guinea in many fields, both economic and …

  COMMENT | ABEBE HAILE-GABRIEL | In Africa, rural poverty and hunger are grim companions and often overlap with agricultural employment. Africa is also highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, and a significant proportion of the rural population engaged in agriculture is especially exposed to these climate impacts. …

Nyagatare, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda and Rwanda military officials are holding a high profile meeting aimed at curbing border crime between both countries. A three days meeting which started on May 28, 2024 in Nyagatare district, Nothern Province in Rwanda is being led by Major General Vincent Nyakarundi, Rwanda …

Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPEDEPENDENT | Uganda Development Bank, is named the best bank in East Africa at the 18th edition of the Annual African Banker Awards. The country’s national Development Finance Institution, was on Tuesday named the Regional Bank of the Year – East Africa at the Annual African Banker …

ABUJA, Nigeria | Xinhua | At least 30 suspected terrorists were killed recently when the Nigerian military launched a series of airstrikes on their hideouts in the country’s northern region, the air force said Wednesday. The airstrikes targeted the hideouts of the suspected terrorists in the northern states of Borno …

COMMENT | MAHLET AYELE BEYECHA | In 1896, Ethiopians triumphed over colonial forces in the historic Battle of Adwa, securing their country’s independence and making Ethiopia, alongside Liberia, the only African nation to never be colonized. This victory not only safeguarded Ethiopia’s sovereignty but also inspired other African nations that …

  Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Uganda is the leading African nation in peacekeeping operations and one of the top three worldwide according to a new factsheet released by SIPRI, a tracker of military data, ahead of the International Day of UN Peace Keepers on May 29. As of December …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa | Xinhua | South Africans began to cast their ballots on Wednesday morning in the country’s 2024 general elections. More than 27 million voters are expected to vote at over 23,000 voting stations across the country to elect a new National Assembly and provincial legislatures, according to …