TAZARA was constructed as a turnkey project between 1970 and 1975 through an interest-free loan from China Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzania and Zambia on Tuesday agreed to mobilize resources to revive the TAZARA railway to make it modern and vibrant. Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan said the …
Read More »EAC launches election mission to observe Kenya polls
Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The East African Community (EAC), a regional bloc, on Monday launched its election observer mission to monitor Kenya’s Aug. 9 general elections. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, the head of the EAC Election Observation Mission to the 2022 General Election in Kenya, told journalists in Nairobi, the capital …
Read More »ON THE WAY: Oil rigs for Kingfisher oilfield
Beijing, China | THE INDEPENDENT | Key parts of a modern drilling rig customized by CNOOC International for Uganda’s Kingfisher oilfield, has left the port of Yantai in China for East Africa. The most advanced Chinese oil drilling equipment in the world was shipped to Uganda after a brief ceremony last …
Read More »DR Congo auctions 30 oil and gas blocks
The Democratic Republic of Congo is opening parts of the world’s second-biggest rainforest to drilling following its offer on July 28 of licensing rights for 27 oil and three gas blocks in the region. Initially, Kinshasa had planned to give away 16 oil blocks but it appears that with the …
Read More »EAC sends former Tanzania President Kikwete to observe Kenya Elections
Arusha, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Community (EAC) has this morning launched the Election Observation Mission (EAC-EOM) to the 2022 General Election in Kenya. The mission will be led by former president of Tanzania Jakaya Kikwete. The team comprising of about 50 observers from EAC partner states arrived in …
Read More »South Africa’s ANC to intensify self-renewal
Johannesburg, South Africa | Xinhua | South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Sunday said it has recognized the need to intensify “genuine” self-renewal and build a “capable, ethical and developmental state” in order to resolve many challenges that the people are facing. “There was a shared consensus that both …
Read More »UN chief outraged after peacekeepers kill two in DRC
United Nations | Xinhua | United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed outrage after UN peacekeepers opened fire and killed two residents in a border town between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda. In Kasindi, North Kivu province in the northeastern DRC, military personnel of the UN Organization Stabilization …
Read More »Kenyatta launches grand Nairobi Expressway
Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | President Uhuru Kenyatta on Sunday officially launched Kenya’s iconic Nairobi Expressway after months of successful public trial. The President also commissioned the revamped Nairobi Eastern Bypass which includes five new major vehicular crossings and six-lane dual carriageways at the busy sections of the road. …
Read More »Inside Russian Foreign Minister’s visit
Museveni shrugs off US-Russia enmity Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s Foreign Affairs minister, wrapped up a four country Africa tour and Uganda was always going to be a key stopover for the long serving Lavrov. It was the first time someone at the level of Foreign …
Read More »UN aviation body ranks Kenya second best in airport security in Africa
Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has ranked Kenya the second best in the continent in terms of airport security, the country’s civil aviation authority announced on Saturday. The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) said in a statement released in the Kenyan capital Nairobi that …
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