AFRICA

Accra, Ghana | Xinhua | The Ghanaian government said Saturday that the country decided to further lift COVID-19 restrictions amid declining global and domestic trends for the infection. The West African country has witnessed a sustained decline in COVID-19 infections over the past five months, and based on the global and …

Brazzaville, Congo | Xinhua | President of the Republic of the Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso on Saturday attended a ceremony for the opening of a road construction project launched by the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) in the country’s northern province of Sangha. During the ceremony, Jean-Jacques Bouy, minister of …

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | The upcoming China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo will be an impetus for strengthening Ethiopia-China economic ties and advance the East African country’s strive for industrialization, an Ethiopian official has said. Deputy Commissioner of the Ethiopian Investment Commission (EIC) Daniel Teressa said Ethiopia envisaged to take …

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) appealed for additional funding to address the needs of people crossing into Ethiopia due to the ongoing security situation in Sudan. The UNOCHA, in its latest situation update issued Friday, said some 85,0000 people …

Johannesburg, SA | Xinhua | Through its many initiatives, BRICS countries seeks to improve the world’s financial architecture and systems of trade and investment so as to strengthen economic performances of countries in the Global South, said Kenneth Creamer, a senior lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand. BRICS is the …

United Nations, USA | Xinhua | The United Nations has released 22 million U.S. dollars to aid people fleeing the hostilities in Sudan into four neighboring countries, UN humanitarians said on Friday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said UN Under-Secretary-General Martin Griffiths, the relief chief, authorized …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The European Union (EU), Germany and Estonia on Friday launched a 4-billion-shilling (about 29 million U.S. dollars) digital transformation center (DTC) to support Kenya’s transition toward a human-centered digital economy. EU Ambassador to Kenya Henriette Geiger told journalists in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, that the center will …

Goma, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | Maj. Gen. Alphaxard Muthuri Kiugu, the new overall commander of the East African Community Regional Force under the peacekeeping mission in North Kivu, has assumed office. Kiugu was appointed by Kenyan President William Ruto last month, to replace Maj. Gen. Jeff Nyaggah resigned citing …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A dialogue between regional policymakers and business leaders has made a raft of proposals for the East African Community governments to avoid bouts of food insecurity like the recent ones. The East African region’s food insecurity is exacerbated by natural disasters, climate change, and …

The company is investing US$1millon in its first year of operation Zambia – which will be used a hub for regional expansion Lusaka, Zambia | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenya’s B2B retail and e-commerce company, Wasoko, has expanded into the Southern African market, with Zambia as the first investment destination. The company …