Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Somali President Mohamed Farmajo and five regional leaders wrapped up a five-day meeting in Mogadishu on Thursday by agreeing on a revised election model for the 2020/21 polls which is crucial for the country’s stability. Farmajo who hosted leaders of the regional states of Galmudug, …
Read More »Kenya loses 16 health workers to COVID-19 amid heightened risk
Nairobi, Kenya | XINHUA | Kenya has lost 16 healthcare workers to COVID-19 while 945 have contracted the virus since mid-March when the first positive case was reported in the country, health officials said on Thursday. Mercy Mwangangi, chief administrative secretary in the Ministry of Health said that healthcare workers …
Read More »Kenya reopens its airspace to Tanzania amid decline of COVID-19 cases
Nairobi, Kenya | XINHUA | The Kenyan government has added Tanzania to the list of countries to resume international air services ending the diplomatic impasse over access of flights for weeks. The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) added Tanzania and nine more nations in its latest review of the countries whose …
Read More »Innovative African countries will recover fast from COVID-19
Johannesburg, South Africa | XINHUA | African countries that respond with innovative ways and make structural changes to their economies will recover fast, said global risk and strategic consulting firm Control Risks on Tuesday. Barnaby Fletcher, associate director of Control Risks said this while launching the 2020 Africa Risk-Reward Index …
Read More »Remains of nearly 800 genocide victims exhumed in eastern Rwanda
Kigali, Rwanda | XINHUA | Remains of at least 791 victims of the 1994 Rwandan genocide against Tutsi have been exhumed from the shores of Lake Mugesera in eastern Rwanda since the search started in January, said Rwanda’s umbrella organization of genocide survivors associations, IBUKA, on Tuesday. The remains were …
Read More »Biotech crops can save Africa’s food shortage
Kampala, Uganda | Isaac Khisa | Biotech crops can effectively contribute to addressing food security and mitigating climate change challenges in Africa, according to Dr. Sylvester Oikeh, TELA Project Manager at the African Agricultural Technology Foundation. Dr. Oikeh, who was speaking during the Media for Environment, Science, Health and Agriculture (MESHA’s) Fourth African …
Read More »Egyptian, Russian FMs discuss developments of regional issues
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov discussed on Monday the developments of regional issues, including the situation in Libya. During a phone conversation, the top diplomats focused on the Libyan issue, according to a statement by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry. …
Read More »Proposed Horn of Africa bloc
Why an Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia bloc could destabilise the larger region | INGO HENNEBERG AND SÖREN STAPEL | Relations in the Horn of Africa are complex and complicated. They are characterised by deeply ingrained rivalries between Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia in a conflict-ridden region. For decades, it has been …
Read More »Two years after signing peace deal, South Sudan remains at crossroads
Juba, South Sudan | XINHUA | After five years of brutal civil war, several South Sudanese parties signed a revitalized peace agreement in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on September 12, 2018, following ten months of intense negotiations. Two years on, the peace deal is yet to produce tangible results as …
Read More »Africa launches 1st edition of Africa Factbook to dispel misrepresentations
Harare, Zimbabwe | XINHUA | Africa has launched the first edition of the Africa Fact Book, which seeks to dispel myths and misrepresentations of the continent. Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa, whose country sponsored the production of the first edition of the book, launched the Africa Fact Book in the capital Harare …
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