AFRICA

After being battered by COVID, African airlines are re-modelling operations to increase connectivity, traffic volumes and profitability. That is good news for African travel SPECIAL FEATURE | BIRD STORY AGENCY | The launch of a portal to share route traffic data, including on underserved markets, connections and partnership opportunities, is …

Dar es Salaam | XINHUA |  State-run Tanzania Coffee Board (TCB) said Sunday that it would distribute 3 million Robusta coffee seedlings to farmers free of charge to boost production of the cash crop. Priscus Kimaryo, the acting director general of TCB, said all preparations for the distribution of the …

Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rwanda and Uganda will lead East African Community’s growth next year, but the International Monetary Fund warns of tough times ahead. The tough times are being projected as a result of the tightening of economic policies, especially by the US whose Central Bank, the …

Wakiso, Uganda |  Xinhua |  China on Saturday officially completed the installation of the satellite television project in 900 Ugandan villages that face connectivity challenges. Chris Baryomunsi, Ugandan minister of Information, Communication, Technology and National Guidance, officiated at the handover ceremony held in Katabi village in the central Ugandan district …

Kigali, Rwanda | Xinhua | African leaders from the public and private sectors have pledged to support Africa’s youth innovative projects at the YouthConnekt Africa Summit which kicked off on Thursday in Rwanda’s capital Kigali. “The Africa we want is one led by healthy, ambitious, empowered, creative, innovative, educated youth; so …

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | Xinhua | Captain Ibrahim Traore, who led a coup to topple Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba on Sept. 30, has been officially appointed to lead the transitional period of Burkina Faso, according to a agreement reached by a national assembly Friday evening in Ouagadougou, the capital city. Traore …

United Nations | Xinhua | A UN spokesman said Friday that peacekeepers in South Sudan are gravely concerned about the fighting between two armed Dinka youth groups in the country’s north. Deadly clashes between the Dinka Ngok and Dinka Twic Mayardit youth in the border area between the Abyei administrative area …

Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The African Commission on Human Rights has called upon authorities in Uganda to stop violating the rights of the indigenous Benet people of eastern Uganda. The Commission also wants the government of Uganda to investigate all the violations against the Benet people and disclose publicly …

Kigali, Rwanda | Xinhua | Young people in Africa have been challenged to take up leadership positions and actively play their role in the continent’s development agenda. The remarks were made by various speakers at the opening of the YouthConnekt Africa Summit which began Thursday in Rwanda’s capital of Kigali. The …

Mogadishu, Somalia | Xinhua | African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) said Thursday its police component has developed guidelines to assist the Somali Police Force (SPF) in implementing community policing initiatives on combating crime. ATMIS Deputy Coordinator of Police Reforms Alex Ndili, said the standard operating procedures (SOPs) for community …