AFRICA

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The Confederation of African Football (CAF) confirmed Tuesday that Kenya and Zimbabwe will not participate in the Cote d’Ivoire 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers that kick off across the continent next week. The continental governing body said the decision had been taken after both …

Kinshasa, DRC | Xinhua | The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has reported five cases of Ebola virus disease amid the latest outbreak in the northwestern part of the country, said the DRC office of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday. As of Saturday, five cases of Ebola virus disease, …

Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has praised Chinese investment for changing the economic landscape in his country and other parts of Africa, while blasting the West for plundering African resources for decades. In his weekly column for the government-run The Sunday Mail newspaper, Mnangagwa said that the …

America back in Somalia Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On May 03, Al Shabaab fighters stormed an African Union base in near Ceel Baraf, a village some 160 kilometres (100 miles) northeast of the Somalian capital Mogadishu and killed at least 10 Burundian peacekeepers and wounded 25 in heavy …

Kisumu, Kenya | Xinhua | The 9th edition of Africities summit, held in Kenya’s western city of Kisumu, concluded on Saturday with delegates endorsing new action plans to hasten urban renewal in Africa. More than 4,000 participants including former heads of state and government, ministers, city mayors, industry leaders, researchers and …

Lagos, Nigeria | Xinhua | The African Development Bank (AfDB) said it has approved 1.5 billion U.S. dollars to help African countries avert a looming food crisis. In a statement made available to Xinhua on Friday, the bank said Africa now faces a shortage of at least 30 million metric tons …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has met Russia’s Orthodox Church New Africa Exarchate Metropolitan Leonid Gorbachev of Klin who is in Africa on his maiden visit. In a press statement issued by the Presidential Press Unit, Museveni promised to support the church in preaching the word of God. “I follow Christ, so …

Aden, Yemen | Xinhua | The International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Yemen said that it facilitated the return of 300 Ethiopian migrants from Yemen to their country this week. “This week, IOM helped 300 Ethiopian migrants embark on two Voluntary Humanitarian Return (VHR) flights,” the UN migration agency said …

Abuja, Nigeria | XINHUA |  Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has said at least 83 million poor Nigerians are set to be covered in the National Health Insurance Scheme, in a bid to achieve universal coverage. Buhari made the statement while signing into law the recently passed National Health Insurance Authority …

Kisumu, Kenya | Xinhua | The health of women in Africa’s rapidly developing cities is in peril amid inadequate access to family planning services, experts said Wednesday on the sidelines of the ongoing ninth edition of the Africities Summit in Kenya’s western city of Kisumu. According to the experts, about 20 …