AFRICA

A joint team of experts will be set up to address the disjointed enforcement of cross-border Covid-19 containment protocols Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenya and Tanzania have agreed to eliminate barriers hindering the smooth flow of trade and people between the two East African nations. The decision was …

Kenya and Tanzania to scrap tariff barriers and other restrictions frustrating trade and investment between the two countries Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenya and Tanzania on Tuesday agreed to abolish barriers hindering the smooth flow of trade and people between the two neighboring countries. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and visiting Tanzanian …

Kinshsa, DRC |  XINHUA |  The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Monday officially declared the end of the 12th Ebola outbreak, which killed six people in its eastern province of North Kivu. Since the outbreak declared on February 7, 2021, a total of 12 cases have been reported, …

  Mwanza, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT | President Samia Suluhu Hassan has taken a decision to cut taxes on workers pay despite Tanzania’s economic growth slowing from 6.9% to 4.7%. Government will promote at least 85,000 workers, but she however says the economy cannot yet afford a general salary increase. …

New York, US | XINHUA |  The high representative for the UN Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC), Miguel Moratinos, on Sunday strongly condemned the brutal killing of a religious figure in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Sheikh Ali Amin Uthman, the representative of the Islamic community of Beni, was …

Kampala, Uganda | Xinhua | French President Emmanuel Macron has called for speeding up the construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) that will run from Uganda’s oil wells to the Tanzanian seaport of Tanga. Macron, in a letter to his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni, said the construction of …

Complacency and disregard for public health measures could trigger a new wave of Covid-19 infections Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Many African countries are at high risk of COVID-19 resurgence amid lax adherence to containment measures combined with low vaccination and testing, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO …

Climatic shocks have worsened poverty, food insecurity, and income losses to smallholder farmers and pastoralists in the region Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The livestock sector across the East and Horn of Africa has experienced a slump in productivity due to climatic shocks including frequent droughts, experts said at a virtual …

Kamuli, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Moses Kalangwa, the Kayunga district National Resistance Movement-NRM chairperson is being accused by residents of Nansololo B village in Namasagali sub county in Kamuli district for releasing his cattle to graze in their gardens. Kalangwa owns about 300-acres of land in the same village. However, residents …

From Managing Director and CEO Airtel Nigeria, Olusegun Segun Ogunsanya to head Airtel Africa Lagos, Nigeria | THE INDEPENDENT | Airtel Africa plc has announced Olusegun “Segun” Ogunsanya as their new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Segun Ogunsanya who has been Managing Director and CEO Nigeria since 2012, is to succeed Raghunath “Raghu” …