AFRICA

With rising fossil fuel costs and persistent power blackouts, countries like Egypt, Zambia, Nigeria, and Angola are stepping up their solar capabilities, shifting Africa’s concentration of solar power away from South Africa. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | More Africans are rushing to catch up on solar energy as the …

NAIROBI, KENYA | TASS | More than 120 mpox patients left medical establishments amid the upheaval in the North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to the country’s health ministry. Thus, it said that 128 mpox patients had left ransacked quarantine facilities in the area. Apart …

Goma, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | The process of burying victims killed during the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel insurgency in Goma, North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has commenced. According to a report released late last week by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations …

Kinshasa, DRC | TASS | Uganda has sent 1,000 more troops to the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Reuters reported, citing diplomatic sources. According to the media outlet, the move will raise the number of Ugandan troops stationed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to about 4,000-5,000. …

NAIROBI, KENYA | Xinhua | Leaders from southern and eastern African countries have resolved to meet for a two-day extraordinary summit from Friday to discuss the situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Kenyan President William Ruto said Monday. Ruto said a joint summit of the Southern …

  Migrants from six African countries – South Africa, Kenya, Cameroon, Nigeria, Egypt and Ghana – are doing well financially in the US, on average earning more than the US average income of US $80,610 per year, according to US Census figures. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY |  Africans living …

JOHANNESBURG | Xinhua  | South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday rejected related remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump recently, stressing that the country had not “confiscated land.” In a statement issued by the South African Presidency, the government also dismissed claims that the Expropriation Act was aimed at seizing …

WASHINGTON | Xinhua |  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he would stop providing aid to South Africa until the country investigates “certain classes of people” that he claimed were being treated “very badly” without citing evidence. “South Africa is confiscating land, and treating certain classes of people …

Goma, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | Colonel Alexis Rugabisha, commander of the 12th Brigade of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC), has been killed while on the frontlines battling the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels. In a statement released by Major General Sylvain Ekenge, the FARDC spokesperson, …

🔴 🇹🇿TANZANIA tourism figures ⚪ 5.36 million tourists in 2024 ⚪ 3.22 million domestic tourists | 2.14 million international ⚪ Generated $4 billion ⚪ TARGET $6billion by December 2025 DAR ES SALAAM | Xinhua | Tanzania hosted 5.36 million tourists in 2024, a record high and breaking its target of attracting …