AFRICA

NAIROBI, KENYA | THE INDEPENDENT | “Lights, Camera, Empowerment: Celebrating Women in Film for International Women’s Month” As the world celebrates International Women’s Day this month, the film and television industry is revealing itself as a powerful arena of gender transformation, and a highly effected vehicle for empowering women. This especially …

✳ LIVE SCORES from 7.30am CLICK HERE >> GolfBox Tournament Naivasha, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT & UGC MEDIA | Uganda will need its youngest team golf players to rise to the occasion if they are to reclaim the Victoria Cup at the new Kipipiri course in Kenya. Action starts 7.30am today …

Children who relied on foreign aid for school sponsorships and HIV medication now face an uncertain future. Harare, Zimbabwe |  Global Press Journal |  Caroline Mawoyo watches her 16-year-old daughter wash dishes outside their wooden cabin. The teenager should be donning a fresh uniform for her first year in secondary school. Instead, …

  Health workers comb affected districts for remnant cases NEWS ANALYSIS | RONALD MUSOKE |  Uganda’s Ministry of Health together with its partners, the World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office and, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), have in recent weeks intensified sensitisation of communities in the Ebola …

  Can the continent walk the talk? **** The African Union has embarked on one of its most audacious health security missions: Ensuring that the continent manufactures 60% of its own vaccines by 2040. Africa currently manufactures a lowly 1% of the vaccines. However, since April 2021, when the AU …

LUANDA, Angola | Xinhua | Peace talks between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group, originally set for Tuesday, were called off due to “reasons and circumstances of force majeure,” the Angolan Foreign Ministry confirmed Tuesday. In the statement, Angola also pledged to …

DOHA | Xinhua | Presidents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda met here on Tuesday during a sit-down mediated by Qatar, during which they voiced support for a ceasefire in the eastern DRC. According to a joint statement released by Qatar’s Foreign Ministry, DRC President Felix …

ADDIS ABABA | Xinhua | African youth have been urged to leverage the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement to tap into broader continental market and economic opportunities. Experts and policymakers made the call on Saturday during a continental youth-themed meeting organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The M23 has withdrawn from the peace talks with the Democratic Republic of Congo that were scheduled for Tuesday, in Luanda, Angola. It follows a series of events on Monday that includes the European Union announcing sanctions against members of the Rwanda Defense …

The intensifying competition between telecoms and Starlink for broadband access marks a new era of connectivity for rural regions, as both strive to bridge Africa’s digital divide. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | As Elon Musk’s Starlink continue to cannibalise small internet service providers in major African cities and telcos …