GAZA, ISRAEL | Xinhua | Among the rubble of Gaza City’s Islamic University, Ahmed Totah approached his first classroom with a mix of fear and hope. The campus was badly damaged, but the 19-year-old was finally starting the university education he had dreamed of. “I never imagined this moment would …

LONDON, UK | Xinhua | Arsenal has what looks to be its easiest game in a long time on Saturday when Mikel Arteta’s Premier League leader is at home to bottom of the table Wolverhampton Wanderers. Wolves travel to the Emirates Stadium rock bottom of the table, with just two …

Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Ugandan business leaders and researchers have raised alarm over the country’s low family business survival rate, revealing that fewer than 10 percent of family-owned enterprises make it beyond the founding generation. The concerns were shared during a high-level stakeholders’ meeting hosted by the Economic …

HARARE | TASS | The updated US National Security Strategy, published on December 5, shows Washington’s determination to turn Africa into a geo-economic battleground, Zimbabwe’s government newspaper, The Herald, wrote. US plans with regard to Africa are concerning, the newspaper says. The updated strategy shows that Washington’s policy on the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Glovo, one of the leading technology platforms operating in Europe, Central Asia, and Africa, has successfully held the first-ever Glovo Academy edition in Kampala, Uganda. Designed to empower local small and medium businesses, the program equips partners with essential operational, digital, and financial skills …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | Uganda has received eight southern white rhinos from South Africa to boost long-term population growth of the species in the East African country. Basil Ajer, director of tourism development, received the rhinos at Entebbe International Airport, Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) said in a statement issued …

BUJUMBURA | Xinhua | Burundi has closed its border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels advanced into Uvira, a strategic city in eastern DRC located near Burundi’s economic capital, Bujumbura, Congolese security sources said Wednesday. The M23 said in a statement …

MOSCOW, RUSSIA | TASS | The North Atlantic Alliance has already destroyed all normal contacts with Moscow, so statements about abolishing the Russia-NATO Council are irrelevant, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told TASS. Earlier, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said the bloc was preparing a decision to dissolve the …

JOHANNESBURG, S. Africa | Xinhua | The United States and South Africa have been trading barbs, especially after President Donald Trump announced in November that Washington would not send a delegation to the Group of 20 (G20) summit held in Johannesburg, publicly boycotting the host nation. Tensions further escalated as …

COTONOU |Xinhua | Benin’s government said on Sunday that an attempted military mutiny had been foiled in Cotonou, the country’s economic capital and largest city, after armed soldiers briefly took over state television to declare President Patrice Talon was removed from office. How did a country that was long considered …