Category: Africa

By African News – African Diaspora -May 1, 2022 Speaking in Dakar, the capital of the West African country, Senegal, on his first visit to the continent since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mr. Guterres said, “when discussing the socio-economic situation, it is impossible not to mention the war in Ukraine and its impact on Africa.”…

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26 APRIL 2022The New Times (Kigali)By Alice Kagina The UK High Commissioner to Rwanda, Omar Daair, has responded to the criticisms surrounding the Migration and Economic Development Partnership between Rwanda and United Kingdom. “Some of the criticisms have treated this as something the UK has done to Rwanda as if the government of Rwanda is…

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26 APRIL 2022Capital FM (Nairobi)By Carolyne Tanui Nairobi — High cost of animal feeds has forced many farmers to scale down livestock-related businesses due to lower productivity which has subsequently resulted in the high cost of eggs, meat, and milk across the country. The Association of Kenya Feed Manufacturers (AKEFEMA) during a media briefing, said…

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26 APRIL 2022Capital FM (Nairobi)By Carolyne Tanui Nairobi — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff has reached an agreement to advance Sh28 billion loan to Kenya as part of the 38-month IMF’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and Extended Credit Facility (ECF)financed program. The agreement is the third review of the economic policies program which took…

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26 APRIL 2022Radio France Internationale The Democratic Republic of Congo’s health authorities have declared a new Ebola virus outbreak in Equateur Province on Monday – its third since 2018. With help from the World Health Organization, it has identified more than 100 contact cases. WHO says those who came into contact with the 31-year-old man…

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26 APRIL 2022Radio France Internationale Jihadists in Mali say they have captured a fighter working for Wagner, the Russian private security firm hired by the country’s military junta to train the military – though France and other countries say the fighters are acting as mercenaries. The Group to Support Islam and Muslims (GSIM) told th…

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26 APRIL 2022Voice of America (Washington, DC)By Columbus Mavhunga Harare — One of the citizens feeling the pinch of rising prices in Zimbabwe is Christine Kayumba. She says she can’t afford to buy bread for her four dependents on her salary of less than $250 a month — because a loaf now costs more than…

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26 APRIL 2022Radio France Internationale The United Nations has called for an investigation into the killings last Sunday of residents of Kerneik, West Darfur in Sudan. An aid group working in the area said 168 people were killed, and 98 were wounded. Calling for an immediate end to the violence that forced thousands more to…

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25 APRIL 2022Deutsche Welle (Bonn) Prosecutors in Germany accuse the man of crimes against humanity and murder in Gambia. Among the victims of the so-called “Junglers” death squad was a prominent journalist and AFP correspondent. A Gambian man accused of belonging to a death squad appeared in court in Germany on Monday facing charges of…

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26 APRIL 2022allAfrica.comBy Esther Rose Cape Town — Board Agrees to Sell Twitter to Elon Musk It is the biggest social media acquisition, surpassing the U.S.$26.2 billion buyout of Linkedin by Microsoft. Twitter has agreed to sell to South African-born Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, for U.S.$44 billion. According to reports, the transaction –…

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