These Novels about Life in Africa will Give your Mind the Escape it Needs
My Sister the Serial Killer, by Oyinkan Braithwaite, is a thriller of a debut novel packed full as Lagos, the city in which it is set and where its author was born. The bustling energy and traffic jams for which Nigeria’s capital is renowned make regular appearances. This darkly comic story of two sisters — their […]
Nollywood on Lockdown
Popularly known as Nollywood, Nigeria’s film industry is the world’s second largest producer of movies. It employs more than a million people and produces about 50 films every week. But Covid-19 has led to a halt in film and TV production, costing an estimated tens of millions of dollars in lost earnings. Directors Mildred Okwo […]
Libyans Denounce Meddlers in their Politics
Thousands demonstrated in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Sunday against what they claim is Turkish interference in the country’s domestic affairs. Turkey has sent mercenaries and weapons to the country’s internationally recognized government in Tripoli. The protesters carried banners bearing pictures and slogans attacking Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Libyan ally […]
Coronavirus Seals Kenyan State Carrier’s Fate
Kenya Airways will lay off an unspecified number of workers, reduce its network and also get rid of some assets due to the coronavirus crisis, its chief executive said in an internal memo. The coronavirus crisis has hit the global aviation industry hard, with African carriers alone expected to lose $6 billion this year in […]
Nigerian Influencer Appears in US Court for Fraud
A Nigerian man nicknamed “Ray Hushpuppi” who flaunted his Rolls Royces, fancy watches and designer clothing on Instagram faces money laundering conspiracy charges in the United States, according to the Department of Justice. A Nigerian social media star has appeared in court in the US charged with running a global fraud operation, including targeting a […]
Documenting Rising Sea Levels in Senegal’s Saint-Louis
Nicky Woo has won the Marilyn Stafford award 2020 with her picture project As the Water Comes. The shells of sea-facing homes that have been destroyed in Saint-Louis. Its strategic coastal location previously allowed the city to flourish, but today the ‘Venice of Africa’ is being slowly consumed by the sea. The Senegalese government keeps track […]
Kenya’s Wambui Gichuri Appointed as Acting Vice President of the African Development Bank Group
Gichuri who joined the bank in 2018, will act as the Vice President for agriculture, human and social development. She has been serving as the bank’s director for water development and sanitation. She is currently overseeing the bank’s water sector programme of over $4.5 billion covering 44 countries and multinational projects. Her leadership role includes […]
A Collapse in Zimbabwe’s Development Agenda Affects its Natural Environment
Reliance on biomass such as fuelwood for energy in rural areas has a strong bearing on Zimbabwe’s environment. Rural communities in Zimbabwe meet 94% of their cooking energy requirements by using traditional fuels, mainly fuelwood, and 20% of urban households use wood as the main cooking fuel. For this reason, unsustainable fuelwood use patterns are […]
Seychelles Revises Decision to Open its Skies
As COVID-19 cases surged in many parts of the world, the island nation of the Seychelles was looking good: 70-plus straight days without a single infection. Then the planes arrived. Two chartered Air Seychelles flights carrying more than 200 passengers also brought the coronavirus. A few tested positive. Then, between June 24 and 30, the […]
Kenyatta Eases Lockdown to Revive Economy
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced a phased reopening of the country, with the resumption of international flights from August 1 as well as the lifting of internal travel restrictions. The move on Monday came as pressure mounts to kick-start the country’s ailing economy after four months of coronavirus restrictions which have devastated key industries […]
