Meet the First African Downhill Skier
Sabrina Simader Wanjiku is flying the Kenyan flag in the 2021 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships held in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy from 7th to 21st February 2021. Sabrina is the first African downhill skier and represented the country in the last Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea in 2018. She is already preparing for the […]
Nigerian Author’s Grief During a Pandemic
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has written a memoir about the sudden death of her father in lockdown last year. Notes on Grief, by the Orange prize-winning author of Half of a Yellow Sun and Americanah, will be published on 11 May. Her UK publisher 4th Estate described it as “a timely and deeply personal … work […]
Moroccan Ports See Boon in Fishing
Dakhla fishing port is one of the country’s key ports, generating 65 percent of national fishing production. The fish market is located next to the port and has been there since 2016. It is among a new generation of large halls such as similar ones in Agadir, Larache and El Jadida. This kind of seafood […]
How much Local Knowledge and Expertise in Earth Sciences is Developed by Africans, in Africa?
The African continent contains some of the world’s richest mineral resources. For instance, the Democratic Republic of Congo produces most of the world’s cobalt; Rwanda, Ethiopia and Mozambique are major contributors to global tantalum output. These minerals are important constituents in modern electronics. The continent also has the bulk of global reserves of platinum and […]
Air Namibia Cancels All Flight Operations as the National Airline Faces Liquidation
In a brief statement on its Twitter account, the airline said all its aircraft would be grounded and its reservations system suspended from Thursday. No new bookings would be accepted and affected passengers were advised to register claims for refunds. Daily newspaper The Namibian reported on Thursday that the cabinet has given its approval for […]
A Victory for #EndSars Protesters
A court in Nigeria’s capital city Abuja has ordered the Central Bank to unblock the accounts of 20 people who were involved in the #EndSARS protests which rocked the country last October. Their accounts were blocked in November last year when Godwin Emefiele, Nigeria’s Central Bank governor was granted an order to freeze the accounts […]
WHO Defends Use of Oxford Vaccine in Africa
The World Health Organization says the Oxford – AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine can save lives and recommends using it even in African countries, where variant strains of COVID-19 are circulating. The WHO reports 3.7 million coronavirus infections, including nearly 100,000 deaths. Since the first case of COVID-19 was identified in Africa nearly one year ago, the […]
Kinshasa Prepares Vaccination Drive Against Ebola
Officials in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are gearing up to begin an Ebola vaccination campaign following the death of two people in North Kivu province. A 60-year-old female farmer died of Ebola on Wednesday, six days after a 42-year-old woman had died in hospital of the virus near the city of Butembo. Eugene Nzanzu […]
HRW Documents Atrocities Committed by Ethiopian Troops
Ethiopian forces shelled heavily populated areas in the first weeks of the conflict in the Tigray region, killing at least 83 civilians and displacing thousands, Human Rights Watch has said. Artillery attacks by forces backing Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize winner, “struck homes, hospitals, schools and markets”, according to the report, […]
Women And Girls In Science: Africa Cannot Afford To Miss This Opportunity
On the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Yacine Djibo, Founder and Executive Director of Speak Up Africa, reflects on why Women and Girls in Science is an opportunity that Africa cannot afford to miss. The role of Science for Africa The role of Science in improving the state of […]
