Somalia’s Cabinet Holds Emergency Meeting After Port Deal between Ethiopia and Somaliland
The Somalian cabinet will convene on Tuesday to discuss the plan after the deal to allow Ethiopia to use the Red Sea port of Berbera was signed the previous day. Tension has been simmering around the Horn of Africa as Ethiopia has raised its bid for access to a seaport. Since Eritrea gained independence in […]
Chad Ushers New Leadership
Chad’s transitional president General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno on Monday appointed a former leading opposition leader, who recently returned from exile, as prime minister. Succes Masra, president of The Transformers party, was a long-time opponent of the Deby dynasty but returned to Chad in November after reaching an agreement with its military leaders. Masra only […]
Oil Execs Trialed for “Complicity in Grave War Crimes” Committed during Omar al-Bashir’s Rule
In Sweden’s largest-ever trial, Ian Lundin, a Swede, and Alex Schneiter, who is Swiss, stand accused of asking Sudan’s government to make its army and allied militia responsible for security at one of Lundin Oil’s exploration fields. This led to aerial bombings, civilian killings and the burning of entire villages, according to the prosecution. Both […]
DRC Incumbent President Felix Tshisekedi has been Re-elected for a Second Term
Political parties, candidates and those mandated by them have two days to challenge the outcome of the election at the Constitutional Court. The court then has seven days to rule on the case and proclaim the final result. Opposition frontrunner Moise Katumbi, who came second with 18%, has already ruled out mounting a legal challenge […]
Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet Breaks Women’s World 5km Record in Barcelona
The 23-year-old crossed the line in 14 minutes 13 seconds, beating Ethiopian Senbere Teferi’s women-only record by 16 seconds. Chebet also finished six seconds faster than the women’s world record in a mixed race, set by Ethiopia’s Ejgayehu Taye at the 2021 Cursa dels Nassos. Taye, 23, was second in the race and Kenya’s Lilian […]
South Africa Takes Israel to Court Over Gaza
South Africa asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday for an urgent order declaring that Israel was in breach of its obligations under the 1948 Genocide Convention in its crackdown against the Palestinian group Hamas in Gaza. The ICJ, sometimes known as the World Court, is the United Nations venue for resolving disputes […]
Africa was Home to Some of the Most Remarkable and Inspiring Innovations in Various Fields
FlexiGyn is a handheld device that enables gynaecologists to examine and treat the uterus without using anaesthetic. Edmund Wessels is a biomedical engineer and PhD student at the University of Cape Town, built the device to work even in remote areas without health infrastructure. WAGA Power Pack is a portable device that uses recycled laptop […]
East African Literature Continues to Grow and Reshape Itself in Exciting New Ways
The world really did take notice of the region when Tanzanian-British author Abdulrazak Gurnah won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2021. Interest in Gurnah’s work continued last year when he made a homecoming to east Africa. But it is in Tanzania that Gurnah made a proper splash through the first ever Swahili translation of […]
Tanzania Looks to Eliminate Challenges Affecting the Growth of Investment in the Country
The Tanzanian government is attempting to remove the barriers that prevent investments from growing in the nation through several all-encompassing initiatives. During a board meeting, the Tanzania Investment Center (TIC) members discussed ways to support economic growth and attract a much larger number of foreign investors than there already are. Prof Kitila Mkumbo, the Minister […]
Meet Emma Naluyima, Farmer, Veterinarian, Teacher and Mother
On her farm in eastern Uganda, she teaches both adults and children about agriculture and animal husbandry. The schoolchildren learn patience and about nature while the adults learn how to put food on their own tables. SOURCE: DW
