Africa is slowly struggling its way towards a cleaner future in terms of energy production. Most of the countries in Sub-Saharan Africa register as LDCs or Lesser Developed Countries. As such, most people living there go without electricity or basic amenities. However, the continent is the most in danger when it comes to the problems of climate change. People looking… Read more »
MASERU (Reuters) – Lesotho’s high court will rule on whether Prime Minister Thomas Thabane can claim immunity from a charge he murdered his wife prior to marrying his present spouse, a lower court decided on Monday, in a case gripping the tiny southern African kingdom. Thabane, 80, appeared in court in the capital Maseru in a pre-trail hearing on Monday… Read more »
NAIROBI (Reuters) – The Burundi government said on Tuesday it had killed at least 22 “wrongdoers” in the hills overlooking the main city Bujumbura since last week, in what it described as violence linked to a presidential election scheduled for May. The authorities said two members of the police force were killed and six attackers were captured. The clashes erupted… Read more »
KAMPALA, Uganda — A small group of desert locusts has entered Congo, marking the first time the voracious insects have been seen in the Central African country since 1944, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Agency said Tuesday as U.N. agencies warned of a “major hunger threat” in East Africa from the flying pests. Kenya, Somalia and Uganda have been battling… Read more »
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Student Hilda Flavia Nakabuye is at the forefront of Uganda’s Fridays for Future strikes – but it was years until the 22-year-old realized her own family were victims of climate change. Storms and drought forced Nakabuye’s family to sell their livestock and almost all their land a decade ago, and she was forced out of… Read more »
DAKAR/LONDON (Reuters) – An isolation ward stands ready at a hospital in Khartoum, Sudan. Laboratories in Senegal and Madagascar have the testing equipment they need. Passengers arriving at airports in Gambia, Cameroon and Guinea are being screened for fever and other viral symptoms. Africa’s Centres for Disease Control and Prevention says it has activated its emergency operation centre in the… Read more »
ABUJA, Nigeria — It was faith that compelled us to travel to Nigeria last week to see for ourselves the simmering crisis threatening parts of Africa’s wealthiest and most populous country. “Do not stand by idly,” the Book of Leviticus commands, “when the blood of your neighbor is being spilled” (19:16). Well, blood is flowing like a river through this… Read more »
Ugandans are showing a growing interest in trade with Turkey, with many taking the next step to travel to the country and buy merchandise or sell their products, according to the Turkish ambassador to Uganda. “The number of visa applications doubled in 2019 compared to 2018, and in the first two months of this year, visa applications have tripled [compared… Read more »
Malawi’s Parliament Monday agreed that the country’s fresh presidential poll should be held on May 19 this year following the constitutional court’s February 3 nullification of May 2019 presidential poll. The constitutional court had ordered in its ruling that fresh presidential election should be held in 150 days and that Parliament should meet in 21 days to make electoral reforms… Read more »
Human Rights Watch accuses government forces and Fulani herders of February killings in English-speaking region. Human Rights Watch has accused Cameroon’s armed forces of taking part in the killing of at least 21 civilians this month in a region where troops are battling anglophone separatists. In a statement on Tuesday, the US-based rights group said 13 children and one pregnant woman were… Read more »