Angola’s first satellite defunct four months after launch
Al Jazeera reports, “Angola’s first satellite has been officially declared defunct by Russia, which had partially funded the West African nation’s space project.
Monthly Archives: October 2018
South Sudan’s focus After the War with Sudan
South Sudan, the newest Country in the World, Just ended a war with Sudan that started only two years after its creation. The war killed about 50,000 people and caused 2,000,000 people to evacuate With the war finally ending, a lot of changes are coming to South Sudan. I would predict years of changes will be happening to the Country… Read more »
Rwanda and Ethiopia unveils equal representation for women in state cabinets
Last week, the Rwandan and Ethiopian governments reported having abnormally more women participation within their respective parliaments. Both states have led the African continent in the quintessential ‘gender-inclusive’ model. Ethiopia has broken barriers by appointing Aisha Mohammad as Defense Minister, the first woman to hold this position in “the history of Ethiopia, and probably in Africa,” says Ethiopian Prime Minister… Read more »
Market Watch: South African rand leads currency losers after economic outlook downgrade
South Africa’s rand sold off on Wednesday after newly appointed Finance Minister Tito Mboweni unveiled a downgraded economic forecast for the country. The rand was the worst performing emerging market currency versus the dollar during the session, with the greenback climbing more than 2% against it. Mboweni announced that government debt is expected to keep rising until 2024 — two… Read more »
Aljazeera: DRC journalists set free after police detention
Five journalists arrested by the police in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been released after 12 hours of interrogation.
Aljazeera: DRC rebels kill 13, abduct a dozen children in Ebola epicentre
Congolese rebels have killed 13 civilians and abducted a dozen children in an attack at the centre of the latest deadly Ebola outbreak, the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s military said.
Zimbabwe’s government criticised over cholera outbreak
Zimbabwe’s government faces growing criticism over a cholera epidemic that’s killed at least 25 people, but authorities say they are committed to ending the outbreak. Also, as Nigeria’s army says it’s repelled another assault by Boko Haram, FRANCE 24 brings you rare eyewitness accounts from victims and perpetrators of the jihadist group in the country’s northeast. And finally, thousands of… Read more »
South Sudan frees five political detainees: intelligence agency
JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan freed five political detainees and prisoners of war on Thursday, although none appeared to be senior rebel officials, a category of captive whose release is required by a peace deal signed last month. South Sudan plunged into war two years after independence from Sudan in 2011 when a dispute between Kiir and then vice-president Riek… Read more »
Rwanda unveils gender-balanced cabinet with 50 percent women
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/rwanda-cabinet-women-gender-balance-government-africa-ethiopia-a8592461.html The east African nation announced that women now make up half of the slimmed-down, 26-seat Cabinet. It joins a handful of countries, mostly European, where women make up 50 percent or more of ministerial positions, according to the Inter-Parliamentary Union and United Nations (UN) Women. How Rwanda rose to top of the world for women’s representation The country has… Read more »
How the Central African Republic is trying to get back on its feet after years of instability
https://www.independent.co.uk/learn-to-live/central-african-republic-country-profile-learn-to-live-war-child-a8586611.html Beset with instability and sporadic violence since its independence from colonial occupier France in 1960, the Central African Republic was plunged into its most recent turmoil after a violent coup in 2013. In March of that year, Seleka rebels pushed out President Francois Bozize, and in the ensuing conflict between the mainly Muslim Seleka group and the… Read more »