By Julius Bizimungu President Paul Kagame on Thursday concluded a two-day working visit to Angola with a news conference in the capital Luanda alongside his Angolan counterpart, President João Lourenço. Kagame said that there were many things that bind Rwanda and Angola together through history, culture and ideologically. The Head of State talked about transformation, saying there was a belief… Read more »
By Kuzeeko Tjitemisa President Hage Geingob yesterday marked the 29th anniversary of Namibia’s break from South African colonial rule with a vow that Namibia has undergone tremendous transformation over the past 29 years. “The Namibia of 2019 is a far cry from the Namibia of 1990. This, coupled with our hard won freedom, is an achievement worthy of celebration,” Geingob… Read more »
By Nyasha Chingono The Ministry of Energy has blocked a plan by South African-owned Mining, Oil and Gas Services Company (MOGS) to construct a US$1 billion 550-kilometre fuel pipeline from Beira to Harare, arguing that the sector is oversubscribed and has no space for new players, an official has confirmed. Zimbabwe’s fuel sector, often described as opaque, is dominated by… Read more »
By Adérito Caldeira While national and international emergency team fly and swim against time to rescue about 350,000 Mozambicans still under siege for the fifth consecutive day in the districts of Buzi, Chibabava, Nhamatanda and Dondo, in Beira corpses accumulate in the mortuary because funerals are impossible. “People no longer take the bodies to the mortuary, they keep them at… Read more »
In Kenya, there has been a consecutive drought since 2017, and it is leaving millions in famine. The Kenyans believe that their government is ignoring the situation and drought victims. According to the article, “at least 10 people have died of hunger in the north-western Turkana region.” The government stated that more than 1.1 million people are starving due to… Read more »
For years now, the Pentagon has maintained a little to no civilian casualties in airstrikes and raids in Somalia. Last week, the United States launched an airstrike that killed 14 civilians, the first 14 civilian deaths from an airstrike in Somalia since 2017 alone. The United States has repeatedly claimed that no civilian casualties have occurred from airstrikes that have… Read more »
In South Africa in 2017, a man was shot a killed in his car. Sindiso Magaqa, a well known party leader in the country, was shot in a “mafia style” killing. It has now been released that they have arrested the man they believe to have been in charge of this attack. Mluleki Ndobe, a very powerful African National Congress… Read more »
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is not under control and could continue for another year, Dr. Robert R. Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said in an interview on Friday. “Let’s not underestimate this outbreak,” he said. His outlook was less optimistic than that of the director general of the World Health… Read more »
Fourteen people have been killed in a tin mine in eastern Rwanda after a hill collapsed on them following heavy rains, officials said. “Because of recent rainfall in the area, part of the hill nearby collapsed and 14 miners who were getting ready for work were buried by land,” Fred Mufuruke, governor of Eastern province, told Reuters news agency on Monday. Jean… Read more »
Authorities in Burundi rounded seven schoolchildren last week for scribbling on the president’s photo in their textbooks, according to international rights group, Human Rights Watch. According to a March 19 statement titled Jailed in Burundi for Scribbles on President’s Photo, the children were sebsequently arraigned before a prosecutor in the northern Kirundo province. Four were released over the weekend but the remaining… Read more »