MAISA, Kenya (Reuters) – Kenya’s Chief Eipa Choro, 74, remembers when battles were fought with knives and spears. But now newcomers with far more firepower are taking lives in his region at the remote northern edge of the Rift Valley. Instability in neighboring Ethiopia and South Sudan are spilling over the border into the disputed territory known as the Ilemi… Read more »
This week, my Sub-Saharan African article was on the violence in northern Kenya. The country of Kenya is struggling due to the growing population, drastic weather changes, and most recently, the displacement of people due to the ongoing conflict. There has been a recent outburst of conflict occurring in Ethiopia and South Sudan. This causes the people from those countries… Read more »
By: Lakin Krisko During the simulation, I played the role of one of the members from the delegation from Gilbia. I considered myself to be the ideas person. I came up with a majority of the negotiation ideas and who we needed to talk to and befriend. Even though I personally wasn’t as vocal during the big group discussions, I… Read more »
A U.S. government agency says it plans to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in businesses that empower women in Africa. President Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, and the acting head of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), David Bohigian, announced the initiative Monday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where they are part of a U.S. government delegation. A statement from… Read more »
Abuja — Nigeria and Japan yesterday in Abuja exchanged notes on a $14.2 million grant aid that would strengthen the diagnostic capacity of the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) The signing ceremony carried out by the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma for Nigeria, and the Ambassador of Japan to Nigeria, Mr. Yukata Kikuta for… Read more »
KAMPALA (Reuters) – A Ugandan pop singer and lawmaker seeking to challenge veteran President Yoweri Museveni at the next election said on Tuesday he had been placed under house arrest, as the U.S. government criticized what it called authorities’ “heavy-handed” use of force against citizens. Police and military personnel used teargas and water cannon on Monday to disperse a large… Read more »
This week in Sub-Saharan Africa, my article was on South Africa’s economic growth. This article states that Africa’s’ economy will take even longer to recover due to some of their countries issues, the lack of investors, and the lack of technology. The World Bank is predicting that Sub-Saharan Africa’s growth rate will decline from growing at 3.3% to 2.8%. A… Read more »
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government, has begun registering former commercial white farmers who lost their land under the chaotic land redistribution exercise. In a statement Sunday, the Ministry of Lands said it was identifying and registering former white farm owners who want to participate in the interim advance payments scheme. The scheme according to the statement is targeting those “in distress.”… Read more »
The World Bank on Monday cut its growth forecast for Sub-Saharan Africathis year to 2.8 per cent from an initial 3.3 per cent. The global bank said commodity price slump of 2015 cut short a decade of rapid growth for the region, noting that growth would take longer to recover as a decline in industrial production and a trade dispute between… Read more »
The preferential trade agreement between the Southern African Customs Unions (SACU) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) trade blocs has led to a steady increase of South African exports into Brazil. This is according to the South African Foreign Economic Representative in Brazil, Shanaaz Ebrahim. Speaking at the 12th Latin American Defence and Security Exhibition (LAAD) currently underway in Brazil,… Read more »