Africa
Verification Stage of Somalia’s Bid to Join EAC Started
On January 25, 2023, the East African Community (EAC) officially launched the verification mission to assess the Federal Republic of Somalia’s readiness to join the regional bloc. The verification team of experts from the EAC Partner States will be in Somalia from January 25 to February 3, 2023. The team…
Read More »Relief for Kenyans Wishing to Travel to the UK; Visas to be Processed Within Three Weeks
Since July 2022, there were delays for Kenyans seeking to go to the UK due to pile-up issues in processing visas which is now resolved hence shortening the processing period to be within three weeks. This brings to an end the months-long wait that travellers have had to endure to…
Read More »Rwanda Will No Longer Accept Refugees From DR Congo
Rwanda says it can no longer offer refuge to people fleeing violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) due to high tensions between the Central African neighbours. Persistent fighting in the East of the mineral-rich DRC pits federal troops against rebels from the M23 group, which has captured swaths…
Read More »South Africa’s Zweli Mkhize Lies In Wait, Should President Ramaphosa Fall
Former health minister Zweli Mkhize is eagerly polishing his bid to beat South Africa’s scandal-troubled President Cyril Ramaphosa in elections next week of the ruling ANC. Mkhize has long been cast in the role of underdog in the race to be president of the African National Congress (ANC) party —…
Read More »Introduction of The Hustler’s Fund
Starting from 1st December 2022, Kenyans in need of credit will be allowed to apply for loans through the Hustler Fund by dialing *254# across all networks; Safaricom, Telkom, or Airtel. Interested applicants will then be asked to dial their ID number and select a pin number. After accepting the…
Read More »Eastern DRC Face Clashes As Uhuru Kenyatta Pursues ‘dialogue’ Initiative
According to a military source, on 14th November 2022, troops and rebels traded heavy fire in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, the East African Community’s mediator, called for all armed groups to “silence the guns” in efforts to end the war between DRC…
Read More »Captain Ibrahim Traore Officially Named Burkina Faso President After Coup
Captain Ibrahim Traore was appointed as “Head of State and Supreme Head of the Armed Forces,” on Wednesday, according to an official statement, after the West African country’s second coup in less than nine months. The impoverished Sahel nation plunged into renewed turmoil at the weekend when Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo…
Read More »Burkina Faso Government Overthrown By Military Coup
On Friday night, armed soldiers appeared on television in Burkina Faso to confirm the ouster of President Paul-Henri Damiba, the second coup in the troubled West African country this year. The announcement capped a day that began with gunfire near a military camp in the capital Ouagadougou, an explosion near…
Read More »Senegal Leads Way on Women Legislators Regardless of the Challenges Ahead
As from Monday, Senegal marks to be West Africa’s largest-ever proportion of women MPs in a newly elected legislature. As cautioned in politics by Aminata Toure; a former prime minister and incoming MP for President Macky, female pioneers encounter resistance and suspicion. In Senegal’s next National Assembly, more than 44…
Read More »SOMALIA; Extremist Group Al-Shabab Claims Responsibility For A Suicide Bombing Attack That Left At Least 11 Dead, Wednesday
Witnesses say at least 11 people are dead after a suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance to a government building in southern Somalia. District Commissioner Abdillahi Ali Waafow was among those killed in Wednesday’s attack, the secretary-general of the Marka town administration in the Lower Shabelle region, Mohamed…
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