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- Rwanda's genocide survivor housing now ready for migrants from Britainby [email protected] (Associated Press) on 27/04/2024 at 07:00
KIGALI, Rwanda — Rwanda says it's ready to receive migrants from the United Kingdom after British Parliament this week approved a long-stalled and controversial bill seeking to stem the tide of […]
- Namibia struggles with delay in rollout of HPV vaccineby [email protected] (Vitalio Angula) on 26/04/2024 at 22:25
- UN warns of fighting around major Darfur cityby [email protected] (Lisa Schlein) on 26/04/2024 at 17:43
GENEVA — The United Nations says Sudan’s warring parties appear headed toward major clashes in the northern Darfur city of El Fasher, home to 2 million people and about a half-million internally […]
- Smallholding farmers in Kenya hop on tractors, see profits riseby [email protected] (Mohammed Yusuf) on 26/04/2024 at 13:02
For some African communities, the road to food security is traveled best by tractor. A company called Hello Tractor, supported by non-profit Heifer International, is enabling poor, smallholding […]
- Somalia reports food diversion involving US-trained soldiersby [email protected] (Harun Maruf) on 26/04/2024 at 10:22
- Burkina Faso suspends VOA, BBC/Africa broadcastsby [email protected] (Liam Scott) on 26/04/2024 at 05:06
- Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone launch malaria vaccination programsby [email protected] (Reuters) on 26/04/2024 at 04:49
COTONOU, Benin — Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone launched large-scale malaria vaccine programs on Thursday under an Africa-focused initiative that hopes to save tens of thousands of children's […]
- Nigerian company creates taxi system fueled by electric vehiclesby [email protected] (Gibson Emeka) on 26/04/2024 at 03:25
As climate change wreaks havoc around the world, the need for sustainable solutions grows more urgent. In Nigeria, a private company recently introduced an Uber-style taxi system made of […]
- Heavy rain, flooding in East Africa lead to at least 155 deathsby [email protected] (VOA News) on 26/04/2024 at 01:24
- Congolese woman excels in beekeepingby [email protected] (Zanem Nety Zaidi) on 26/04/2024 at 01:10
Goma, DR Congo — In the eastern reaches of the Democratic Republic of Congo, women entrepreneurs in Goma continue to catch the eye of the business world, thanks to their creativity and resilience. […]
- Malaria remains public health challenge in Kenya, but progress may be coming by [email protected] (Associated Press) on 25/04/2024 at 23:42
MIGORI, Kenya — As the coffin bearing the body of Rosebella Awuor was lowered into the grave, heart-wrenching sobs from mourners filled the air. Her sister Winnie Akinyi, the guardian to Awuor's […]
- US official announces business partnership with Kenyaby [email protected] (Mariama Diallo) on 25/04/2024 at 21:02
nairobi, kenya — About 1,300 delegates and 400 companies participated in the fourth American Chamber of Commerce summit in Nairobi, Kenya, where Kenya's president William Ruto says his country is […]
- Old style dresses help Namibian women look aheadby [email protected] (Lee Garises) on 25/04/2024 at 20:06
Victorian dress was forcibly imposed on Namibia’s indigenous ǂNūkhoe women by German colonizers in the late 1800s. Despite the origins, these styles persist today as a symbol of resilience. Lee […]
- Malawi, Israel sign labor export deal on farm workersby [email protected] (Lameck Masina) on 25/04/2024 at 20:04
Blantyre, Malawi — Malawi and Israel have signed a new deal for Malawi to send unskilled laborers to Israel. The agreement is a departure from a previous arrangement where nearly 1,000 laborers […]
- Kenyan military deployed as East Africa floods kill dozensby [email protected] (Reuters) on 25/04/2024 at 16:45
- UN threatens to reduce humanitarian assistance to South Sudanby [email protected] (Sheila Ponnie) on 25/04/2024 at 14:17
Juba, South Sudan — South Sudanese farmers who have relied on United Nations agencies operating in that country now say they are afraid of losing a ready market for their produce should the U.N. […]
- More than 100 inmates escape after rain damages Nigerian prisonby [email protected] (Reuters) on 25/04/2024 at 11:51
- US sending senior officials to Niger to discuss troop exitby [email protected] (Agence France-Presse) on 25/04/2024 at 05:21
WASHINGTON — The United States will send a delegation to Niger on Thursday to begin face-to-face talks with officials in Niamey on withdrawing the more than 1,000 American personnel in the […]
- Kenyan government threatens to halt salaries of striking doctorsby [email protected] (Juma Majanga) on 24/04/2024 at 20:05
Nairobi, Kenya — The Kenyan government is threatening to withhold the salaries and union remittances of striking doctors after failing to reach an agreement with doctors' union. "We will be […]
- Amnesty International voices concern about repression, abuse in Zimbabweby [email protected] (Columbus Mavhunga) on 24/04/2024 at 19:06
Harare, Zimbabwe — The annual report released Wednesday by Amnesty International paints a dismal picture of human rights repression and international rule-breaking worldwide, all in the midst of […]
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