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Kenyans Stare At Hunger As Birds Destroy Rice

5 years ago
Kisumu, June 1 — At midday in the West Kano irrigation scheme in Kenya’s Nyando Sub-county of Kisumu County, Erick Otieno has just received his lunch from his employer...
Tanzanian Outspoken Lawyer Fatma Karume Banned for Breach of ethics

Outspoken Tanzanian Lawyer, Banned For Malpractice

4 years ago
Dar es Salaam, September 24 — A top Tanzanian lawyer and the former president of the Tanganyika Law Society (TLS)—a local bar association has been disbarred from practicing law...
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Cancer Outpacing Zimbabwe’s Top Killer Diseases

4 years ago
Harare — Two years ago, his then 53-year old mother succumbed to colon cancer. A year later, his 24-year old sister was diagnosed with the same disease, yet earlier...
Anna Guwe and her maize crops

Zimbabwe Farmers Embrace Conservation Agriculture To Beat Effects Of Climate Change

4 years ago
Marange, Zimbabwe — It is a windy day in Marange, Chanakira village. Small clouds scuddle the blue sky giving it a blurred look. About 110 kilometers southwest of Mutare, Norah...
Kilimanjaro on fire

Deforestation Endangers Kilimanjaro’s Tourism

4 years ago
Kilimanjaro, Tanzania — As firefighters were battling raging inferno on Mt. Kilimanjaro, plumes of smoke belching into the sky captured the destruction on Africa’s highest mountain and its surrounding...
Children who are engaged in mining activities in illegal mining areas in Zimbabwe

COVID-19 Imposed Lockdown Effects, Dwindling Incomes And Child Labor In Zimbabwe

4 years ago
Zimunya, Zimbabwe — The October sun is blazing hot in Zimunya, about 56 kilometers southwest of Mutare. Johnson Muranda (11) is resting on his pickaxe inside a mining pit. Muranda has...
Nick Mangwana, Government spokesman

Zimbabwe’s Government Spokesman Seizes Farm From Resettled Farmers

4 years ago
Chegutu, Zimbabwe — Nick Mangwana, Government spokesman in Zimbabwe has moved in to evict resettled black farmers in order to take over the farm in Chegutu, a Zimbabwean farming town...
Ali Hapi interview.

Public Leaders Wealth Declaration in Tanzania Goes Digital

5 years ago
Dar es Salaam — As part of its broader push for transparency and efficiency, Tanzania has launched a new digital platform that allows public leaders to declare their assets...
Kerbino Wol in prison.

The South Sudan Government Announces Assassination Of The 7 October Movement Leader

5 years ago
Juba, June 15  — In a statement of the South Sudan People's Defense Forces (SSPDF), spokesperson today said that the leader of the 7 October Movement Kerbino Wol has...
Wozi Primary School Students

Looming Conflict As Loggers Scramble For Waning Forest

5 years ago
Mzuzu — Around 1964, Malawi’s first Head of State introduced an ambitious project to turn one of the mountain ranges in the country into a forest. What followed was...
George Floyd Selfie.

African Leaders’ Silence On George Floyd’s Murder Too Loud

5 years ago
May 30 — On Wednesday, May 25th, four police officers detained a black man by the name George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the United States of America. After the...
Underdevelopment brewing roads dereliction in Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwean roads, hospitals infrastructure cornered by dereliction

5 years ago
HARARE, ZIMBABWE — In 2015, at the age of 14, Mirirai Chaunza lost her parents and two siblings in a road accident in which a bus they traveled in...
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Continued Floods In East Africa Threatening To Jeopardize Fight Against COVID-19 Spread

5 years ago
BUDALANGI April 5, 2020 — For 54-year-old Esther Anyango, who resides in Maduwa village nestled in the swampy Yala, an island within the Lake Victoria waters is not her...
Farmers working on pawpaw fruit trees.

Could tree regeneration hold out hope for Africa’s vulnerable smallholder farmers?

5 years ago
Homa Bay, Kenya MARCH 4, 2020 — With more than half of the estimated 2.2 billion people to be added to the global population by 2050 expected to be...
Mirriam Sundayi doing chores.

Zimbabwe’s High Internet Data Costs Threaten Online Learning 

5 years ago
Mutare, ZIMBABWE — On a gloomy day in a squatter camp located near Sakubva, a filthy densely populated suburb in Mutare—the fourth largest city in Zimbabwe, 14-year old Mirriam...
Operation Dudula supporters marched in the Johannesburg Central Business District.

Operation Dudula

1 year ago
There is no direct translation for the word Dudula in the English language, but the president of the organization that started off as a ‘clean-up campaign’ to directly confront...
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Confusion Over South Sudanese Students’ Funds in Morocco

5 years ago
Juba, June 24 — In a leaked official document dated 22nd June 2020 signed by Director General for Administration and Finance in the South Sudan Ministry of Foreign Affairs,...
Mandarin lessons

Mandarin Lessons Highlight China’s Influence In Africa

4 years ago
Dar es Salaam — On a humid Monday afternoon, students are huddled in a classroom at the Confucius Institute at the University of Dar es Salaam, learning Mandarin. They all repeat...
Sand poaching in Zimbabwe's towns, cities.

Gravel soil, sand poaching fuel water bodies’ siltation in Zimbabwe

5 years ago
HARARE — At the top of a hill, bulldozers and caterpillars maneuver their way, slicing off the hill of its remaining sections as they almost approach an enormous concrete...
Statue of War Heroine in 19th century Zimbabwe

Towards The Progressive Acquisition Of Consciousness

3 years ago
Africans and other blacks abroad need to develop a historical consciousness that enables them to revisit their forefathers’ history to validate the true journey of the black race. Slavery,...

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The New Frontline: Youth Uprisings Across Africa Spark A Fight For Democracy And Dignity

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Russia-Africa Relations: Africa’s Entanglement With Politics Of Patronage Without Liberation

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A packed FNB stadium with over one hundred thousand supporters demonstrated the mass appeal of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) amongst South African voters...
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To most academics, intellectuals, and pragmatists advocating for a genuine Pan-African renaissance six decades after the founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU,...
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