Cancer Outpacing Zimbabwe’s Top Killer Diseases
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...
Tanzania’s Opposition Presidential Candidate Intimidated As Tension Rise Ahead Of Polls
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania — The convoys of Tanzania’s opposition presidential candidate and his running mate were on different occasion subjected to a hail of teargas canisters and live...
Ghana’s Main Opposition Party Sounds Alarm To International Community Ahead Of Elections
An election cycle has once again put Ghana’s democratic credentials under the spotlight as the main opposition party has questioned the commitment of the electoral management body to ensuring...
Uganda’s Quest For Sustainable Energy Poses Fresh Environmental Threats
A flurry of oil and gas discoveries along Uganda’s western border has lured dozens of investors seeking to develop sub-Saharan Africa’s largest oil discovery in decades. However, renewed interest...
Outspoken Tanzanian Lawyer, Banned For Malpractice
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...
Former Government Minister Jailed In Zimbabwe
Gweru, September 22 — Former Provincial Minister for Midlands Province in Zimbabwe was this Tuesday sentenced to four years in jail following accusations of criminal abuse of office, this after he...
Mandarin Lessons Highlight China’s Influence In Africa
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...
Kenya’s Unlikely COVID-19 Hero
Nyeri, Kenya — On a chilly Tuesday morning at the Consolata Mission Hospital in Kenya’s Nyeri County, Jane Kagwiria attends to patients and visitors at the gate as they...
Cameroon Opposition Set To Overthrow Long-serving President
The Cameroon Renaissance Movement (CRM), a significant political party in Cameroon, has announced that come 22 September 2020, it will carry out mass protests in a bid to oust...
Of Energy Crisis, Beekeeping And Forest Conservation In Zimbabwe
Mutare, Zimbabwe — Growing up in Ngaone, Chipinge in the southeastern town of Zimbabwe, Ishmael Sithole (35) still recalls bees could not entertain anyone cutting down a tree near...
Tanzania, Uganda Seal $3.5bn Crude Oil Pipeline Deal
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania — Uganda and Tanzania have signed a multibillion dollars deal that officially kicks off the construction of a 1,445km pipeline to transport crude oil from the...
Tanzania Tightens Media, Rights Repressions Ahead Of Polls
Dar es Salaam — Tanzania authorities have tightened restrictions on the media, political opposition, and organizations working to promote human rights—ushering in a climate of fear ahead of the...
South Africa’s Ruling Party Snubs Opposition In Zimbabwe
Harare, September 9 — A delegation from South Africa’s governing African National Congress party has evaded meeting Zimbabwe’s opposition political parties and civil societies which anticipated to brief the...
S.A Delegation Blocked From Meeting Opposition In Zimbabwe
Harare, September 8 — South Africa’s delegation from the country’s governing Africa National Congress (ANC) dispatched by the country’s President Cyril Ramaphosa to meet Zimbabwe’s governing party and opposition...
Perception May Be Trumping Reason As Tensions Build Around Nigerian Retailers In Ghana
On a calm Sunday in the business hub around the Nkrumah Interchange in Accra, a Nigerian immigrant, Junior Izuwu, has crept out into the open with his tabletop where...
Recurring Diplomatic Row Between Kenya And Tanzania Likely To Threaten AfCFTA Success
Nairobi, September 3 — The recent diplomatic tiff between Kenya and its neighbor, Tanzania is likely to spell doom for the East African Community (EAC) and by extension the...
Civil Society Warns Against Bilateral Treaties With Tax Haven Jurisdictions
Nairobi, August 22 — Tax Justice Network Africa (TJNA) and the East African Tax and Governance Network (EATGN) has cautioned the government of Kenya in its pursuit of new...
Jailed Scribe, Politician Released On Bail In Zimbabwe
Harare, September 2 — Zimbabwe’s renowned freelance journalist Hopewell Chin’ono and opposition politician Jacob Ngarivhume have both been released on bail this Wednesday after spending over a month in...
How An Organization Is Using “Safe Spaces” To Fight Forced Early Marriages Of Girls...
Ganyurey, Kenya August 10 — It is 4 PM in the evening, and Halima Hassan, a pupil in Ganyurey Primary School, has just returned from a COVID-19 pandemic awareness...
Ghanaians In The Diaspora Are Tired Of Being Disenfranchised During Elections
Most Ghanaians in the diaspora are again set to miss out on the right to choose their representatives in the Legislature as well as the man who governs the...
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