Inside the Cape Town conference halls, deals were on the agenda. Outside, a very different message rang out. The African Energy Week protests on Tuesday brought climate campaigners onto the pavement, demanding an end to new oil and gas exploration across the continent. “Africa Exploitation Week” Activists from Greenpeace Africa and Extinction Rebellion picketed the […]
An unusual job market has been attracting attention in some regions of Kenya. The trend involves families engaging the services of professional mourners to attend funerals. A Culture That Has Deep-Rooted Traditions In the small lakeside town of Rabuor, funerals are not simply family gatherings. Within the Luo community, there exist deep-rooted cultural mourning traditions […]
In Benin Republic and Togo, voodoo is a serious religion with thousands of devotees, any wonder why the voodoo festival in these countries is most vibrant and colourful. It features voodoo dolls and devotees in animal skins chanting and dancing to drumbeats, as well as horse racing on the beach, and loads of food and […]
No fewer than 65,000 Nigerians are in Saudi Arabia for the 2019 Hajj, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) said on Tuesday. An official of the commission, Dr Aliyu Tanko, told newsmen in Makkah that adequate arrangements have been made by NAHCON to ease the difficulties in performing the Hajj, which begins on Saturday. […]
The Argungu international fishing and cultural festival is the most widely attended in Nigeria and perhaps the oldest known festival of its kind. The festival started initially as an informal family and communal affair, and has undergone several changes and modifications. The main event is the fishing contest in the River Mata Fada. More than […]
Arguably Africa’s biggest street party, this festival lasts the better second half of December featuring unmatchable entertainment, spectacular colours, unbeatable activities and unimaginable exhibition of culture. It began in 2004 as part of activities to make Cross Rivers States, Nigeria, an African leading tourism destination. Its venues include the Millennium Park, The UJ Esuene Stadium, […]
Meskel is an old Christian festival that has been celebrated in Ethiopia for over 1600 years. It commemorates the discovery of the cross upon which Jesus was crucified. Some pieces of the cross are thought to have been brought to Ethiopia, hence the celebrations. In Maskal square, in Addis Ababa, a colorful procession of priests, […]
Exactly fifty years ago, on 20 July 1969, Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. But he had a little help from a sticky South African invention. Pratley Putty, invented by Krugersdrop resident George Montague (Monty) Pratley, was used by NASA on the spacecraft. Initially introduced to the market as Pratley […]
As Nelson Mandela International Day is celebrated for the 10th year, thousands of South Africans will be heading out to spend their 67 minutes in commemoration of the late former president Nelson Mandela’s birthday. Mandela would have turned 101 on July 18. The concept to celebrate his birthday by doing an act of kindness was […]
Archbishop Emeritus of Douala, Christian Cardinal Tumi has been awarded this year’s edition of the Nelson Mandela Memorial prize for his role in promoting peace and human rights in Cameroon. He saw off competition from Achaleke Christian and Edith Kah Walla to grab the award organised every year by the Denis and Lenora Foretia Foundation […]
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) is inviting private sector players to partner the government to deliver large-scale projects under the Rearing for Food and Jobs (RFJ) initiative. “I am inviting private partners to partner government in the Rearing for Food and Jobs initiative because we are looking at it to be a private sector-led […]
The Health ministry has postponed polio vaccination in Nairobi county because vaccine shipments have been delayed The drive was to start on Saturday in Nairobi and a number of other counties. It was not clear if shipments to other countries have also been delayed. The Nairobi campaign will take place from July 20 to 24. […]
President Uhuru Kenyatta has directed Cabinet Secretaries from Mt Kenya region to stop their night meetings at Hotel La Mada. In a move aimed at quelling the unease in his ruling Jubilee Party, Uhuru directed that all government meetings “must be held within existing structures”. The President is said to have asked the CSs to […]
Kenya has lost bid to host African Continental Free Trade Area to Ghana, even as African leaders meeting in Niger operationalise the trade body. The decision which was made at the 12th extraordinary session of the assembly of African Union heads of state in Niger on Sunday will now see Ghana benefit from trappings of […]
