kenya will get 750 million from the world bank

Kenya will get $750 million from the World Bank

Kenya has been accepted for a $750 million loan from the World Bank to help finance its budget until 2022. Kenya would have to make the changes in its public procurement procedures that were meant to cut down on corruption as a condition for getting the money. According to the World Bank, Kenya should build […]

somalia delays the lower house elections again

Somalia delays the lower house elections again

Somalia has delayed the lower house elections again. The electoral committee has pushed back the deadline for completing the election until March 31. The electoral commission announced the latest postponement on Tuesday. The election is already more than a year overdue. The lower house elections were due to be completed on March 15. However, only […]

ukraines war causes food insecurity fears in the drc

Ukraine’s war causes food insecurity fears in the DRC

Rising prices, exacerbated by the Ukraine crisis, have fueled fears of societal unrest in eastern DR Congo. Geographic isolation and decades of warfare have hampered the region’s economy. It’s been the same disappointment lately when Congolese go to the pump. The crisis in Ukraine has resulted in inexorably rising fuel prices in the Democratic Republic […]

aid workers safety compromised in south sudan

Aid workers safety compromised in South Sudan

Sudan – The population of South Sudan is scrapped of basic requirements to the extent that they are now resorting to stealing and attacking camps of aid workers. The human rights activists, relief workers and many of the internal groups are making efforts to help people in South Sudan given how miserably they are living […]

there is still no date set for parliamentary elections in somalia

There is still no date set for Parliamentary elections in Somalia

Somalia -Somalia missed the deadline for holding elections for the Lower House of Parliament on Tuesday (15 March), causing yet another delay in the election process that was supposed to result in the appointment of a new President, which had been expected for more than a year. There had been no news from the Somali […]

boko haram militants would be reintegrated back into society

Boko Haram militants would be reintegrated back into society

According to Nigerian authorities, 559 ex-Boko Haram members have completed a de-radicalization program and will be reintegrated into society soon. Over the weekend, a graduation ceremony was held at a de-radicalization center in the north-eastern state of Gombe. The grandaunts swore loyalty to the Nigerian authorities they had previously opposed. The Nigerian government launched the […]

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Chad peace talks in Qatar adjourned due to disputes

Peace talks between Chad’s military government and various opposition groups to be started in Qatar on Sunday have been adjourned for 48 hours. The negotiations that were the first step towards putting an end to rebellion in the country and to hold legitimate elections met a roadblock because of a dispute over format of the […]

we chose raila odinga kenyatta says of the 2022 presidential election

“We chose Raila Odinga,” Kenyatta says of the 2022 presidential election

Kenyatta reiterated his support for his former rival before a cheering crowd in Nairobi, only weeks after their parties joined forces ahead of the August elections. On Saturday, if there was any doubt that Kenyatta and Odinga had buried the hatchet, it was provided. President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya has endorsed his erstwhile competitor for […]

south african and mozambican presidents meet to discuss insurgency and cyclones

South African and Mozambican presidents meet to discuss insurgency and cyclones

South Africa – In Pretoria, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and his Mozambican counterpart, Filipe Nyusi, met and had talks. The neighbors talked about regional security, especially the insurgency in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province and cyclone Gombe, which is wreaking havoc in the country’s north. They also agreed to check up on a lot of […]

macky sall the president of senegal talks with putin about negotiations

Macky Sall, the president of Senegal, talks with Putin about negotiations

Senegalese President Macky Sall, who is also the African Union’s (AU) chairman, spoke by phone with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Wednesday to “seek a permanent peace” in Ukraine. In a statement made on February 24, the African Union urged Russia and “any other regional or international actor” to “immediately respect international law, Ukraine’s […]

no confirmation on gender equality agreement for libya

No confirmation on gender equality agreement for Libya

After much delay, Libya has decided to suspend the gender equality agreement from implementation in the country. Earlier this week, the Libyan Transitional Council of Ministers which was lead by Abdelhamid Dbeibah announced that the implementation of a gender equality bill on the occasion of  International Women’s Rights Day was canceled The official announcement was […]

pharma giant moderna to build mrna vaccine manufacturing facility in kenya

Pharma giant Moderna to build mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility in Kenya

Pharmaceutical giant Moderna said on Monday that it would be building a manufacturing facility for mRNA (messenger RNA) vaccines in Kenya. This would include much in demand and requirement vaccines against Covid-19. Moderns expect to invest approximately $500 million in the facility to be set up in Kenya, through which it will be supplying 500 […]

libya suspends implementation of the gender equality agreement

Libya suspends implementation of the Gender Equality Agreement

Libya – The Libyan Transitional Council of Ministers, led by Abdelhamid Dbeibah, has put a halt to the implementation of an UN-sponsored gender equality pact. Last Sunday, on the eve of International Women’s Rights Day, the government made the decision. Because some of its articles don’t follow the rules of Islamic law, the suspension was […]