AFRICA

Zanzibar has emerged as an audacious contender for an African event on the Formula 1 motorsport calendar. Backed by the government, revered competitors, and the sport’s management, there is unanimous agreement on the significance of bringing this thrilling event to the continent. The presumption so far has been that South …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in Ethiopia have repatriated 80 Ugandans who were duped and fleeced of their money with promises to meet Jesus. The leader of the team, Pastor Simon Opolot has been on the joint security team’s wanted list for duping believers attached to Christ Disciples …

Conference of experts shows why citizens should be at the centre Tallinn, Estonia | RONALD MUSOKE | As governments around the world embark on implementing their digital transformation programmes, they will have to deliver what is best for the average citizen, Kaja Kallas, the Estonian Prime Minister said at this year’s …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 10 million people across Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Mozambique have been impacted by the 9.4 million euros funding through the Aga Khan Development Network Eastern Africa Regional COVID-19 Response Programme that is set to officially come to an end in June 2023. The project, …

United Nations, USA | Xinhua | The United Nations announced on Friday that a unit of 60 Tanzanian military personnel deployed in the Central African Republic is to be repatriated, following serious allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse against these peacekeepers. They were deployed at a temporary operating base in the …

Mogadishu, Somalia | Xinhua | The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) and the United Nations have condemned the hotel terrorist attack that occurred in the capital, Mogadishu on Friday in which nine people were killed and ten others wounded. In separate statements, the AU mission and UN in Somalia …

United Nations, USA | Xinhua | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday strongly condemned the attack on a patrol of UN mission in Mali that killed one peacekeeper, his spokesman said. “The secretary-general recalls that attacks targeting United Nations peacekeepers may constitute war crimes under international law,” Stephane Dujarric, the spokesman, …

Abuja, Nigeria | Xinhua | Nigerian President Bola Tinubu late Friday suspended Godwin Emefiele from the governorship of the country’s central bank, ahead of planned reforms in the financial sector. Emefiele served as governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria since June 2014. The move came following an investigation by the …

United Nations, USA | Xinhua | The status of Volker Perthes, the UN envoy to Sudan, is currently unchanged after the Sudanese government declared him not welcome anymore, said a UN spokesperson on Friday. The Sudanese Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that the government of Sudan has officially notified UN Secretary-General …

Addis Ababa | Xinhua | The number of people arriving in Ethiopia due to the ongoing situation in Sudan has surpassed 41,200, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said Thursday. “More than 41,200 people are estimated to have crossed from Sudan into Ethiopia, majority are Ethiopian …