AFRICA

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The World Bank said it has provided 385 million U.S. dollars in International Development Association (IDA) financing to Horn of Africa countries to tap groundwater potential and boost climate resilience. The World Bank said in a statement issued on Wednesday evening that the Horn of Africa …

Food insecurity situation in Karamoja is of urgent concern Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | United Nations agencies in Uganda on Wednesday called for relief as more than half a million people go hungry in semi-arid northeastern Uganda also known as Karamoja. The call comes after a report, Integrated Food Security …

United Nations | Xinhua | The number of deaths from terrorist attacks is down globally but increasing in Africa, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday. “Sub-Saharan Africa accounted for 48 percent of deaths attributed to terrorist groups globally last year,” he told a meeting of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination …

More than 1.7 million children across Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia, are in urgent need of treatment for severe acute malnutrition Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The United Nations children’s fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday appealed for urgent funding to help avert an “explosion of child deaths” which it said is looming in …

Kiswahili widely spoken in the Eastern African region, has received more recognition across the continent in recent years Cape Town, South Africa | Xinhua | South Africa’s Parliament on Tuesday said its Joint Constitutional Review Committee, which makes recommendations about the amendment to the Constitution, has received a presentation on submissions …

The CERF allocation will address rising food insecurity in Uganda’s Karamoja region United Nations | Xinhua | The UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated 4 million U.S. dollars to fight hunger in Uganda’s drought-hit northeastern Karamoja region, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday. “The poor production of food and livestock …

United Nations | Xinhua | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomes trilateral efforts to find a solution to the political crisis in Sudan, a UN spokesman said on Monday. “The secretary-general welcomes the efforts of the trilateral mechanism consisting of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), the African Union …

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | The government of Tanzania said on Monday it is in the process of reviewing laws that are preventing women from owning land in the East African nation. Damas Ndumbaro, the Minister for Constitution and Legal Affairs, told parliament in the capital Dodoma that the …

Tunis, Tunisia | Xinhua | The Tunisian Magistrates’ Association (AMT) started Monday a one-week strike in response to the president’s latest decision to sack 57 judges without the possibility of appeal, the country’s private radio station Mosaique FM reported. During the strike, only burial permits and extremely urgent terrorism cases will …

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | Ethiopia’s central bank on Monday told Ethiopians not to engage in “illegal” transactions in digital currencies. The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) said digital currencies like crypto-currencies and bitcoins haven’t been recognized by the NBE as a transactional and payment method, state affiliated Fana Broadcasting …