AFRICA

Africa is currently home to 136,000 millionaires, with their ranks on the rise. This is despite the continent’s total wealth dwindling over the past decade FEATURE | LEO KOMMINOTH | Africa’s share of millionaires grew by 8% between 2020 and 2021, according to a recent report by intelligence firm New …

Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | Xinhua | Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo dissolved the parliament on Monday, according to a presidential decree. Prime Minister Nuno Gomes Nabiam and Deputy Prime Minister Soares Sambu will remain in office until the legislative elections are held, according to the decree that enters into force immediately. The date …

Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT |  Azimio la Umoja Kenya presidential candidate Raila Odinga has named  leader of Narc Martha Karua as his running mate. Kenya’s former Prime Minister ditched his two-time running mate Kalonzo Musyoka of the Wiper party as he stretched his hand to seek the women vote. Odinga instead promised …

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | The African Union (AU) on Monday disclosed the deployment of its Pre-election Assessment Mission to Kenya to observe preparations for the country’s upcoming elections. Chairperson of the AU Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has authorized the deployment of the mission to Kenya from May 16 to …

Bamako, Mali | Xinhua | The Malian government said Sunday that it is withdrawing from all organs and bodies of the G5 Sahel, “including the joint force” fighting terrorism. According to a statement signed by Abdoulaye Maiga, spokesman for the Malian government, the organization’s leaders had decided to hold the 8th …

Asia gets the attention, but the real economic revolution is the inevitable growth of an overlooked continent | TOOZE-ADAM | In the coming decades, we face a revolutionary shift in the balance of world affairs—and it is likely not the one you are thinking of. Since the 1990s, the idea …

Mogadishu, Somalia | Xinhua | The Somalian parliament on Sunday chose Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as the country’s new president in a third-round runoff in an election that has been delayed for over a year. The 67-year-old Mohamud, former Somalian president in 2012-2017, won 214 votes from lawmakers, defeating incumbent President Mohamed …

Mogadishu Somalia | Xinhua | Four Somali presidential candidates will progress to the second round of voting after the first one ended without any candidate garnering two-thirds of the votes cast, or 219 votes required to win the polls on Sunday. The first round of the voting ended with Puntland …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenya on Saturday began trial runs on the Chinese-built Nairobi expressway ahead of its commissioning in the next few weeks. James Macharia, the cabinet secretary of the Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development, said Saturday during a media briefing in Nairobi, the Kenyan …

Accra, Ghana | Xinhua | West Africa edges close to starting local vaccine production for various health conditions in the subregion, an official from the West Africa Health Organization (WAHO) said Friday. Stanley Okolo, the director-general of WAHO, made the remarks at a press briefing after the 23rd Ordinary Meeting …