AFRICA

Tripoli, Libya | Xinhua | The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Friday said there are 42,210 registered refugees and asylum-seekers currently in Libya. So far in 2021, a total of 20,799 refugees and immigrants have been rescued at sea and returned to Libya by the Libyan Coast …

  Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rwanda President Paul Kagame has blasted the management of the football side he supports, Arsenal, after they started their English season with a 2-0 away defeat at Brentford. “We just must NOT excuse or Accept mediocrity,” Kagame tweeted last night. “A team has …

Only 23 percent of African youth engaged in farming are using technology geared towards improving productivity Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The majority of African youth have not been able to tap into technologies and innovations required to facilitate their plunge into agribusinesses, says a report that was launched on Thursday …

Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | The Zimbabwean government announced on Wednesday that only fully-vaccinated people can now attend church services. This follows six weeks of suspension of any church gathering under the Level 4 lockdown to control a third wave of the pandemic, which among other measures bans inter-city travel, public …

Tusk Lion Trail is a global art installation in support of African lion conservation Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Tusk, an African conservation charity, has teamed up with Kenyan telecom operator, Safaricom and KCB Bank Kenya, to launch a campaign aimed at raising public awareness of the plight of lions in …

Windhoek, Namibia | Xinhua | Namibia has sold 57 wild elephants through auction, an official said on Wednesday. The sale will raise 5.9 million Namibian dollars (400,000 U.S. dollars), Environment Ministry spokesman Romeo Muyunda said. The elephants sold were among 170 put on tender in December 2020. “A total of 15 …

Johannesburg, S.A. | Xinhua | South African former president Jacob Zuma’s corruption and money laundering trial at the Pietermaritzburg High Court in KwaZulu-Natal was postponed to Sept. 9 and 10 this year due to his hospitalization, said Judge Piet Koen on Tuesday. This came as Zuma was currently being hospitalized while …

Kampala, Uganda | Ronald Musoke | Scientists are observing changes in the Earth’s climate in every region and across the whole climate system, according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report, released Aug.09. “Climate change is already affecting every region on Earth, in multiple ways. The changes we …

  Aviation | AIRSPACE AFRICA | As surely as her aircraft took to the sky, East African Airways rode the winds of change to carry with it a Pan-African tale. A story which, in its unfolding, not only mirrored but also fell casualty to an equally volatile political climate. The British …

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa surpassed the 7 million mark on Sunday amid rising number of new cases across the continent. In an update, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said that as of Sunday afternoon, the number …