`Perception premiums’ shouldn’t overinflate risks perennially assigned to a brighter Africa COMMENT | HIPPOLYTE FOFACK | In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic caused Africa’s first recession in 25 years. The sharp tightening of global financial conditions triggered sudden stops in foreign direct investment and massive capital outflows, alongside one of the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Africa needs at least 20 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in the next six weeks to get second doses to all who received a first dose within the 8-12-week interval between doses recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). A single dose of the …
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Kigali, Rwanda | Xinhua | Visiting French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday recognized France’s responsibilities in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide against the Tutsi during his speech at the Kigali Genocide Memorial, the final resting place for more than 250,000 genocide victims. “As I stand with humility and respect at your side …
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Entebbe, Uganda | XINHUA | State-owned Uganda Airlines is set to start direct flights to Johannesburg, South Africa, in a move to expand connections on the African continent. The airline in a statement issued on Thursday said the first flight of the four-times-weekly flights from Entebbe to Johannesburg is scheduled …
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Bamako, Mali | XINHUA | Malian transitional President Bah N’Daw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane, arrested by the military on Monday following the formation of a new transitional government, have resigned, the special adviser to the transitional vice president confirmed on Wednesday evening during a press conference. “The transitional president, …
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Kigali, Rwanda | FRANCE 24 | French President Emmanuel Macron, on a symbolic visit to Rwanda Thursday, said France had “a role, a history and a political responsibility” towards Rwanda. But he stopped short of an official apology, saying France had not been complicit in the 1994 genocide. “Standing here …
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Tremors continue to shake DR Congo’s Goma after deadly volcanic eruption Kinshasa, DRC | Xinhua | A series of earthquakes on the border of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda have stoked fears that the Nyiragongo volcano close to the area would erupt again three days after the …
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Ever Given will not be allowed to leave Egypt until a compensation amount is settled with its owners, canal authority said Cairo, Egypt | Xinhua | Egypt offered to cut its compensation claim down to 550 million U.S. dollars against the impounded Ever Given vessel that blocked the Suez Canal in …
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Kinshasa, DRC | Xinhua | The Nyiragongo volcano, located not far from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)’s border with Rwanda, started to erupt on Saturday, spewing lava that headed towards the border with Rwanda. The eruption stopped on Sunday morning, leaving at least 32 dead and thousands displaced. Here …
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Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | As the world celebrated the International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) May 22, Ugandan experts have called for a new focus to address the negative impacts of infrastructure development on biodiversity particularly at ecosystem and species safety level. According to Francis Ogwal, the Head of …
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