AFRICA

Paris, France | THE INDEPENDENT | The first-ever high-level Summit on providing clean cooking access to the more than 1 billion people in Africa has so far raised mobilized $2.2 billion in financial pledges from governments and the private sector. The co-chairs of the Summit on Clean Cooking in Africa  including the President of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Criminal Court (ICC) says it has little do to if the state parties to the Rome Statute do not use their power to have Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) warlord Joseph Kony arrested. The ICC Registrar, Osvaldo Zavala Giler, currently on a visit to …

CAIRO | Xinhua | Egypt announced on Sunday that it will “formally back” South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over the ongoing Israeli aggression in the besieged Palestinian Gaza Strip. Egypt’s announcement came in light of Israel’s “continued perpetration of systematic practices against …

Buhweju , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buhweju County Member of Parliament (MP) Francis Mwijukye and Juliet Kyarisima, a journalist with Vision Group, are recuperating from injuries sustained during a dispute over land in Buhweju district. The altercation occurred at Rwanyamabare Village, Omuhambo Kyakatungu parish, Buhweju District, where Mwijukye and …

NAIROBI, Kenya | Xinhua | More than 15,000 children in Kenya will be unable to return to school next week due to heavy rains and floods that have submerged or destroyed at least 62 primary schools across the country, a global charity said on Friday. Save the Children said the …

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania | Xinhua | At least five artisanal miners were killed and four others injured after a gold mine collapsed in the Morogoro region of eastern Tanzania, police said Friday. The gold mine, named Alcaeda, collapsed on Wednesday at 4 p.m. local time (1300 GMT) following torrential …

The anticipated dual listing of Coca-Cola’s African bottling business in Johannesburg and Amsterdam indicates a strong market rebound as fintech leader Flutterwave mulls a similar move. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | Coca-Cola Co. is advancing plans for a significant initial public offering of its African bottling arm as soon …

KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | Ugandan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) troops have recovered a cache of weapons belonging to the rebel group, Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), in the jungles of the eastern DRC, a senior official said Thursday. Bilal Katamba, spokesperson of the Mountain Division of …

PORT SUDAN | Xinhua | Chairman of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan on Wednesday said there would be no negotiations or ceasefire until the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is defeated. Al-Burhan, also the general commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), made the remarks when addressing an …

Multinationals are opening a new battle front to shape the development, use, and governance of artificial intelligence in Africa, as African countries rush to create their own AI policies. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | Global technology giants including Microsoft, IBM, Huawei, Nvidia, and Google are lining up to tap …