AFRICA

JUBA, South Sudan | Xinhua | South Sudan’s negotiation team in the ongoing peace talks in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, said Friday that substantial progress had been made towards achieving lasting peace and stability in the world’s youngest nation. Albino Mathom, the special envoy to South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir …

NAIROBI, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday announced a raft of austerity measures aimed at addressing revenue shortfalls in the 2024/2025 fiscal budget caused by the withdrawal of the contentious Finance Bill 2024. Ruto said the National Treasury will cut government spending by 177 billion shillings …

NAIROBI,  Kenya | Xinhua | Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday appointed an independent taskforce to conduct a forensic audit of the country’s public debt, aiming to reduce government spending. Addressing a televised news conference in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, Ruto announced the dissolution of 47 state agencies, the suspension …

NAIROBI, Kenya | Xinhua | The Kenyan government is reorganizing the budget following the withdrawal of the Finance Bill 2024, which sparked protests across the country in the past three weeks, President William Ruto said Thursday. Ruto, who chaired a Cabinet meeting in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, said the National …

KIGALI | Xinhua |  Rwanda on Thursday marked the 30th anniversary of its liberation with a grand celebration at Amahoro Stadium in Kigali, the Rwandan capital. The event, known locally as Kwibohora, commemorates the end of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi, a tragic event that claimed more than one …

RUTSHURU, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | About 25 Armed Forces of Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) soldiers attached to Northern Front operations were on Wednesday evening sentenced to death after pleading guilty of fleeing from the enemy. The soldiers were arrested following the recent swift advance of the March 23 Movement …

KHARTOUM, Sudan | Xinhua | The clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have recently escalated on multiple fronts across Sudan, notably in Sinnar, West Kordofan and North Darfur states. The RSF announced on social media platform X that its forces seized an …

COMMENT| Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko | For over sixty decades, from the Mali Empire through to the OAU Summit of May 1963 and incrementally to date, African unity has remained but a collective dream. One that has been sustained more by a recognition of its essence rather than a conviction for its …

NAIROBI, Kenya | Xinhua | Violent protests erupted across Kenya on Tuesday, resulting in at least two deaths, as anti-government demonstrators continued their rallies for the third consecutive week. The unrest persisted despite President William Ruto’s withdrawal of the proposed tax measures on June 26, which had initially sparked the …

Known as “The Kenyan Poet”, Njeri Wangari is recognized for her pioneering work in African poetry blogging. Wangari’s journey into poetry began in 2004, coinciding with the emergence of spoken word performance in Kenya. She is considered one of Africa’s first contemporary poets and one of Kenya’s earliest spoken word …