AFRICA

From heads of state like Samia Suluhu to influential diplomats like Bintou Keita, women are increasingly playing key roles in the continent’s politics and governance. From Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the first democratically elected female president in Africa, to Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura, FIFA’s first female Secretary General, a new generation …

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania | Xinhua | At least 1,660 people have been left homeless due to heavy rains that destroyed 699 houses in the Nachingwea district of the Lindi region in southern Tanzania, an official announced on Saturday. Mohamed Moyo, the Nachingwea district commissioner, said that some of the affected …

  NEWS ANALYSIS  | RONALD MUSOKE | When, in 2019, Georgette, a mother of four fled Lonalo-Lotsikpa, her village in the Ituri Province of northeastern DR Congo following a flair-up in conflict which left her husband dead, she hoped she would soon return to her home. Instead, it has been five …

DAKAR, SENEGAL | Xinhua | Bassirou Diomaye Faye, the candidate of the opposition coalition “Diomaye President,” has won Senegal’s presidential election in the first round with 54.28 percent of the total votes cast, according to the final results announced Friday by the Constitutional Council. “Considering that candidate Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar …

GARISSA, Kenya | Xinhua | At least six Kenyans were killed Friday when al-Shabab terrorists raided a border town, police and government officials said. The police reported that one person sustained a serious bullet wound when the militants launched the attack in Dhobley town in Garissa County near the Kenya-Somalia …

KIGALI, RWANDA | Xinhua | Rwanda on Tuesday officially became the headquarters of Africa’s innovation financing facility, known as timbuktoo Africa Innovation Foundation. The foundation launched by African leaders in January this year at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, is a bold partnership between the United Nations …

Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Oil Company – UNOC will effective May 2024 start importing petroleum products into the country. This is after the Kenyan government agreed to award it a certificate of incorporation, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development has said. It follows a …

Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT |  Equity Group Holdings has proposed a record dividend of Kshs.15.1 billion for a second year running. While releasing the 2023 full year financial results Dr. James Mwangi, Group Managing Director and CEO said. “The Kshs. 4 per share dividend amounts to a 36% payout of …

Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Twenty-five geo-scientists from eleven African countries have been trained in geo-scientific survey techniques and mapping in order to strengthen their countries’ capacity to locate and exploit mineral wealth. The four-week training was conducted in Entebbe and Kabale, with the Uganda Geological Survey Department and experts …

DAKAR, SENEGAL | Xinhua | Bassirou Diomaye Faye, the candidate of the opposition coalition “Diomaye President,” has won Senegal’s presidential election, according to results released Wednesday by the country’s National Vote Counting Commission. Faye secured a total of 2,434,751 votes, constituting 54.28 percent of the total votes cast, said Amady …