AFRICA

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  After years of foot-dragging between the governments of Uganda and Tanzania, the construction of the East African Crude OiL pipeline has been scheduled for early 2024. The exciting part of it is that contracts worth over sixty-five million dollars are up for grabs. The …

North Kivu, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT |  900 Burundian troops on Sunday withdrew from North Kivu, in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. This is the third contingent to exit after Kenya and South Sudan, which have already withdrawn over 250 and 300 troops respectively.   Overall Force Commander of East …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Group CEO of Airtel Africa plc, Segun Ogunsanya, has reaffirmed the importance of an enabling policy environment for sustainable development and climate action in partnership with Africa’s private sector at COP28. Ogunsanya, a member of the United Nations Global Compact’s African Business Leaders Coalition (ABLC), …

CAIRO, EGYPT | Xinhua | Voting for Egypt’s presidential election began at 9:00 a.m. local time (0700 GMT) on Sunday in Egypt, with four candidates contesting, including incumbent President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi. Voting spans from Dec. 10 to Dec. 12, with each day allowing 12 hours to cast ballots. Overseas Egyptian …

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA | Xinhua | The Ethiopian government and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have signed a cooperation agreement to strengthen strategic collaboration pertaining to refugees and Ethiopian returnees. The memorandum of understanding agreement (MOU), which was signed between the Ethiopian Refugees and Returnees Service (RRS) and UNICEF, …

SWAKOPMUND, Namibia | Xinhua | Chinese-invested Swakop Uranium’s Husab mine in Namibia on Friday celebrated its 10th anniversary since its commencement of operations at an event held at the mine, near the town of Swakopmund in the Erongo region of west-central Namibia. Addressing the ceremony, Namibia’s founding President Sam Nujoma said …

 Frustrated by language constraints in the climate space, a Congolese activist embarked on a mission to learn English without taking any formal language classes. Two years later, he is the heart and soul of many a COP28 conversation – in his newly adopted language – as he passes on messages …

The three countries have by far exceeded their pre-pandemic arrival numbers on robust tourism infrastructure expansion and aggressive destination promotion. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY |  The end of a civil war in Ethiopia, Tanzania’s president featuring in a historical tourism documentary and rising infrastructure and marketing investments in Morocco …

Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan legislators have vowed to defend their title at the East African Community – EAC Inter-Parliamentary Games, scheduled to take place in Kigali, Rwanda, from December 8th to 19th, 2023. Flagged off Thursday at Parliament by Speaker Anita Among, a contingent of approximately 100 …

North Kivu, DRC| THE INDEPENDENT |  The March 23 Movement (M23) has claimed the capture of Mushaki town in Masisi territory, North Kivu province following intense fighting with Armed Forces of Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) soldiers and militia coalition under their umbrella Wazalendo (patriots). The fighting started on Thursday …