Banjul, Gambia | AFP |  Cliched rappers spend money on bling and cars, but Senegalese-American artist Akon is looking skywards to splash his cash, investing in solar power projects across Africa. The rapper added The Gambia and Cape Verde to his Akon Lighting Africa initiative this weekend, a fund …

North Korea bans Malaysians from leaving in Kim spat Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | AFP | North Korea on Tuesday banned Malaysians from leaving the country, prompting an immediate tit-for-tat response from Kuala Lumpur and dramatically escalating an already-heated diplomatic row over the murder of Kim Jong-Nam. Pyongyang’s extraordinary move, which …

Washington, United States | AFP |  President Donald Trump’s administration issued a revised immigration ban Monday that temporarily freezes US visa issuance to anyone from six mostly-Muslim countries and halts for 120 days all refugee arrivals. Here are the key points: – What’s new in the revised order? – Iraq, …

Job Opening UNICEF Position type: Consultancy Location: Ethiopia Division/Equivalent: Nairobi Regn’l(ESARO) School/Unit: Ethiopia Department/Office: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Categories: WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) APPLY HERE Share on: WhatsApp

Job Opening Posting Title: CHIEF OF SECTION, PROCUREMENT, P5 Job Code Title: CHIEF OF SECTION, PROCUREMENT Department/Office: UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT NAIROBI Duty Station: NAIROBI Posting Period: 02 March 2017 – 15 April 2017 Job Opening Number: 17-Procurement-UNON-68697-R-Nairobi (R) Staffing Exercise N/A APPLY HERE Share on: WhatsApp

Washington, United States | AFP | President Donald Trump’s housing secretary provoked a firestorm Monday by saying slaves brought from Africa were “immigrants” who dreamed of success for their families in the United States. Ben Carson, who is black, made the stunning remarks during an address to employees at the …

Washington, United States | AFP | US President Donald Trump’s love-hate attitude towards predecessor Barack Obama goes back a decade, a volatile mixture of admiration and scurrilous disrespect that helped launch the provocative billionaire’s own political career. Trump was a main purveyor of the “birther” conspiracy theory that the nation’s …

VIDEO: Members of Parliament, regardless of their political affiliation, have described former Justice and Constitutional Affairs and Finance minister Joash Mayanja Nkangi as a corrupt free politician whose acts should be emulated by the current leaders.The legislators also described the former Buganda Katikiiro, who died yesterday, as a person who persisted …

VIDEO: Buganda Kingdom is mourning the death of its former Katikiro Joash Mayanja Nkangi who passed on this morning. In a message, the Katikiro of Buganda Charles Peter Mayiga described Nkangi as a key pillar during Mutesa II’s reign and one who stood firm to protect the kingdom during the times …

VIDEO: He held together what remained of Buganda kingdom soon after it was abolished during the reign of the Obote and Amin. But even as his candle burned out at the age of 86, he lived a happy man having served his kingdom and his country in various capacities. Our reporter Mable Twegumye Zake talked …