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Kenya: Additional Police Officers Arrive in Haiti
The latest contingent of 217 Kenyan police officers arrived in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince where they were greeted by Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime.
They are being deployed to the Caribbean country to provide back-up to an…
Kenyan social enterprise aims to reduce environmental impact
Home-grown businesses in Africa are developing a new industry to tackle the environmental damage created by fast fashion.
Upcycling, where poor quality, discarded clothes are made into desirable products, is becoming more widespread in…
South Sudanese police imposes nationwide curfew
Police in South Sudan imposed a nationwide night-time curfew, a day after deadly rioting in the capital, Juba.
Three people were killed and seven others were wounded in protests late on Thursday when youths attacked shops owned by…
Sudan: Medics Bravely Perform Surgery Amid Attacks
Dr Mustafa Ali Abdulrahman Ibo and his colleagues bravely perform surgery under increasing bombardment in the last remaining hospital in el-Fasher, a city that has been under siege for the last nine months in Sudan's western Darfur region.…
DR Congo Probes State Mining Company Embezzlement
The ministry of justice in the Democratic Republic of Congo has launched a probe into the embezzlement of over $300 million from state miner Gecamines between 2012 and 2020,
According to the justice ministry statement, Gecamines, which…
Sudan Army-controlled Areas In Blackouts
Most army-controlled areas in Sudan have been plunged into blackouts following drone attacks on power generation facilities by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, government officials and residents said.
The blackouts began on Monday…
Mauritius Queries Deal On U.S.-British Military Base
Mauritius Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam has questioned the duration of the lease on a U.S.-British military base, he told a local newspaper, a contentious element of negotiations in which the UK plans to cede control of the Chagos Islands…
Mozambique president appoints new finance, energy ministers
Mozambique President Daniel Chapo has appointed Carla Louveira as finance minister and Estevão Pale as mineral resources and energy minister.
Louveira was the deputy minister of economy and finance from 2020, and worked alongside…
Mozambique Former Finance Minister Sentences to prison
Former Mozambique finance minister Manuel Chang was sentenced on Friday in a New York court to eight and a half years in prison for his role in the “hidden debt” corruption scandal, which caused an economic crisis in Mozambique.
Six of…
US proposes railway project to ease DRC tensions
A senior U.S. diplomat has revealed that Washington had proposed extending a significant railway infrastructure project into the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
The U.S. has been backing the Lobito Corridor, a key transport…