NEWS
CNN’s Sam Kiley reports from Ileret, Kenya, where thousands are dealing with one of the most severe droughts in decades as millions of children face starvation. Source link
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Malawi
Members of Parliament that visited Goshen City on Saturday expressed excitement with the number of tourists visiting the construction even before completion of first phase this December. The MPs visit–meant to appreciate progress of the project–coincided with over 2100 religious tourists who had travelled from different parts of the world just to appreciate the construction … Read More “Malawi: Parley Committees Excited With Tourist Boom At the Incomplete Goshen City” »
Zambia
African countries face great challenges in adapting to climate change to meet growing demand for food. The current drought in East Africa is the latest manifestation of changing weather patterns. But countries such as Zambia, where there is good land and water, have major opportunities to meet food demand by growing agriculture exports and processing … Read More “Zambia Can Meet Growing Food Demand – How to Fix What’s Standing in Its Way” »
NEWS
The pestilence of Covid is still in the dust-choked air, the ground is baked by drought. The murder and misery would seem biblical — if they were not so very modern. Indeed the Sahel and the Maghreb have experienced widening desertification and, alongside it, frantic humanitarian crises and growing violence, especially from Islamic extremists. In … Read More “This East African nation is known for stability. But drought and rising prices are fuelling insecurity” »
Malawi
London — It is often those least responsible for causing climate change that suffer the most from the impacts. And such is the case with women and girls in Malawi – one of the world’s poorest and lowest carbon-emitting countries but ranked fifth in the Global Climate Index 2021 list of nations worst affected by … Read More “Malawi: Climate Change Is Putting Women & Girls in Malawi At Greater Risk of Sexual Violence” »
NEWS
The incident at the Congo – Uganda border post in Kasindi in the restive eastern part of the country is the latest involving the peacekeeping mission in Congo, known as MONUSCO, which has come under pressure from days of protests. It was not clear why the soldiers opened fire. “This serious incident has caused loss … Read More “UN brigade in Congo opened fire at border post, killing two” »
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CNN — Thousands of protesters rallied in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Sunday calling for an end to military rule, following a CNN investigation that exposed Russia’s plundering of gold in the African nation. Clashes erupted after hundreds of demonstrators attempted to head to the Republican Palace – Sudan’s presidential offices – but were met … Read More “Thousands in Sudan call for end to military rule, protest exploitation of gold resources after CNN investigation | CNN” »
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In late September 2016, the couple traveled from their Phoenix home to the southern African nation of Zambia, where Bianca Rudolph was determined to add a leopard to her collection of animal trophies. They carried two guns for the hunt: a Remington .375 rifle and a Browning 12-gauge shotgun. After killing other animals during the … Read More “A US dentist is accused of killing his wife on safari in Zambia. He says she accidentally discharged the gun” »
Malawi
Blantyre — A Malawian rights activist has been found safe a day after his reported abduction led to the cancellation of an anti-government protest. An eyewitness said five men abducted Sylvester Namiwa, the head of the Center for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI), as he was leaving a press conference Wednesday. He was found … Read More “Malawi: Abducted Rights Campaigner Found Safe” »
NEWS
A heated debate transpired between officials in a back office of Khartoum International Airport. They feared that inspecting the plane would vex the country’s increasingly pro-Russian military leadership. Multiple previous attempts to intercept suspicious Russian carriers had been stopped. Ultimately, however, the officials decided to board the plane. Inside the hold, colorful boxes of cookies … Read More “Russia is plundering gold in Sudan to boost Putin’s war effort in Ukraine” »