ForAfrika And Partners Bring Back Smiles To Flood-hit Kwazulu-Natal
A box of necessities helps to relieve the suffering, but long-term, sustainable projects are needed in these areas By Nelisiwe Makhubu A few months after catastrophic floods hit the coastal regions of the KwaZulu-Natal province, families are still struggling to piece their lives back together. ForAfrika and partners worked together to bring some relief to […]
Precision Air crash: Death Toll rises to 19
Tanzanian authorities have released the names of the 19 people killed in the Precision Air plane crash on Sunday, November 6. The plane, PW 494 -5H-PWF, was flying from Dar es Salaam to Mwanza via Bukoba when it crashed into Lake Victoria in the early hours of Sunday. It was carrying 43 passengers and crew. […]
Cop27: Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Pitches $18 Billion Plan for Energy Transition
Tanzanian President Samia Hassan will present a $18 billion plan to build renewable energy generation in southern Africa at a meeting in Egypt, as African leaders seek to increase climate finance in the region.Tanzanian Energy Minister January Makamba said in an interview that the proposal would increase generation by about 8.4 gigatonnes from sources such […]
Nigeria Switches On Its First Ever Real Time Election Tracker For Upcoming Polls
Nigerians will vote in February to choose the successor to President Muhammadu Buhari, whose second and final four-year term ends in May.The race is primarily between three frontrunners: Buhari’s All Progressives Congress’s Bola Tinubu, the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party’s Atiku Abubakar, and Peter Obi, a former Labour Party state governor. In 2019, Stears, a […]
113m People to Relocate Within Africa By 2050 Due To Climate Change
Even if the most ambitious temperature ceiling is met, adapting to a world that is warmer than today will be a massive undertaking. Climate change is causing millions of Africans to be uprooted or trapped in their current locations.Unfortunately, the world has made little progress in understanding what it takes to adapt to life on […]
Ghanaians Protest as Inflation Worsens
In Ghana, consumer inflation reached 37 percent in September, while the cedi currency has lost more than 40 percent of its value this year.Hundreds of protesters marched through Ghana’s capital, Accra, calling for President Nana Akufo-resignation Addo’s amid an economic crisis that has seen fuel and food prices reach record highs.On Saturday, a crowd of […]
Senator Ike Ekweremadu of Nigeria Will Face Charges of Organ Harvesting
A judge has announced that Nigeria’s former deputy Senate president will stand trial in the United Kingdom in January for alleged organ harvesting. Ike Ekweremadu, 60, is accused of bringing a man from Nigeria to have a kidney removed with his wife, Beatrice, 56, their daughter, Sonia, 25, and a doctor. The 21-year-old man is […]
Kenya Airways Pilots on Strike Will Face Disciplinary Action
Kenya Airways pilots on strike will face disciplinary action if they do not return to work immediately, the government said on Sunday, as thousands of passengers were stranded for a second day due to dozens of new flight cancellations. The Kenya Airline Pilots Association (KALPA) began the strike at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport at […]
Congolese Army to Mobilize Youth to Tackle M23 Insurgency
The Congolese army has announced a general mobilization of youth to fight the M23 rebels who are gaining ground in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.It comes in response to DRC President Félix Tshisekedi’s call for youth militant groups. Major General Sylvain Ekenge, spokesman for the DRC army, said at a press conference: “The […]
Rwanda Charges a DR Congo Jet With Violating AirSpace
On Monday morning, Rwandan authorities said a fighter jet from the Democratic Republic of the Congo violated its airspace, just 48 hours after the neighbors agreed to step up efforts to de-escalate tensions.The mineral-rich DRC is battling dozens of armed groups whose recent advances in the volatile eastern region have reignited old animosities and heightened […]
