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Report: East Africa pipeline ‘breaches banking principles’

Editorial Bureau July 5, 2022

A controversial oil project that would connect oilfields in a Ugandan National Park to a port in Tanzania breaches global environmental guidelines for banks, according to a new nonprofit report Tuesday. The 897-mile (1443-kilometer) East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), planned by French oil

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Tensions persist as Rwanda denies Congo rebel charges

Editorial Bureau July 5, 2022

Kigali(Rwanda)- Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Monday accused Congo of supporting rebels opposed to his government, escalating tensions with a neighbour who in turn accuses Rwanda of supporting violent rebels who recently captured a town in eastern Congo. Kagame said in a televised address that his country is concerned by alleged Congolese support for the […]

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African Cup put back to 2024, CAF to launch Super League

Editorial Bureau July 4, 2022

Cape Town (South Africa)- CAF announced the next African Cup of Nations will again clash with the European season. Likely give rise to more club vs. country friction. And disgruntlement over the release of players after organizers decided to postpone it until January 2024. Confederation of African Football announced the decision on Sunday. Because of the […]

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Commonwealth heads expected to endorse climate charter

Editorial Bureau June 23, 2022

Nairobi(Kenya)- Leaders of Commonwealth nations are expected to call for increased climate change action at a meeting in Rwanda this week, ahead of the United Nations climate change summit in the seaside resort of Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt later this year. “Tackling climate change will require the most significant political, social and economic effort […]

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Belgium to return Patrice Lumumba’s tooth to DR Congo

Editorial Bureau June 21, 2022

Congo(Africa)- Congo’s first prime minister, Patrice Emery Lumumba, will finally have a burial in the Democratic Republic of Congo — 61 years after his assassination — as Belgium returns to the family of the Congolese independence hero his remains, a tooth which was removed on January 17, 1961, the day the former leader was assassinated. […]

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The scandal engulfing South Africa’s president

Editorial Bureau June 18, 2022

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa facing calls to step down over claims that he tried to cover up the theft of millions of dollars in U.S. currency that was hidden inside furniture at his game farm. The allegations made by the former head of South Africa’s intelligence agency also include that the suspects in the […]

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UNWTO Appoints Sierra Leone’s Tourism Minister as the Global Chairperson for Women in Tourism

Editorial Bureau June 16, 2022

The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has appointed Sierra Leone’s Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Dr. Memunatu Pratt as the global chairperson for women in tourism. Her appointment to chair the global platform for women in tourism is in recognition of her dedication, commitment and developmental strides in the improvement of tourism especially

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Facebook fails to catch East Africa extremist content

Editorial Bureau June 15, 2022

FILE – A customer uses the Wi-Fi on her mobile phone at an internet cafe in the low-income Kibera neighborhood of Nairobi, Kenya on Sept. 29, 2021. Facebook has failed to catch Islamic State group and al-Shabab extremist content in posts aimed at East Africa as the region remains under threat from violent attacks and […]

Africa Health

Africans see inequity in monkeypox response elsewhere

Editorial Bureau June 1, 2022

Osun(Nigeria)- As health authorities in Europe and elsewhere roll out vaccines and drugs to stamp out the biggest monkeypox outbreak beyond Africa, some doctors acknowledge an ugly reality: The resources to slow the disease’s spread have long been available, just not to the Africans who have dealt with it for decades. Countries including Britain, Spain, Portugal, […]

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‘Africa is the Place to Be!’

Editorial Bureau May 30, 2022

As the Chairperson of the African Tourism Board (ATB), Ncube says that his role is merely to act as a connector between the diverse member states of the continent. Their role is to figure out how the different cultures complement one another to contribute and share what they have. In Ncube’s words, the African Tourism […]