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Death toll in Uganda flood increases
By News Desk
At least 16 were confirmed dead in western Uganda after heavy rains caused landslides in the East Africa country, said a local aid team on Sunday.
“One more dead body has just been discovered this morning in Bundibugyo…
Three die in Kenya building collapse
By News Desk
At least three people were killed and 27 injured when a residential building collapsed in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, police said, as rescue workers struggled to free a woman who was screaming from under the rubble.…
South Africa’s power outage bites harder as rain persist
By News Desk
Many South Africans are without electricity as the rain continues, state power utility Eskom said, after announcing it would cut up to 4,000 megawatts (MW) of power as wet weather makes it difficult for power stations to use…
No youth will be left behind in Africa’s devt.- AfDB, ECA, UNDP
By News Desk
Organizers of the 14th African Economic Conference (AEC2019) have reaffirmed their commitment to engage Africa’s youth as an integral part of the continent’s development initiatives.
The organisers were African Development…
Terrorism: Macron sets fresh condition to retain France-West African troops
By News desk
France President Emmanuel Macron has demanded that West African leaders dismiss growing anti-French sentiment within the sub-region if they wanted his country’s military to continue their operations against Islamist…
Six-year-old boy crush to death by unlicensed driver
By News Desk
A six-year-old boy who was cycling home has been crushed to death by an unlicensed female driver in Beitbridge, Zimbabwe.
It was gathered that the unlicensed driver, 29-year-old, Anna Mthunzi, was driving along a dusty…
Zimbabwe’s crisis bites harder as UN deploys 4.1m food aides
By News Desk
The United Nations has disclosed that it was procuring food assistance for 4.1 million Zimbabweans, a quarter of the population in a country where shortages are being exacerbated by runaway inflation and climate-induced…
Namibian state fishing firm suspends CEO over corruption
By News Desk
Namibia’s state-owned fishing firm, Fishcor, has suspended its chief executive following media reports that he and other government officials conspired with Iceland’s biggest fishing company to receive kickbacks in exchange…
Egypt gets $1.1 bln ITFC loan to import fuel, other commodities
By News Desk
Egyptian petroleum and supply ministries, on Wednesday, disclosed that International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) will provide $1.1 billion to assist the country fund importation of petroleum products and basic…
U.N. raises concerns over South Sudan ethnic violence, deploys s troops
By News Desk
Worried by the rising figures of casualties, the United Nations has sent a contingent of peacekeepers to an area of central South Sudan where about 80 people have been killed in a bout of fighting between two ethnic…