Tanzania opposition holds first rally
Crowds gather as Tanzanian opposition holds first rally since ban lifted. Freeman Mbowe, the chairman of Tanzania's opposition party Chadema, arrived Friday for a political rally ...
Read More »Visa to invest $1 billion in Africa to accelerate digital transformation
During US-Africa Business Forum, Visa outlined a pledge to invest $1 billion in Africa by 2027 to scale operations, deploy new innovative technologies and deepen collaboration wit ...
Read More »East African MPs urge governments to increase agriculture budgets
Legislators from Eastern African parliaments have called on regional governments to allocate more funding to agriculture and livestock farming in order to address food insecurity. ...
Read More »Stop spying on spouse’s phones – Zambian president
Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema has urged his countrymen to stop checking on the phones of their spouses. His comments were part of a plea to try and curb divorce rates in t ...
Read More »Ethiopia’s Tigray rebels refute switch of leaders
A spokesperson for the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) has denied rumours that there had been a shake-up in its leadership structure in the wake of November’s peace deal w ...
Read More »Anger after Eswatini activist is gunned down at home
Many human rights campaigners, including opposition groups in Eswatini, have expressed their outrage on social media platforms following the brutal murder of a prominent pro-democ ...
Read More »Missing outspoken Cameroon journalist found dead
An outspoken Cameroonian radio journalist has been found dead, after he disappeared on Tuesday in a suspected abduction. Martinez Zogo was director of the privately owned Amplitud ...
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