Apathy rocks Kenya voter registration as eligible youth protest MPs’ astronomical salaries, endemic poll bangling
When Kenya descended into post-violence after the disputed 2007 presidential election, nearly all, if not all, of the approximately six million potential news voter the elections body expected to enrol in the ongoing mass voter registration were just under the age of five. Then the 2013 presidential poll was again...
Ethiopia tells Addis Ababa residents to prepare to defend city as it looks to fall to advancing Tigray army
Authorities in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Tuesday urged residents to prepare to defend their neighbourhoods after forces from Tigray region, who have been fighting the central government for a year, indicated they could advance on the city. People should register their weapons and gather in their neighbourhoods, the...
Kenya President tells conference the African nation has a plan for low carbon emissions by 2030
Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta has called on leaders of wealthier nations to take into consideration the “special needs and circumstances of Africa” in the fight against climate change. Addressing the world at COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, he said Kenya has developed a plan to maintain low carbon development trajectory...
Deposed Sudan Prime Minister Hamdok wants to be reinstated with his government
Sudan’s deposed Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok says the reinstatement of his government, dissolved in a military coup, could pave the way to a solution in the country, the information ministry said, as international mediation progressed to end the political crisis. Hamdok spoke on Monday during a meeting at his home,...
Abdul Qadeer Khan: Nuclear bomb scientist idolised in Pakistan for matching richer nations in defence technology dies
Scientists designing weapons of mass destruction are usually hidden from the public, watched by security and intelligence agencies. Rarely are they powerful celebrities who give interviews and publish their research. Abdul Qadeer Khan, the materials scientist who smuggled nuclear-weapons technology into and then out of Pakistan, attended scientific conferences and...
