Inside Zimbabwe’s sleaze empire: New report details how president’s men are bleeding the country
Reports on corruption and state capture in Zimbabwe are coming out thick and fast. In the latest instalment on governing Zanu-PF government, a new report released last week lays bare the burgeoning offshore business empire owned by Kudakwashe Tagwirei, who is rated as Zimbabwe’s richest businessperson and a close ally...
Journalist’s notebook: I saw a woman gang-raped, uterus burned with hot metal rod, so no Tigrayan womb can give birth
Lucy Kassa is an Ethiopian journalist whose reporting on the war in Tigray has exposed massacres, sexual violence, man-made starvation, and other grave human rights abuses. She has been attacked and threatened for her work, but has refused to stay silent. Here, she reflects on the emotional toll of covering...
Ugandan war criminal termed ‘Jesus carrying the cross for everyone and what they have done’
In May this year, the International Criminal Court sentenced Dominic Ongwen, a former senior commander of Uganda’s notorious Lord’s Resistance Army, to 25 years in prison on more than 60 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Ongwen’s conviction was a landmark. It was the first ICC prosecution of...
Congo Brazzaville plans to launch gas master plan at African Energy Week
The Ministry of Hydrocarbons of the Republic of Congo will launch the country’s comprehensive Gas Master Plan (GMP) at the African Energy Week (AEW) 2021 scheduled for November in Cape Town, South Africa. The master plan comprises a framework that aims to incentivise the development of and investment in the...
Climate activists oppose oil exploration, call for a fossil free Virunga in new film
Climate activists in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have expressed strong opposition to plans for oil exploration in the Virunga National Park. In a short film titled Fossil Free Virunga that was released by 350Africa.org worldwide today, the activists raised concerns with the environmental impacts, as well as the...
GE Healthcare props DR Congo fight against Covid with mobile X-ray units and ECG machines
GE Healthcare will partner with the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of Congo to deliver mobile X-ray units and ECG machines to support the fight Covid-19. The essential medical equipment will play an important role in supporting the diagnosis and the management of Covid-19, in a country where...
Tanzanian brewer unveils $10 million drink campaign to keep beer pipeline open
Serengeti Breweries Limited (SBL) has kicked off a campaign that will cost the company Tsh2.3 billion ($10 million) to keep bars and eateries in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam open as the eastern nation struggles to rein in the impact wrought by the coronavirus pandemic. The campaign will be...
Pressure piles on banks to match demand as appetite for financial services in Africa expands
Across Africa, all banking and payment channels are showing positive growth – from ATM usage through to mobile wallets. The key challenge for banks is to equip themselves so that they can provide a range of channel options and meet consumer demand. A quick snapshot of banking and payment trends...
Black In X: African-American academics mount efforts to uproot racism from science
In the wake of global protests against anti-Black racism last year, a movement emerged to celebrate Black scientists and fight systemic oppression in academia. Researchers in fields across science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) worldwide, but especially in the United States, rallied around social-media hashtags and attended online community events....
South African court orders former President Zuma to jail for contempt
South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma has been found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to 15 months in prison for defying a court order to appear before an inquiry probing wide-ranging allegations of corruption during his tenure from 2009 to 2018. Zuma was not in court for the...
