Top UN official calls for greater political investment in South Sudan ahead of elections set for December
With both IGAD and the AU having expressed support for the elections the UN “will, therefore, offer as much support as possible in line with its mandate,” he said, stressing the importance of having the requisite architecture to ensure that polls are peaceful and credible.
Gaza Strip health facilities forced to attend to unprecedented numbers of malnourished babies
The worsening hunger crisis has intensified criticism of Israel on the world stage, including from U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, whose country is Israel’s staunchest ally. She said on Sunday that people in Gaza were starving, calling on Israel to do more to significantly increase the flow of aid.
South Africa’s financial capital Johannesbourg hosts new form of tourists – roaming buffalos
The buffaloes disappeared soon after their highway stroll, but security and risk assessment company Bidvest Protea Coin helped authorities hunt them down with a helicopter armed with an infrared camera.
Student pilot and trainer killed in air collision with passenger aircraft over Kenya’s capital
The 39 passengers and five crew members were all unharmed, the airline said. The aircraft, bound for Diani on Kenya’s coast, had “experienced a loud bang soon after take-off”, it said.
Ghana’s president defers action on anti-gay bill as he fears it imperils IMF, World Bank funding
On Monday, Ghana’s Ministry of Finance warned that the bill puts $3.8 billion in World Bank funding at risk and likely would derail the $3 billion International Monetary Fund bailout programme agreed to in 2023 and negatively affect the local currency’s exchange rate.
This man ‘Barbeque’ Cherizier: Haitian gangs’ king who’s sworn to ‘eat’ PM Ariel Henry for lunch
In the wake of Moise’s murder, the security situation in Haiti deteriorated further. Cherizier catapulted the G9 alliance to international notoriety after taking control of Haiti’s main fuel port, essentially holding the country hostage as transport was frozen and hospitals lost their energy supplies.
New survey shows Kenya’s business activity experienced marginal expansion since August
Inflation fell to 6.3 per cent year-on-year in February from 6.9 per cent a month earlier, data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics showed.
Israel ramps up criticism of UN agency in Gaza as it alleges 450 of its staff are Hamas militants
The only allegation communicated to him verbally was about 12 UNRWA staffers alleged to have participated in the October 7 attacks, he said, and they appeared so serious that they were fired, and two UN-ordered investigations are underway.
China unveils plan to drive economic growth above 5 per cent annually, IMF forecasts 3.5 per cent shrink
China started the year with a stock market rout and deflation at levels unseen since the global financial crisis of 2008-09. The property crisis and local government debt woes persisted, increasing pressure on China’s leaders to come up with new economic policies.
US sanctions Zimbabwe president over ‘criminal network of government officials and businesspeople’
Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo said the changes to Zimbabwe’s sanctions regime “are intended to make clear what has always been true: our sanctions are not intended to target the people of Zimbabwe.”
