War in Ukraine has opened avenues for African firms to supply UN with goods and services – report
African companies are ideally suited to supplying the United Nations with goods and services, especially air charters, as there is a big vacuum left by Russian and Ukrainian aviation companies following the conflict in Europe. These and other opportunities will come under the spotlight at the upcoming UN Procurement Summit...
Highly polluted Kenyan voter register found with nearly one million ‘uncounted’ for names, some dead
Kenya’s electoral agency says an ongoing audit of its voters’ roll has found the names of nearly 250,000 deceased voters on the register. Nearly half a million more voters were found to have duplicate records and more than 226,000 people were registered using documents that do not belong to them....
Kenya elections: TikTok flagged for stocking disinformation, hate speech, discriminatory, inciteful and synthetic content
TikTok is fuelling disinformation and political tension in Kenya ahead of its August 9 General Election, new research by Mozilla Foundation says. Mozilla made the conclusion after reviewing 130 highly watched videos sharing content filled with hate speech, incitement and political disinformation. This contradicts TikTok’s policy against hate speech and...
Liverpool look confident of peeling Nunez away from Benfica to add to their pool of dazzling stars
Liverpool have reached a “total agreement” over personal terms with Darwin Nunez, taking a big step towards a club-record transfer. Nunez has emerged as Liverpool’s likeliest attacking target in the wake of Sadio Mane’s potential exit. Manchester United have also been linked with the Benfica forward, but Wednesday has brought...
Report: Islamic States insurgents in Mozambique are no longer interested in killing, they only attack to get food
Bernardino Rafael is not prone to hyperbole, but his recent comments about the war on terrorism in northern Mozambique were optimistic. The general commander of the Mozambican police force was speaking to Rwandan troops at their post near the town of Chai when he extolled their coordinated efforts with state...
‘Be it from our taxpayers or from anyone, I have never stolen,’ embattled South African president theft allegations
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has hit back at allegations of improper conduct over large amounts of cash stolen from his wildlife farm in 2020. “Some are casting aspersions about me and money. I want to assure you that all this was money from proceeds from selling animals. I have...
How romantic romp with ex-Gabon president Bongo landed his love – former French beauty queen in hot soup
Nearly 13 years after the death of former Gabon President Omar Bongo, an investigation into the circumstances under which the strongman gifted a former French beauty queen of Rwandan origin, Sonia Rolland, has commenced in Paris. According to CNN, President Bongo and the former Miss France, had a romantic relationship...
Dubai police arrest Gupta brothers linked to former South African President Zuma looting case
Dubai police announced on Tuesday they arrested two brothers from the Gupta family, wanted over allegedly looting state money with former South African President Jacob Zuma. The arrest of Atul and Rajesh Gupta, who had lived for years in the sheikhdom, was the latest major extradition arrest by authorities in...
In Nigeria’s disappearing forests where loggers outnumber trees, a million hectares were rendered barren in 20 years
Deep in a forest in Nigeria’s Ebute Ipare village, Egbontoluwa Marigi sized up a tall mahogany tree, methodically cut it down with his axe and machete and as it fell with a crackling sound, he surveyed the forest for the next tree. Around him, the stumps dotting the swampy forest...
United Nations adopts resolution to combat piracy in Gulf of Guinea, dubbed most dangerous waters in the world
The United Nations Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution on combating piracy in West Africa. Norway and Ghana introduced the initiative and led the negotiation process leading up to the resolution, the Norwegian government said in a press release dated May 13. “The waters off West Africa are the...
