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africa wide reflecting on the needs of
africa's working
mothers workplace inequalities and
cultural restrictions
and obligations mean that working
mothers must often make a choice
between staying at home with children or
fully
showing up at work for many african
mothers the compromise usually involves
decelerating their career growth or
shying away from additional
responsibilities in the workplace
no wonder the rise in gender gap at
senior levels across sectors remains
so so wide now is the time to go beyond
the normal
and empower africa's working mothers for
up
shared prosperity which can only be
achieved if
more room is made for women at the
leadership table
south sudan president dissolved
parliament
as part of a peace deal south sudan's
president
salva kier has dissolved parliament
opening the way for lawmakers from
opposing
sides of the country's civil war to be
appointed
under a 2018 peace
accord kiera's decision was announced on
public television on saturday
evening but no date was given as to when
the new parliament
will begin their work the setting up of
a new legislative body was part of an
accord
that was signed back in september 2018
between kier and vice president rick
makar
for years on opposing sides during the
five-year
civil war rwanda and south africa
rwanda and south africa set to begin
development
and manufacturing of covet 19 vaccines
in africa
faced with what is described as vaccine
nationalization
and export restrictions on
pharmaceutical products
africa is feeling exposed prompting the
need to push
for african-based solutions south africa
and rwanda have already taken
bold steps toward the manufacturing of
covet 19 vaccines within the continent
really exciting stuff south africa zulu
queen's eldest son
named the next monarch prince miso zulu
zulu the eldest son of south africa's
late
zulu king goodwill's willitini and his
recently departed regent queen
has been named the next monarch as a
succession battle plays itself out
within the royal family the 46 year old
prince was named
the heir to the throne in the last will
of queen
which was read out at the royal palace
this past friday since the death of the
late queen who was
zwelitini's third wife and the sister of
esswatini's
iii various factions in the royal family
have sought to put forward
their own candidates to claim the throne
ethiopia voters decide ethiopia's
election credibility
not eu say scholars ethiopian social
democratic party president prof beanie
petras said the absence of eu election
observers does not have
any negative impact on the election
process as they were playing
insignificant roles during the precious
elections
apart from adding fuel to confrontations
prof bienna further said
that he had never seen the ones who have
come
as observers including the european
union election observers
effectively discharging their
responsibilities during the last
elections
instead they had acted as tourists
coming for refreshments and leaving the
main agenda aside
chad chad claims win over rebels after
president debbie's death
the military in chad has claimed victory
against
northern rebels following weeks of
fighting
the conflict against libya-based rebels
threw the country into crisis
when president idris debbie died after
being wounded on the front line last
month
the military takeover under the
leadership of mr debbie's son
has been condemned by the opposition and
civil society groups leading to protests
sunday's victory parade was aimed at
boosting the popularity of the chadian
military
at a time of great uncertainty in the
country
kenya kenya's tea production
at risk over climate change a new report
says that climate change
threatens to cause a dramatic fall in
the output of black tea
from the world's biggest producer kenya
suggests that tea production in kenya
could fall
just over a quarter by 2050.
other tea producing nations such as your
india sri lanka
and even china will also be affected by
rising temperatures
and unpredictable weather conditions
researchers warned that the change in
climate could
also affect the taste and the smell
of tea latest covert 19 statistics
as of may 10 confirmed cases of curved
19 from 55
african countries reached 4 632
506 reported deaths in africa reached
124
394 while 4 million 148
673 people have recovered thank goodness
and 13 443 900 vaccinations have been
administered south africa anger as
amazon builds headquarters on sacred
land an indigenous group in south africa
has condemned a decision to go ahead
with a multi-million dollar development
in cape town which will include the
african headquarters of online giants
amazon the koi community says the site
known as the river club is on sacred
land
they're thought to have been the first
to inhabit the area about 2 000 years
ago
and wanted recognized as a world
heritage
location africa white africa condemns
violence against palestinians in east
jerusalem
african countries have come out to
condemn the rising tensions in east
jerusalem
over the possible eviction of
palestinian families
that are living in the sheikh jarrah
neighborhood african governments are in
solidarity with the palestinian people
calling on the israeli forces to end
their violent acts against palestinians
and are urging the international
community to continue
supporting the palestinian people
through the implementation of relevant
united nations regulations
and all other such agreements
sierra leone rediscovered coffee could
boost farmers livelihoods
scientists have rediscovered rare wild
coffee species in sierra leone
with tolerance to high temperatures and
fine taste
potentially setting the region on course
to staging a
comeback in the global coffee industry a
study says
the rediscovery of lost coffee
stenophila in sierra leone after years
of searching could
be a game changer in an industry
currently dominated
by coffee arabica species which faces
threats from climate change
botswana zambia new botswana zambia
bridge
a boon for the region botswana and
zambia have inaugurated a road and rail
bridge
linking the two different countries
marking the completion of a
multi-million dollar project
aimed at easing a congestion at border
crossings
and boosting trade stretching for 923
meters
some 3 000 feet over the zambezi river
the curved kazungula bridge provides a
long
needed alternative route for years
the bridge will lower the cost of doing
business will
increase trade and create jobs in the
region
nigeria nigerian security forces rescue
30 individuals kidnapped by gunmen
nigerian security forces on monday
rescued 30 persons who were kidnapped
while praying inside a mosque
in the country's northwestern states of
zamfara
according to the police a joint security
operation comprising of the army
police and other allied security
agencies
led to the rescue of the victims of the
kidnapping
really good news djibouti flood walls
and
forests help djibouti adapt to climate
change
climate change is leading to
unpredictable rainfall in
djibouti with devastating droughts and
floods
both on the rise the government is
taking action to adapt
supported by the united nations
environment program
the authorities built an almost two
kilometer long wall
technically referred to as a dyke to
refend gona
marsaki's neighborhood from the floods
the success of the initiative has now
led to the approval of a much larger
almost
10 million dollar project in djibouti's
tajura
and de kill regions africa wide
dangotes still africa's richest
man for the 10th time nigeria's
entrepreneurial giant
and richest black man on earth mr aliko
dangote
has retained his position as the richest
man in africa
with a net worth of 12.1
billion us dollars mozambique
portugal to send another 60 troops to
mozambique
on a training mission former colonialist
portugal will send a further 60 troops
to mozambique
as part of a new cooperation agreement
aimed at
helping the country to tackle an islamic
state-linked insurgency
in its north portugal's defence minister
has said the eu is also planning on
sending about
200 or 300 eu soldiers to mozambique on
a training mission
egypt egypt's suez canal to be expanded
after a blockage
egypt plans for the suez canal announced
to widen
and deepen the southern parts of the
suez canal where a
hulking vessel ran aground and closed
off the crucial waterway
and this was in march the plan includes
widening the canal's
southernmost stretch by about 40 meters
to the east
and the side of the sinai peninsula
that segment would also be deepened to
about
72 feet from the current 66 feet
in depth 30 kilometers in width
the double lane stretch of the canal
will also be extended
from 60 to 82 kilometers allowing more
vessels to pass through
the particular canal uganda uganda
deploys troops ahead of museveni
inauguration
ugandan security operations have ramped
up around the capital ahead of today's
inauguration of president
yoweri museveni that includes tight
security around the home of opposition
leader
bobby wein who accused the government of
fraud in january's
election the security measures seem to
be a warning to the opposition
from authorities rwanda
african-american rapper jay cole is set
to play
for rwanda in african basketball league
american rapper jay cole is set to play
professional basketball for rwandan
side patriots the team will play
nigeria's
rivers hoopers on sunday opening the
first
ever basketball africa league b-a-l
rumors of the signing began when the
musician whose full name is jermaine
lamar cole was seen in the rwandan
capital
of kigali at the weekend the team's
coach ellen major
then confirmed the news to state
broadcaster rwanda tv
on monday interesting news zimbabwe
photographer tamari codita on winning a
sony world photography award
zimbabwean photographer tamari kudita
was named
open photographer of the year at the
2021 sony world photography awards
her portrait image titled african
victorian one in the category which
honors single images
tamari stated that she's using her craft
to tell the stories of
misrepresented people
guinea negotiations with china turn
complicated
over semandal iron ore project
the shareholders of winning consortium
samandao
the guinea authorities and their
operational as well as financial
partners have long been engaged in
discussions
which are still far from over however
construction on the mega
project's first piece of infrastructure
was finally launched on 23rd of
march one year and three months after
the sino
singaporean guinean consortium was
awarded
its mining licenses the aim of this
project is to develop
samandao the continent's largest iron
ore deposit
africa wide observers from ikoa's
regional block in
mali to assess the government's progress
observers from the economic community of
west
african countries ecowas regional bloc
met on tuesday to discuss the mali
transitional government's progress on
the electoral calendar
for the upcoming presidential elections
the authorities have just announced
an electoral timetable with the first
round of presidential and parliamentary
elections on the 27th of february
2022 and a constitutional referendum on
the 31st
of october drc
four billion dollars lost from dubious
contracts with israeli businessmen
the democratic republic of congo drc
may have lost nearly four billion
dollars as a result of dubious mining
and oil contracts signed with israeli
businessman
dan gertler analysis of
public financial data shows that between
2003
and 2021 the drc has lost 1.95
billion us dollars in revenue if nothing
is done to stop this hemorrhage an
additional 1.76 billion dollars
in royalties could escape the state
coffers between 2021
and 2039. the new president felix
shiseidi has not yet taken any steps to
investigate
mr gertle's mining transactions while
the country
desperately needs this money to rebuild
its economy
senegal celebrating senegal's
revolutionary icon
omar london diop on may 11 1973
senegalese revolutionary activist omar
blondin diop was declared
dead in a prison at gori island off the
coast of senegalese capital
dakar his life and tragic death have
remained a potent symbol
of the revolutionary struggle in senegal
diop is upheld as a martyr
of neocolonialism ethiopia
streamlining turmeric production as a
gainful cash crop
ethiopia is a country endowed with many
spice products
by adding values to spiced products and
processing parts of them the nation
exports
spice to various parts of the world
spice is
therefore one area that helps the
country to gain
foreign currency income turmeric is one
of the top listed spices
in ethiopia which produces in
the south nation and partly in aromia
states
little producers are partly processing
turmeric
and supplying for the international
markets producing turmeric both in
quality
and quantity and expanding market
destinations is quite
imperative to up the income from the
export
and make the farmers benefit more from
this particular trade
kenya getting paid to sleep on the job
a company advertises a 1060
sleeping job we all know of a friend or
a close relative who takes sleep quite
seriously and would nap at the slightest
opportunity each night a mattress review
company might be looking for that friend
of yours
the company recently advertised five
positions of nap reviewers who will be
paid
1060 us dollars each to participate
in a 30-day survey the five will take
part in a number of experiments to test
theories
such as the best duration of a nap to
feel nice and refreshed
the effects of napping when you're
fatigued
memory motivation and even productivity
zimbabwe ex-first lady accused of
improper
mugabe burial former zimbabwe's first
lady grace
mugabe has been summoned to appear
before a traditional court over the
improper burial of the late president
robert mugabe the former first lady is
being accused of having gone
against local culture by burying her
husband at a
family homestead instead of a place
that's chosen by his relatives
and his mother in a letter from
chief zimba the traditional chief of
mugabe's home
home region mrs mugabe is being required
to exhume the late president's body
so that he can be re-buried according to
the culture of the zvimba people
she has also been asked to pay a fine of
quetzal
and a goat for the violation
sierra leone government
moves to end the death penalty
the government of sierra leone will move
to end the death penalty in the country
deputy justice minister omaru napoleon
coroma
said on wednesday once the legislation
goes to parliament
and gets approved that will end the
story of the death
penalty president of the sierra leone
bar association edina michaela swallow
took part in a round table discussion on
the abolition of the death penalty
he spoke about the need for the
abolition adding
that there is no proven justification
that the death penalty can actually
deter crimes
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