here is your latest african news ethiopia ethiopia barry's unifying patriarch of orthodox church the
remains of the fourth patriarch of the ethiopian orthodox church abuna mercurius has been buried
the religious leader south from 1998 to 1991 fled his country for 27 years because of political
tensions and returned in 2018 to unite the split church he died on march 3rd he took over the
leadership of the church one of the world's oldest christian churches in the late 1980s after his
predecessor died of natural causes but the charge split in 1991 over the naming of a new patriarch
after the ethiopian people's revolutionary democratic front eprdf removed the dag
military government from power mercario seen as hostile to the new regime was forced to abdicate
and later escaped the country to settle in the united states where he led a breakaway charge
algeria algeria president bans expert of food algeria's president abdul majid taboon
has banned the export of foodstuffs that the country imports the state news agency
has said the commodities include sugar oil pasta semolina and wheat derivatives
a government source stated that the president called it economic sabotage
to sell commodities that the country does not produce locally the president's decision also
bans importation of frozen meat products algeria imports most of its food stuff
there have been protests in the past over increase in food prices in the country
mozambique cyclone gombe hits with major damage yet another cyclone dabbed cyclone gombe
hit nampula province with winds of 120 to 160 kilometers per hour and drain of 200 millimeters
the cyclone made landfall in mangikal district between ilha mozambique and angosh
it continued west into malawi the heavy winds caused extensive damage to buildings with more
than 3 thousand homes destroyed and many trees uprooted of 23 districts in nampola province
16 have no electricity at least 12 people were feared dead many zones are still inaccessible this
comes only a few days after cyclone anna hit the same area killing 38 and destroying 12 000 houses
kenya hubble plants faced extinction in some regions due to destruction of indigenous trees
for centuries the use of hubble medicinal products and supplements
has increased tremendously with most people relying on them for some part
of primary health care despite the adoption of a modern health system in kenya's nandi county
majority of the locals still prefer seeking medical attention from the habalists the hubble
medicines which were once in plenty can hardly be found these days the degradation of the natural
resources is as a result of rising population and human activities including logging for charcoal
locals have also been removing indigenous plants from their settlement and growing exotic trees
like cypress and [ __ ] for commercial purposes because they mature faster habilis in the region
are now forced to crisscross other regions in search of harper medicines due to the fact that
government forests are the only places where one can get the medicinal trees for extraction
zimbabwe the zimbabwean president wants kenya's help in lifting western sanctions
zimbabwe's president was in kenya to meet his counterpart president uhuru kenyatta
as the two countries are seeking to strengthen bilateral ties
the two presidents signed seven memoranda of understanding on diplomatic consultations tourism
and wildlife conservation civil aircraft accidents and serious incidence investigations other points
of discussions included women empowerment and community development youth affairs cooperatives
sports and recreation activities mnangagwa was reportedly also in a ruby more importantly to
lobby kenya a member of the un security council into helping the country get rid of sanctions as
well as getting assurances that kenya will not be a sanctuary for zimbabwean opposition politicians
tanzania multi-billion road projects to be a hub for the country's business
the country's capital the doma will soon be a hub of business in east and central africa
thanks to the ambitious 215 million u.s dollar dodoma city outer ring road project
which is expected to open business and investment space between tanzania and other african countries
the project which will see the country ripping benefits in the economy through the wax and
transport sectors has drawn massive attention from economic pundits and normal tanzanians
on february 9 2022 president samia sulu hassan laid the foundation stone for the 112.3 kilometer
road project where she paid tribute to the african development bank afdb group for providing funding
for the project which is expected to transform the face and image of the country's capital dodoma
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