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Suspected ADF Rebels Kill Dozens In Northeast DR Congo
UN sources have revealed at least 30 people were killed in a weekend attack in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Sources are suspecting the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebel group of carrying out the attack in the Ituri area on Saturday. Dieudonne Malangayi, acting chairman of the chiefdom of Walese Vonkutu, initially…
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Tanzania Secures Nearly $600M From IMF For COVID Relief
Tanzania would receive $567m from the International Monetary Fund for emergency support to finance a COVID-19 vaccination campaign and meet the health and social costs of the pandemic, according to an IMF statement. The IMF board approved on Tuesday a disbursement of $189m to Tanzania under its Rapid Credit Facility (RCF), as well as $378m…
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Scores Of Villages Killed In Ethiopia’s Amhara Region, Officials Say
Local officials have said more than 120 civilians were massacred in Ethiopia’s Amhara region earlier this month by Tigray forces, but the group from neighbouring Tigray have denied their involvement. The killings in Chenna village, near the town of Dabat, took place in early September, according to Sewnet Wubalem, the local administrator in Dabat, and…
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What We Know About The New C.1.2 Variant
A new coronavirus variant has been identified in South Africa referred to as the C.1.2 variant. Though not yet classified as a variant of interest or concern by the World Health Organization (WHO), the variant is drawing the attention of scientists due to the number and types of mutations it contains and the speed at…
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South Africa Reports Steady Economic Recovery In Q2
Though South Africa’s economic growth margin is still considered stuck in its longest downward cycle since World War II at below 3%, recent reports show the economy has quickened in the second quarter of 2021 as restrictions to contain the coronavirus pandemic were eased. According to Statistics South Africa, gross domestic product expanded 1.2% in the…
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How Accurately Is Suicide Portrayed In Nigeria?
Taiwo’s decomposing corpse was found hanging from his rusty brown coloured ceiling fan in his one-bedroom apartment in Igando, a suburb in Lagos Nigeria. A short note was found two days later by his devasted younger sister. “I am sorry but my country has failed me,” the note read. One in every 100 deaths worldwide…
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Congo To Assume OPEC Presidency In 2022
Congo is the third-largest oil producer in sub-Saharan Africa after Nigeria and Angola, with an estimated production of 336,000 barrels of crude oil per day. With 2.9 billion barrels of oil reserves and 10 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, Congo is more than ready to take over from its sitting neighbour Angola, come 2022.…
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Coup Leaders In Guinea Bars Foreign Travel For Government Officials
Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya, the controversial coup leader in Guinea has barred all government officials from leaving the country until further notice. Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya, a former French legionnaire officer on Sunday overthrew Alpha Conde who has been president for over a decade. Doumbouya told a gathering of Conde’s ministers, including the prime minister and top…
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Aluminium Prices Surges To A 10-Year High As Conflict In Guinea Grows
Aluminium prices have climbed to the highest in more than a decade as political unrest in Guinea fuels concerns over the supply of raw material needed to make the metal. On Monday, prices of aluminium in London notched a fresh 10-year high and futures in China climbed to the highest since 2006 following a coup…
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What You Need To Know About The Survival Fund Scheme
The Nigerian government in a recent statement revealed it had disbursed N56 billion within a year to over 1,079,323 persons and small business owners to protect them from the potential vulnerabilities brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the minister of state, industry, trade and investment, Maryam Katagum, exactly N56,842,780,000.00 have been disbursed to business…