70-year-old Ugandan woman gives birth to twins/in /by
"It's an extraordinary feat to give birth to twins" for a 70-year-old mother, Dr. Edward Tamale Sali, who supervised her pregnancy and delivery,
Ethiopia: Migrant returnees recount traumatic experiences in search of better life/in /by
"Many of our friends died on the road and a boat sank and many drowned in the sea. After we crossed the sea, in Yemen, we had a car accident. Many of our friends were injured and many lost their lives. We laid them on the road because there was no cemetery. Vultures preyed on their dead bodies."
Green Banks: game changer in climate finance? [Business Africa]/in /by
This week: Financial Revolution - Green Banks Leading the Climate Challenge; the Agrishare mobile app aims to simplify the lives of Ugandan farmers, and the boom in the used car market in Morocco.
Rescue operation for 15 lions in war-torn Sudan/in /by
"Many shells and bombs fell on the refuge, damaging the infrastructure and injuring some of the animals", continues the 39-year-old engineer.
Floods in Somalia: more than a million people displaced/in /by
More than a million people have been displaced by flooding caused by heavy rains that have been affecting Somalia for several weeks, the Somali president announced on Wednesday evening.
Nigeria: 4 soldiers and militiamen killed in a jihadist ambush/in /by
"ISWAP terrorists ambushed the patrol team and opened fire on them in Lingir village, leading to a shootout. There were so many of them that the team had to flee," it said. Musa Kaka, leader of an anti-jihadist militia in Monguno.
Malawians Pursue Opportunities in Israel Amid Economic Challenges/in /by
Hundreds of people have queued outside a hotel in the Malawi capital this week for a chance to work in Israel, wary of the war but willing to face the dangers to escape their own country's woes.
Empowering children with music and dance in Rwanda/in /by
The Sherrie Silver Foundation is training children and teenagers to dance and sing in Rwanda, as well as providing essential support to parents.
Bobi Wine in UK after alleged nine-year visa ban/in /by
"I am very glad to inform you that the ban against me from entering the UK has finally been overturned...
Uganda: 17 people died of anthrax in November/in /by
The Bacillus anthracis bacterium, which survives for decades in the form of spores in land where animals that have died of anthrax or carried the disease have been buried in the past, is transmissible to humans and potentially fatal in its rarest forms.