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First Lady Jill Biden arrives in Namibia for five day Africa visit/in /by
She's expected to promote the empowerment of Africa's women and its youth as well as the hunger ravaging the drought-prone Horn of Africa region.
Warning of almost a million malnourished children in Kenya this year/in /by
In total, more than 5.4 million Kenyans will likely experience drought-triggered acute food insecurity this year, an international initiative warns.
We take a look at the numbers behind Nigeria’s elections/in /by
Nigeria is the continent's most populated state and this election has over 176,000 polling stations.
First EU-Kenya Business Forum concludes in Nairobi/in /by
An EU funding package for Kenya's TradeMark Africa was signed to facilitate a five-year programme that will boost Kenya’s exports
Tanzania Approves $3.5 Billion Pipeline Project/in /by
The 1,443-kilometre (900-mile) pipeline will transport crude from vast oilfields being developed in Lake Albert in northwestern Uganda to a Tanzanian port on the Indian Ocean.
Fighting resumes in Somaliland as tens of thousands flee/in /by
The violence began on February 6th when Dhulbahante clan elders reportedly issued a declaration saying they were no longer part of Somaliland.
Somali forces respond as ten civilians killed in jihadist attack in Mogadishu/in /by
In recent months, the Somali army and local clan militias have retaken chunks of territory from the militants in an operation backed by US air strikes and an African Union force known as ATMIS
Nigeria’s Tinubu rallies in Lagos powerbase before election/in /by
Nigeria's ruling party candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday took the last lap of his presidential campaign to his Lagos power base, where he received a triumphant welcome at a packed stadium.
Protesters take to the streets to protest Sudan’s military rule/in /by
Sudan has been politically unstable since an uprising overthrew its longtime autocratic ruler Omar al-Bashir in 2019.
Africa’s longest river is under threat/in /by
The Nile is essential to millions of people, including in Sudan. But it could vanish due to factors including rising sea levels resulting in saltwater intrusion downstream. 85-year-old farmer Ahmed Abakr already suffers from changing water levels.