By Faith Barbara Namagembe Updated at 0845 EAT on 1st December 2021. Zimbabwe has reimposed a lockdown and mandatory quarantines for all travellers amidst rising Covid cases and to prevent the spread of the Omicron variant. The country has recorded over 130,000 Covid cases and about 4,700 deaths since the pandemic began early last year….
Category: African News
Kenya Suffering prolonged drought.
Absence of rainfall pushes pastoralists and their livestock to the brink of disaster, with 2.4 million people predicted to struggle to find food. By http://www.twitter.com/FaithNamagembe/ Published On 17 Nov 2021 at 0707 EAT. Wajir county, Kenya – As if in a macabre parade, cattle carcasses line the two sides of the dusty road leading into Biyamadow, a sleepy…
Ethiopia’s Internal War. How TPLF has over taken the Army.
By Faith Barbara Namagembe Updated at 0630 EAT on 18 November 2021. Once a formidable force that commanded the respect of the US, the Ethiopian army has suffered such heavy losses on the front lines that the government has taken the extraordinary step of calling on ordinary citizens to join the war against the Tigrayan…
UN staff detained in Ethiopia’s capital.
By Faith Barbara Namagembe Updated at 0836 EAT on 10 November 2021. The United Nations has said 16 of its Ethiopian staff have been detained in the country’s capital, Addis Ababa, with six others having been released. Speaking to reporters in New York on Tuesday, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said the world body was “actively…
Hundreds of people have crossed through the town of Bunagana to Uganda due to intense fighting in DRC.
By Faith Barbara Namagembe published On 9 November 2021 at 0850 EAT. Overnight, gunmen have seized the villages of Tshanzu and Runyoni, the last redoubts of the M23 group before their defeat years ago. Gunmen have seized at least two villages overnight in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) near the border with…
Government supporters make rallies against Tigrayan rebels
Protesters at a pro-military rally in Addis Ababa pledge to defend the capital from advancing rebel groups. Published On 7 Nov 2021 Updated at 2048 EAT by http://www.twiiter.com/FaithNamagembe Tens of thousands of Ethiopians have pledged to defend the capital from advancing rebels during a pro-military rally where attendees dismissed diplomatic efforts to end the year-long war….
A nationwide state of emergency declared by the Ethiopia
By Faith Barbara Namagembe On 2 Nov 2021 at 1850 EAT. Move comes after Tigrayan fighters said they had captured two strategic towns in Amhara region and considered marching on Addis Ababa. Ethiopia’s council of ministers has declared a nationwide state of emergency effective immediately, according to state media. The move on Tuesday came after fighters…
How acidic batteries are poisoning children in Kinshasa.
Hicginewsagency.com By Faith Barbara Namagembe Updated at 1924 EAT on 29 October 2021. Lead-acid batteries contain several kilogrammes of lead, a potent neurotoxin that is estimated to affect almost 24 million children in DR Congo. “I cook [melt] some of the lead and reuse it in the battery, some other parts I throw away,” said…
