By ronald sserwadda Sudan had the highest number of people facing extreme food shortages globally in 2023 due to conflict and displacement, according to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). Last year Sudan was responsible for two-thirds of an additional 13.5 million people who urgently needed help due to the war between rival…
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First deportation flights will leave UK for Rwanda in 10-12 weeks, Prime Minister Sunak pledges.
By ronald sserwadda U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledged Monday that the country’s first deportation flights to Rwanda could leave in 10-12 weeks as he promised to end the Parliamentary deadlock over a key policy promise before an election expected later this year. Sunak made the comments at a news conference, making his case…
Tunde Onakoya, a Nigerian, is attempting to break the record for the longest chess marathon.
by Ronald sserwadda In an attempt to break the record for the longest chess marathon, Nigerian chess master Tunde Onakoya is playing under the bright lights of Times Square in New York City. He aims to play for 58 consecutive hours and raise $1m (£805,000) for charity in the process. The money, he says,…
Kenya investigates crash that killed military chief, Francis Ogolla
Kenya’s government has sent a team to investigate the helicopter crash that killed military chief Gen Francis Ogolla and nine others. It was not immediately clear what caused the crash. Gen Ogolla was among 12 occupants of the military aircraft that went down on Thursday afternoon shortly after take off in the north-west of the…
Gen Francis Ogolla: Kenya helicopter crash kills country’s military chief.
Kenya’s military chief, Gen Francis Omondi Ogolla, has died after a military helicopter crashed in the west of the country, the president said. Gen Ogolla – Kenya’s highest ranking military officer – was in the helicopter alongside 11 other military personnel. Only two people survived. In a news conference, President William Ruto said it was…
Tens of millions facing hunger and water shortages as extreme drought sweep southern Africa.
An estimated 20 million people in southern Africa are facing what the United Nations calls”acute hunger” as one of the worst droughts in more than four decades shrivels crops, decimates livestock and, after years of rising food prices brought on by pandemic and war, spikes the price of corn, the region’s staple crop. Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe have all declared…
Kenyan health workers are on strike and what can be done about it.
Most of the beds at the labour ward of Kihara Level 4 Hospital on the outskirts of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, are empty. Only three are occupied out of more than a dozen. A nurse says the hospital is not taking in women who need a Caesarean as there is no doctor to perform the…
Togo constitution: Opposition says changes are presidential ‘power grab’
The opposition in Togo has denounced a proposed new constitution as a power grab, intended to extend the reign of President Faure Gnassingbé. The reforms would see the West African country move from a presidential to a parliamentary system. But the opposition says they are a ruse to keep Mr Gnassingbé – already in his…
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