By Cecilia Macaulay E K Benj & Aleem Maqbool Pope Francis has celebrated one of his biggest Masses, with around a million attendees in Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital, estimates say. Huge crowds started to gather in Kinshasa well before dawn, including scores of schoolgirls dressed in white who danced along the Pope’s route. A…
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30-year-old defies Ebola lockdown to pass exam
A 30-year-old has joined hundreds of the PLE candidates in celebrating success after defying the Ebola lockdown setback to pass all his papers.Mr Tom Tumusiime, a father of three children and resident of Lusalira Village, Kibalinga Sub-county in Mubende District, scored Agg 27 with a Credit 6 in English, Pass 7 (Science), Pass 7 (SST)…
Tunisia votes again for a parliament stripped of power by the president
Tunisians voted again on Sunday in elections for a parliament stripped of its powers, the final pillar of President Kais Saied’s remake of politics in the birthplace of the Arab Spring. The second-round vote comes as the North African country grapples with a grave economic crisis and deep political divisions over Saied‘s July 2021 power grab. Some 262 candidates, including just…
German chancellor says he won’t send fighter jets to Ukraine
By Antoinette Radford The German chancellor has ruled out sending fighter jets to Ukraine, just days after committing to supplying tanks. In an interview with a German newspaper, Olaf Scholz warned against a bidding war for weapons. But Ukraine has asked allied nations to create a “fighter jet coalition” to bolster their capabilities. The US…
Mo Ibrahim foundation report: African governance ‘backslides’ on democracy
The latest report on African governance by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation rates the continent as less secure than it was a decade ago. Africa is considered more vulnerable to the effects of the war in Ukraine. DW digs deeper. “Africa’s overall governance score has flatlined since 2019, and in 2021 much of Africa is less…
Trump to return to Facebook after two-year ban
The US social media giant has called the suspension ‘extraordinary decision taken in extraordinary circumstances’. The social media giant Meta has announced that it is ending a two-year suspension of former United States President Donald Trump from its Facebook and Instagram platforms. Calling the suspension an “extraordinary decision taken in extraordinary circumstances”, Meta issued a press release on its…
It’s ‘now or never’ to reverse Japan’s population crisis, prime minister says
By Jessie Yeung , E K Benj and Junko Ogura, Updated 5:07 AM EST, Tue January 24, 2023 Tokyo— Japan’s prime minister issued a dire warning about the country’s population crisis on Monday, it was “on the brink of not being able to maintain social functions” due to the falling birth rate. In a policy…
Uganda approves construction license for $3.5 billion crude oil pipeline
By EK Benj & Reuters – Updated at 0540 EAT on Wednesday 25th January 2023 Uganda has approved an application by a company controlled by TotalEnergies to construct a 3.5 billion U.S. dollar oil pipeline that will transport the country’s crude to international markets, Godfrey Kabbyanga, the state minister for information, said in a statement…
