Rumba Royale: How Congolese Film Explores Colonial Legacy Through Music
While Swahili-speaking music is experiencing a growing regional influence, especially through Bongo Flava or Afro-fusional fusions, artists from Central Africa are increasingly interested in it.
U.S companies to soon start investing in Libya
As far as the Donald Trump advisor is concerned, Tripoli remains a pivotal regional partner to the United States.
South Sudanese people are committing suicide en masse
Whether it is due to depression or any other reason, but South Sudanese are currently committing suicide at an alarming rate, with over 12 people killing themselves within just a week.
So many people in Juba seem to be taking their own lives almost on daily…
Over 2.3 million Babies are born in Tanzania every year, but the country has only 350 pediatrics
The chairperson of Pediatric Association of Tanzania (PAT), Dr Theopista Jacob points out that, due to shortage of such clinical specialists, a single doctor is forced to serve over 100,000 newborn babies.
U.S Embassy warns of possible church attacks in DR Congo
According to the U.S security advisory, should any of the Americans need emergency assistance, they should contact the Consular Section using the provided after-hours phone numbers.
Polygamous marriages to drive Africa’s episcopal Conference agenda in Kigali
To be held in the Kigali City of Rwanda, the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) runs under the theme of ‘Christ, Source of Hope, Reconciliation and Peace.’
Wetlands: Nature’s superheroes that need protection
Although they cover about 6 percent of the earth’s land surface area, they are home to about 40 percent of all plants and animal species, including birds which rely on these sites for breeding, feeding and resting during migration.
One Year On, Have We Learned Anything from the CrowdStrike Outage?
With airlines to healthcare, and financial services to government being affected, the impacts on people were felt far and wide – with banking apps out of action and hospitals having to cancel non-urgent surgeries.
East African Community Countries disrupting their own Common External Tariff agreement
Both Stays of Applications and Specific Duty Revisions have been found to undermine the East African Community's Customs Union by disrupting the uniform application of import duties that are supposed to be charged consistently across all EAC Partner States.
Tanzania gets warmer in August as Rains pound Uganda, Western Kenya and South Sudan
But there are high chances of 'wetter than usual,' conditions expected over most parts of the northern sector of the region, western Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda in August to October with drier than usual conditions expected over central to north-eastern South Sudan