University of Nairobi Ranked Top in Research Publications
The University of Nairobi (UoN) has emerged as Kenya’s higher learning institution that has heavily invested in research, a study by CPS Research International indicates. The study, which was released Tuesday, indicates that UoN leads in the volume of publications, citations and referrals at 39.7 percent, followed by Kenyatta University, Moi University and Jomo Kenyatta […]
Portugal’s lingering influence in Zanzibar
Pemba, part of the Tanzanian archipelago of Zanzibar, recently held a week-long festival that revealed cultural influences dating back to the 16th Century when Portugal colonised the Spice Islands, writes Catherine Tilke. One of the highlights of the Pemba Bonanza Festival is “the kirumbizi”, a dance-cum-martial art, which has its origins in guerrilla training against […]
Big Barrels: The New Narrative on Africa’s Oil & Gas that is Captivating Global Markets
A year after its release, the global momentum created by the bestseller on Africa’s oil and gas industry, “Big Barrels: African Oil and Gas and the Quest for Prosperity”, has led to its re-launching in French, Spanish and German. “The narrative of the book makes its success,” explains author NJ Ayuk, a prominent African energy […]
African Development Bank President Adesina calls for emerging agriculture technologies to optimize farmers’ output
The President of the African Development Bank Group (www.afdb.org), Akinwumi Adesina, has made an urgent call to give farmers across the continent new technologies with the potential to transform agricultural production. Adesina said the technology transfer was needed immediately and that evidence from countries like Nigeria demonstrated that technology plus strong government backing was already […]
Video: Zimbabwe faces up to its painful past
After three decades of silence, people in Zimbabwe are finally speaking out about the brutal civil war that followed independence. It’s no longer taboo to mention the ethnic massacres of the 1980s – even though President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who ousted Robert Mugabe last year, was head of the security services at the time. As survivors […]
Jean-Pierre Bemba Returns to Submit Presidential Candidacy in DRC
Jean Pierre-Bemba has returned to the DR Congo for the first time in 11 years to submit his candidacy for the nation’s upcoming presidential election. He had spent most of the the last decade in custody for war crimes. One-time warlord and former Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba returned to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) […]
Uneasy silence in Harare streets after Zimbabwe’s military moves in, guns firing
Zimbabweans are eagerly awaiting the results of the presidential election after the ruling Zanu-PF party won the majority of seats in parliament. Follow the live update here: Watch this video of the moment when MDC supporters started protesting in capital Harare. An uneasy silence is settling over Zimbabwe’s capital after people fled military and other […]
Cambodia awaits results of poll that only Prime Minister Hun Sen can win
Hours after polls closed in Sunday’s vote, Cambodia’s ruling party claimed victory in a national election that rights groups criticised for voter intimidation and the absence of any significant challenger to Prime Minister Hun Sen. While official results in Sunday’s poll were not expected until mid-August, a spokesman for the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) […]
Zimbabwe’s President Mnangagwa Takes Election Campaign to Mugabe’s Hometown
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa took his election campaign to Chinhoyi, his predecessor’s hometown Tuesday, where he appealed for unity in the ruling party before the July 30th general election. Robert Mugabe did not attend the rally, and in fact has been completely absent from the campaign. In his slightly more than one-hour long speech, President […]
