Egyptian Foreign Minister to visit Eritrea
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry is expected to visit Eritrea on Wednesday in the first such visit by an Egyptian foreign minister in two decades.In a Tuesday statement, the Foreign Ministry said the planned visit reflected the “brotherly relations between Egypt and Eritrea.” An Eritrean source, meanwhile, said Shoukry would meet with Eritrean officials to […]
Search For A Safe Haven Took A Wrong Turn: From Israel To ISIS
What happened to Tesfai Kidane? The Eritrean migrant came to a tragic end in Libya at the hands of the Islamic State, but his family isn’t sure what path he took to get there or exactly where he was headed. At a time when unstable states are creating floods of refugees in the Middle East […]
The Sad Life of A Refugee: From Somalia to Sweden
The way Amin Amey tells it, the romance began with a headache. He had gone to buy painkillers in the market of Ifo, one of the five camps that make up the complex of Dadaab, the world’s largest refugee settlement. The pharmacy was next door to a tailor, on a side street strung with sacking […]
Threat to Expel Somali Refugees Softened
NAIROBI — President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya on Wednesday softened a threat to expel hundreds of thousands of Somali refugees within three months, saying there would be no forced repatriations. Mr. Kenyatta made the assurance following meetings with the top refugee official from the United Nations. He also met with Secretary of State John Kerry […]
City traffic plan unsuitable for Kenya: Sonko
Motorists may be forced to keep right while driving on Nairobi roads if the directive on city roundabouts is not withdrawn, a court was told on Wednesday. The court heard that a task force formed by the county government to restructure intersections at roundabouts relied on plans drawn by countries that use left-hand-drive cars to […]
Autonomy Bill Blocked, Mozambique Opposition Warns of Instability
MAPUTO (Reuters) – Mozambique’s main opposition party has warned of a growing risk of instability in the energy-rich nation after parliament rejected a bill that would have given it autonomous powers in regions where it has strong support. Renamo, which lost fractious national elections in October, put a bill before parliament last week that would […]
Earthrise – Mozambique Planting a Future
A rural community in northern Mozambique is putting forest conservation at the heart of their economy. According to the UN, South America and Africa lose forests at a faster rate than anywhere else in the world. After years of civil war Mozambique is trying to rebuild itself from the ruins, but the development comes at […]
Mugabe’s eleven key offside hate comments
The government has been struggling to defend the Kalanga slur by President Robert Mugabe that has torched a storm in social media corridors. Mugabe, in an address that was captured on video, blamed “uneducated” people from Matabeleland South — Kalangas in particular — for skipping the country to South Africa where they venture into petty […]
Zimbabwe asks West for financial support
ZIMBABWE has asked for financial support from the West for the first time in a decade at a meeting of Western diplomats and international lenders. Western nations, who accuse President Robert Mugabe’s government of election rigging and human rights abuses, have restricted funding to charities since 2002. But Zimbabwean government officials met Western ambassadors and […]
Minister Gives Telecel Zimbabwe ‘to friend and homie’
INFORMATION Communication Technology Minister Supa Mandiwanzira will force Telecel Zimbabwe’s largest shareholder, VimpelCom, to sell their shares to London-listed investment vehicle, Masawara, New Zimbabwe.com understands. Masawara is registered in the tax haven of Jersey and fronted locally by former TA Holdings chairman, Shingi Mutasa who, according to highly-placed sources outraged by the proposed deal, is […]
