HARARE (Xinhua) — China’s relationship with Africa has widened the continent’s development options and helped transfer knowledge to many African countries through people-to-people engagements, Zimbabwean economic analyst and political commentator Dereck Goto said Thursday. Responding to questions from Xinhua ahead of Africa Day, which falls on May 25 every year, Goto said China has introduced...
KIGALI, Rwanda- Felicien Kabuga, accused of financing the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, died in a hospital in The Hague, Netherlands, the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) announced Saturday. In a statement, the mechanism said the medical officer of the United Nations Detention Unit (UNDU) was immediately notified, while Dutch authorities...
More than 120 teachers who were educating the children of displaced families in the southern Somali city of Baidoa are out of work and struggling to support their families after aid cuts forced the closure of eight schools. The schools in internal displacement camps in Bookay area north of Baidoa were providing education to around...
By Juliana Kim, Emma Bowman; NPR Mansour Kaziha was the mosque’s shopkeeper known for letting children take candy for free. Nadir Awad was funny, cheerful and regularly went to the mosque to pray. And Amin Abdullah was a dedicated security guard who greeted people with a bright smile and the occasional sage life advice. Until recently, all...
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization on Tuesday expressed concern over the “scale and speed” of an outbreak of a rare type of Ebola known as Bundibugyo in eastern Congo, where authorities reported 134 suspected deaths and more than 500 suspected cases. The virus spread undetected for weeks after the first known...
Bosaso (WDN) – Shock and grief swept through the port city of Bosaso on Tuesday morning after former Puntland lawmaker and former deputy minister Yusuf Bootaan Ciise was brutally killed in what authorities describe as a tragic domestic incident. According to initial reports, the killing was allegedly carried out by the deceased’s son, Mohamed Yusuf...
Mogadishu (WDN)- Concern is rapidly growing among Somalis over the role of Turkey in Somalia’s deepening political crisis. Many citizens, political stakeholders, and observers believe that the Turkish government is increasingly aligning itself with President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud at a time of heightened uncertainty and political tension, particularly following the expiration of the current administration’s...
NAIROBI (Xinhua) — African parliamentarians on Friday began a three-day meeting in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, to explore ways of reducing methane emissions while safeguarding economic growth. The conference, the first-ever regional meeting in Africa dedicated specifically to methane, is organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the Parliament of Kenya, in cooperation with Climate...
GENEVA- UN agencies warned Friday that Somalia is facing a rapidly worsening hunger crisis that could push parts of the country toward famine without urgent humanitarian action and increased international funding. In a joint statement, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), UNICEF and the World...
(ERGO)– Habibo Abdirahman Ali, a displaced mother of seven living in Hilaac camp in Mogadishu’s Garasbaley district, closed her small shop selling fresh produce on 17 April after traders refused to accept payment owed using the five million Somali shillings she had saved in notes. For years, the business had been the family’s only source of...