Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings Writes
This week marks the 23rd anniversary of the Rwanda genocide and our prayers are with the people of Rwanda whose foundations were shattered and who are still healing from this terrible genocide over...
Tag: Landlocked countries
Crop-Destroying Armyworm Caterpillars Spread To Uganda
A plague of crop-destroying fall armyworm caterpillars has spread to East Africa where officials confirmed their presence for the first time in Uganda on Friday. An outbreak of the caterpillars in...
Africa’s Top Hashtags of 2016
Whether mourning the death of a musical giant, teasing presidents or launching protest movements, Africans took to social media in greater numbers than ever before in 2016. Here's a look back at some...
ISIS Next Place Is Mali
Mali, with a population of some 12 million, and a landmass three and a half times the size of Germany, is a land-locked largely Saharan Desert country in the center of western Africa, bordered by...
SACU Launches ‘onestop Shop’ Trade Data Platform
The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) has launched an online platform that will provide economic and trade data on SACU Member States in Windhoek. SACU Executive Secretary, Paulina Elago, at the...
Pro-Moscow Figure Igor Dodon Claims Moldova Presidency
Pro-Russian candidate Igor Dodon has won the second round of Moldova's presidential election. With almost all the ballots counted, Mr Dodon, who wants to restore close ties with Russia, had 52.37% of...
Bracing Up For the Post AGOA Period
Next time you pick up a sporting gear or a pair of jeans in a U. S. mall, do check the label. It may have been made in Lesotho; a small mountainous and land-locked country completely surrounded by...
No Survivors from the Air Algerie AH5017 Passenger Jet Crash. Plane Completely ‘disintegrated,’
There are no survivors from the Air Algerie AH5017 passenger jet that crashed in Mali, says the French President, Francois Hollande. Mr Hollande said one flight data recorder had been recovered,...
HEARTBREAKING: Air Algerie Jetliner with 116 Persons On Board Crashes in Mali.
An Air Algerie jet carrying 116 people crashed Thursday in a rainstorm over restive Mali, and its wreckage was found near the border of neighboring Burkina Faso — the third major international...