Ethiopia’s Tigray Region crisis worsens
Ethiopian army likely launching a new major offensive to drive out Tigray forces.
Month: October 2021
Uganda’s government drops treason charges against opposition leader Kizza Besigye
Kizza Besigye is described as a sharp critic of President Yoweri Museveni’s 35-year rule.
Thomas Sankara : 14 on Trial for 1987 assassination of iconic leader
“For us, Sankara was a patriot. He loved his people. He loved his country. He loved Africa. He gave his life for us,” said Luc Damiba, secretary general of the Thomas Sankara Memorial Committee.
President Emmanuel Macron admits France owes Africa a ‘debt’
“France owes Africa a debt, and we now must find ways of effectively paying that debt in a sustainable
manner,” – Emmanuel Macron
Nobel Peace Prize: Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov share award
“Without freedom of expression and freedom of the press, it will be difficult to successfully promote fraternity between nations, disarmament and a better world order to succeed in our time,”
Tina Turner sells music catalog spanning 60 years to BMG
“Like any artist, the protection of my life’s work, my musical inheritance, is something personal,” Tina Turner said in a statement.
Ndakasi, beloved mountain gorilla whose photobomb went viral, dies aged 14
Photobombing Mountain gorilla dies aged 14 .”The death of Ndakasi underscores the importance of protecting gorillas in their natural habitat, where they thrive and where their life expectancy is greatest,”
Zanzibar-born novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah wins Nobel literature prize
“I thought it was a prank, these things are usually floated for weeks beforehand, or sometimes months beforehand, about who are the runners, so it was not something that was in my mind at all. I was just thinking, I wonder who’ll get it?”
WHO yatangaza chanjo ya malaria
isiyoweza kufikiwa. Leo, chanjo ya malaria ikifahamika kama RTS, S, zaidi ya miaka 30 ikifanyiwa utafiti inabadilisha historia ya afya ya umma. – Dkt.Tedros
Human Rights Watch calls on Tanzania’s President to lift ban on pregnant girls
Compulsory pregnancy testing on teenage girls a violation of right to privacy.
