South Africa miners force president to quit May Day event
The protesters held up placards demanding a pay rise and chanted “Cyril must go”
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Lawyer: Ex-President Jacob Zuma to miss graft trial
Zuma, who turns 80 on Tuesday, is accused of taking bribes from French defence giant Thales.
MPESA hits 30 million monthly active users milestone
“14 years ago, we launched M-Pesa to connect our customers to each other and to different opportunities. We are delighted to celebrate this remarkable milestone with our more than 50 million customers across the continent,” Sitoyo Lopokoiyit, the M-Pesa Africa managing director, said in a statement.
UN and US press South Sudan to prepare for elections
“As I have stated before, elections have the potential to be a nation-building moment, or a catastrophe,” the UN envoy for South Sudan, Nicholas Haysom, told the Security Council.
Moderna to build mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility in Kenya
“We all know the challenges that Kenya and the entire continent of Africa went through in the earlier stages of this pandemic that resulted in Africa being left behind. Not because of want but because of lack and Moderna has come to fill that space,”
Afrika Kusini haijarekodi vifo vyovyote vinavyotokana na UVIKO 19, kwa mara ya kwanza tangu Mei 2020
Afrika Kusini iliripoti karibu vifo 100,000 vilivyotokana na UVIKO 19, na zaidi ya kesi milioni 3.6 za maambukizi.
Serikali za Afrika zang’ang’ana kuwasaidia raia wake nchini Ukraine baada ya madai ya kudhulumiwa
Waafrika nchini Ukraine, wengi wao wakiwa wanafunzi, ni miongoni mwa mamia ya maelfu ya watu wanaojaribu kukimbilia Poland na mataifa mengine jirani.
Kenya set to host UN environment assembly as UNEP turns 50
“We need to take the state of the environment seriously and we hope that UNEA will have countries come up with policy decisions that will make us have a sustainable planet…”
Five African Presidents Launch Global Fund’s US$18 Billion Campaign to Restore Progress Against AIDS, TB and Malaria Amid COVID-19 Disruption
“In the face of the catastrophic impact of COVID-19 on the fight against HIV, TB and malaria, the choice is stark: We either increase funding, or we abandon hope of finally defeating these epidemics by 2030,” Peter Sands, Executive Director of the Global Fund.
Malawi detects polio, first wild case in Africa in over 5 years
Malawi’s health authorities have declared a polio outbreak after a case was detected in a young child in the capital Lilongwe, the first case of wild poliovirus in Africa in more than five years…
