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Olympics the target for African yard game Kwepena
An entrepreneur in Uganda is trying to develop a centuries-old yard game, known as Kwepena, worldwide. Simon Tumukunde is aiming to take the game, popular among children all over Africa, to the Olympics. He has turned Kwepena into a sport by defining the court dimensions, writing rules and introducing a…
Read More »Africa Finance Corporation issues US$500 million 7 Year Eurobond
Andrew Alli, AFC – president and CEO LAGOS, Nigeria, 11 April, 2017-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Africa Finance Corporation (‘AFC’), a leading pan-African multilateral development finance institution and project developer, has issued a US$500 million 7 year Eurobond. The senior, unsecured Eurobond which carries a coupon of 3.875% was priced to…
Read More »Amplify Fellows Graduate
Kenya Notches Top Spot at Amplify Fellowship Closing Event in Nairobi NAIROBI, Kenya, 11 April 2017,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Amplify, Africa’s first paid-fellowship for content creators, held a graduation for its inaugural cohorts on Friday 7 April in Nairobi, Kenya. Three teams of young storytellers from Rwanda, Kenya and Nigeria…
Read More »Academic Stella Nyanzi charged with ‘cyber harassment’
Ugandan academic and government critic Stella Nyanzi has been charged with a “cyber harassment” offence after she repeatedly posted criticism of President Yoweri Museveni and his wife on Facebook, according to court documents. Nyanzi, a research fellow at Uganda’s Makerere University, appeared in a court in the capital, Kampala, on…
Read More »Spy Merchants: Spying on dissent through illegal means
Abbas Hakimzadeh’s jail cell was bleak. High walls, one sink and a window. Just enough light crept in to distinguish between morning and night. This was solitary confinement in Iran in 2009. The government was in the thick of the largest crackdown on political dissent since the 1979 revolution, jailing…
Read More »Museveni critic Stella Nyanzi to appear in court
Ugandan academic and government critic Stella Nyanzi, who has been arrested for insulting the East African country’s president and first lady, is set to appear in court on Monday, Kampala police said. Nyanzi, a research fellow at Uganda’s Makerere University, was detained at a hotel in the capital on Friday shortly…
Read More »Namibia under pressure to seize land for redistribution
Namibia’s government is considering seizing land from foreign and white owners to speed up its redistribution programme. Since independence 27 years ago, territory taken by colonial rulers has been bought back by the government and given to its farmers. But its now struggling to cover the costs. Farmers are complaining…
Read More »Lancement au Rwanda d’un écosystème de classe internationale pour la transformation pan-africaine par le biais des sciences mathématiques
KIGALI, Rwanda, 4 avril 2017, -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Le premier et le plus grand réseau africain de centres d’excellence, l’African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), a annoncé ce jour le lancement d’AIMS au Rwanda, en partenariat avec le gouvernement du Rwanda. Il s’agit d’un écosystème de transformation pan-africaine qui…
Read More »Sierra Leone schools for pregnant students raise questions
A government programme for separate schools for pregnant students introduced two years ago in Sierra Leone is facing critical scrutiny. Pregnant students were not allowed to sit in the same class in the West African country as their peers because they are seen as a bad influence. In April 2015, schools…
Read More »Almost 230 refugees rescued off Libya’s coast
A Spanish aid agency rescued almost 230 refugees from the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya. The refugees, now being processed in Italy’s Sicily, were trying to make the dangerous crossing from Africa into Europe. In 2017, almost 30,000 people have left Libya, Egypt and Turkey in often flimsy,…
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African Chefs Unite to Defend Continent’s Food Sovereignty
The first African Chefs Gathering and Policy Convening, hosted by the Alliance for Food …
