Roots Juicery offers health-focused Seychellois pure fruit juices
Health-conscious individuals in Seychelles now have a wider range of products they can choose from after Roots Juicery – a company that makes healthy juices and snacks – opened its doors.The brainchild of Sandrine Adeline, Roots Juicery is the first co…
3 Groups of Students Freed in Nigeria in 24 Hours
LAGOS – Authorities in northern Nigeria announced three separate groups of kidnapped students were freed within 24 hours, prompting speculation late Friday that large ransoms had been paid to the gunmen blamed for a spate of recent abductions.Among tho…
De Beers, National Geographic Form Partnership to Protect Botswana’s Okavango Delta
GABORONE – Mining giant De Beers and the National Geographic Society have announced a partnership to protect the waters and endangered animals of Botswana’s iconic Okavango Delta. The vast UNESCO World Heritage wetland is threatened by climate change a…
COVID Pandemic Dampens Africa’s Economic Growth
NAIROBI, KENYA – Three years ago, nearly every country in Africa agreed to be part of a continental free trade area intended to lower tariffs and boost economies. But the agreement has yet to be fully implemented because of restrictions stemming from …
African Governments Commit to Eradicating Poliovirus Type 2
NAIROBI, KENYA – African countries have committed to ending all forms of polio after cases of vaccine-derived polio increased last year, partly because of disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020, Africa had been declared free of the wild p…
UN Chief: No Military Solution to Ethiopia Crisis
The U.N. secretary-general said Thursday that there is “no military solution” to Ethiopia’s 10-month-old conflict, and he urged the parties to stop fighting and open a dialogue.”In every sense, the future of Ethiopia is at stake,” Antonio Guterres told…
WHO Says COVID-19 Wave ‘Stabilizing’ in Africa
A World Health Organization official said Thursday that the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic on the continent appeared to be stabilizing, but numbers of infections are still very high, with almost 248,000 new cases reported in the past week alone. D…
Gunman Kills 3 Police Officers, Security Guard in Dar es Salaam
DAR ES SALAAM – A heavily armed gunman fatally shot three police officers and a security guard in Tanzania’s commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, near a French embassy building. Police later killed the man, whose target and motive were not immediately cl…
Malawi Braces for Another Election Challenge
BLANTYRE – Malawi’s Constitutional Court has agreed to hear a challenge to last year’s presidential election rerun from the opposition Democratic Progressive Party. President Lazarus Chakwera defeated the DPP’s Peter Mutharika in the rerun after the c…
Habré’s Victims, Analysts Reflect on His Legacy
DAKAR – The former president of Chad, Hissène Habré, died on Tuesday at age 79, five years into a life sentence for war crimes and crimes against humanity.His trial in Senegal marked the first time an African country tried a former leader of another Af…