African Leaders Meet for ‘Last Push’ on AU Reforms

By VOA,

African leaders are set to gather this weekend for a special summit aimed at pushing through long-debated reforms to their pan-continental body. Th...

AFRICAN UNION , AU headquarters in Addis Ababa , Elissa Jobson , International Crisis Group (ICG) , Liesl Louw-Vaudran , Louw-Vaudran , Moussa Faki Mahamat , President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi

‘Looters of NYS money must pay,’ President Kenyatta assures

By Vincent Maruga,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday assured that the government is determined to recover all the money looted from the National Youth Service and the c...

NYS , NYS Director General Ms Matilda Sakwa , Uhuru kenyatta

Abuse and ‘vilification’ of migrants on the rise as borders close

By Reuters,

Vilification of migrants as criminals, rather than people needing protection, by politicians and the media is making them more vulnerable to abuse, sa...

Donald Trump , E.U , Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui , Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban , libya , Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) , migrants , slavery , Trust Conference , UNHCR

Under the shadow of Asia Bibi: Life as a Christian in Pakistan

By CNN,

It's been over 10 days since Asia Bibi, a Catholic woman, was acquitted on charges of blasphemy by Pakistan's Supreme Court on the October 31. Bibi...

Amnesty International , Asia Bibi , pakistan , Pope Benedict XVI

South Africa central bank to hold rates, but a close call: poll

By Reuters,

South Africa’s central bank will keep interest rates on hold at its Nov. 22 meeting, according to a Reuters poll, but the number of economists forec...

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) , south africa , South African Reserve Bank

‘Not enough room’: Migrant flows strain Mexico border shelters

By Reuters,

The arrival in  Mexico border city of Tijuana of the first few hundred travelers from migrant caravans is stretching to the limit shelters already ov...

American Friends Service Committee , Donald J Trump , Honduras and El Salvador , Tijuana

Ireland announces women-only professorships to close academia’s gender gap

By CNN,

Ireland has announced a new plan to combat gender inequality in higher education by creating women-only professor positions across its universities an...

Higher Education , Ireland , Minister Mary Mitchell O'Connor , Professorship

As slavery evolves in Mauritania, silent victims prove harder to ind

By VOA,

Day after day, Aminetou Mint Yarg and her fellow villagers in southern Mauritania haul water from the river and tend to their crops under a burning de...

Haratines , Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA) , Nouakchott , USA

Kenya targets green energy sufficiency by 2020, says President Kenyatta

By PSCU,

Kenya targets to attain 100 per cent transition to green energy by 2020 as it scales up investment in renewable energy to address the climate change c...

Green climate Fund , Green energy sufficiency , Paris Peace Forum , President Denis Sassou Nguesso , President Omar Guelleh , President Uhuru Kenyatta

Petition to have unemployment declared a national disaster

By Ian Omondi,

A section of Kenyan youth have launched a petition seeking to have the government declare unemployment a national disaster. In a statement to newsr...

Kenyan youth , National disaster , unemployment , Uwezo , Youth Enterprise Development Fund

Gold is back. That’s a worrying sign

By CNN,

Gold has been a dud of an investment for much of the year, but it has started to regain some of its luster. The price of gold is up 3.5% since th...

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In China, female pilots strain to hold up half the sky

By Reuters,

When Han Siyuan first decided to apply for a job as a pilot cadet in 2008, she was up against 400 female classmates in China on tests measuring everyt...

china , China pilots , Female pilots

Canada adds jobs on a surge in full-time hiring, rates seen rising

By Reuters,

The Canadian economy added jobs in October with a surge in full-time hiring, and the unemployment rate dipped to a 40-year low, underpinning expectati...

Canada

Google Workers Worldwide Protest Company’s Handling of Sex Harassment Cases

By VOA,

SAN FRANCISCO — It was a protest that went around the globe. From Singapore to Dublin, Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Pryor, Oklahoma, Google employees w...

Google , Google protest

African Investigative Journalists Say Threats Mounting — from Near and Far

By VOA,

Anonymous threats. Police harassment. Hostile officials. The constant, hovering cloud of self-censorship, social exclusion and forced exile. And to to...

African Investigative Journalists , Dapo Olorunyomi , journalism professor Anton Harber , Muno Gedi

Wealthy Madagascar candidates woo skeptical voters trapped by poverty

By Reuters,

No matter who wins the  Madagascar presidential election next week, Soloniaina Rakotomamonjy wants the victor to bring jobs to a country shackled by ...

Andry Rajoelina , Madagascar , Marc Ravalomanana , President Hery Rajaonarimampianina , Soloniaina Rakotomamonjy , World Food Programme

After tragedies and big losses, Hyundai looks to reverse North Korea fortunes

By Reuters,

For Hyundai, the South Korean conglomerate, North Korea has been a story of lost opportunities – and tragedy. In 2003, months before Hyundai was ...

Founder Chung Ju-yung , Hyundai , Kim Jng Un , North Korea

Merkel looks to Africa to cement a legacy shaped by migration

By Reuters,

German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosted African leaders on Tuesday, pledging a new development fund to tackle underdevelopment on the continent that ha...

Merkel looks to Africa to cement a legacy shaped by migration

By Reuters,

German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosted African leaders on Tuesday, pledging a new development fund to tackle underdevelopment on the continent that ha...

Ethiopia President Abiy Ahmed , German Chancellor Angela Merkel , Rwanda President Paul Kagame , South African President Cyril Ramaphosa

KCPE candidate sits exam in hospital after going into labour before kick off

By Namisi Cheptai,

A Class Eight candidate from Mikuva Village in Webuye East Constituency, Bungoma County, on Tuesday sat her Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KC...

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