Eastern Congo crisis: Fire of war, sword of hunger

Displaced children from the town of Sake walk towards the Bushagala camp after collecting firewood in Kimoka, on February 9, 2025. [Jospin Mwisha /AFP] Since gaining independence in 1960, the Democratic Republic of the Congo has known no...

EIB signs €52 million agreement with MedAccess to boost medical access in Africa

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and MedAccess announced the signing of an innovative Guarantee Agreement to help improve access to critical health products in Africa. The agreement is one of the first operations under the Human Development...

Residents’ Preferences for Inclusive Commercial Health Insurance: A Comparative Study of Discrete Choice Experiment and Best–Worst Scaling in Heilongjiang Province, China

Introduction China is nearly achieving universal population coverage, with over 95% of its population now covered by social health insurance (SHI).1 This comprehensive coverage has been enabled by the implementation of SHI schemes since 2010. For...

Africa at the China International Import Expo: Products, Partnerships, Prosperity

On October 28, a shipment of exhibits arrived at Shanghai. The cargo, weighing 4.7 tonnes in total, included South African wine, tea, and dried fruits. To ensure the swift entry of these imported products that have traveled from afar, Shanghai...

Mining Sector Adds 11,000 New Jobs as Rwanda’s Labour Market Shifts

1 Workers dig at a coltan mine Rutsiro, western Rwanda Rwanda’s mining sector has added 11,000 new jobs over the past year, marking one of the strongest employment rebounds across the country’s industries, according to the latest Labour Force...

Rwanda Plans US$350 Million for Disaster Mitigation Annually

1 In mid 2023, the country was caught off-guard when deadly flooding hit northwest Rwanda. To this day, some communities have yet to recover Kigali — In a strategic shift from reactive disaster relief to proactive resilience planning, the...

How to Stop the Genocide in Sudan

As we write, a massacre without precedent is taking place in Sudan’s North Darfur region, and it is somehow being met with near-total international indifference. After its takeover of El Fasher in Darfur last month, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)...

Ruto Woos Qatar in Ksh 200B JKIA Upgrade

Kenya is set to engage Qatar in talks aimed at upgrading the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), President William Ruto has revealed. In an engagement with Kenyans in Qatar, Ruto revealed that the government had pitched to the Emir of...

Trump misleads on deportations and inflation in first ‘60 Minutes’ interview since 2020

In his first “60 Minutes” interview in five years, President Donald Trump misled about his administration’s deportation strategy and his record on grocery prices. The nearly 90-minute interview came a year after he successfully sued CBS’ parent...

Elderly African rulers sidestepping democracy

Cameroon’s 92-year-old President Paul Biya is now poised to stretch his time in power to five decades. If he finishes his new seven-year term, Biya will be nearly 100. By contrast, the median age of Cameroon’s 30 million citizens is just 18....

Red Rose Film Festival returns this weekend with local, international films on show

The Red Rose Film Festival will bring locally made and nationally made films to Lancaster County this weekend in a celebration of films in all their forms. Attendees can view several dozen films on the big screens at Penn Cinema in Lititz and...

Cardinal in Rwanda Hails Youth’s Role in Africa’s Early Evangelization and Ongoing Growth of the Church

“One of the urgent problems in the world today, particularly in Africa, is the lack of peace,” he said, noting that the continent’s vast youth population offers a significant potential for peacebuilding and promoting reconciliation. He explained,...

Consumers stare at costly power, fuel in next five years

Fuel/FILE Households in Kenya should brace for even tougher economic times in 2026 as the government plans to introduce new taxes on fuel and electricity to fund energy infrastructure. The move is likely to see consumers slapped with additional...

Tetra Pak: Technology Partner Reshaping Ghana’s Manufacturing Future

How Swedish packaging giant’s collaborative approach transforms local producers into competitive manufacturers while driving Africa’s circular economy ambitions The Daily Milk product launch in Accra on Thursday represents far more than another...

Rwanda and Somalia Forge Stronger Diplomatic Ties

2 KIGALI,— Rwanda and Somalia have reaffirmed their commitment to deepen bilateral relations following the signing of new cooperation agreements aimed at expanding collaboration across key sectors. Rwanda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and...

Davos in the Desert: AI, energy and Saudi’s changing role

AI, energy and Saudi Arabia’s changing role on the world stage emerged as the key themes at the ninth edition of ‘Davos in the Desert’ this week. The conference, officially known as FII (Future Investment Initiative), has become a fixture in the...

The wild world of putting numbers on the AI build-up craze

The EU and national governments are dead-set on improving Europe’s place in the global AI race – but it’s not really clear what they’re going up against. The Commission has pledged billions of EU funding for its planned AI gigafactories –...

Rwanda’s ICT Minister Calls for Africa’s Digital Independence

Rwanda’s Minister of Information, Communication, and Technology (ICT) and Innovation, Paula Ingabire, delivered a powerful message to African leaders at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) Africa 2025 in Kigali: the continent must shift from being a...

Kigali, ADHI Group Win World Economic Forum Global Award

In a historic first for Africa, Kigali and ADHI Group have been honoured by the World Economic Forum (WEF) at the Urban Transformation Summit in San Francisco, receiving the Global Public-Private Collaboration Award. The distinction recognises a...

U.S., Rwanda Hold Nuclear Power Talks

2 The Prime Minister Dr Justin Nsengiyumva and his delegation hold talks with U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright Washington, D.C. — Rwanda’s Prime Minister, Dr. Nsengiyumva, has met with U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright in Washington to...