War on media intensifies in Tanzania
BY ALLOYCE KIMBUNGA in Dar-es-Salaam THE arrest of a cartoonist, journalist and media owner has raised concerns about heightened crackdown…
ZANU (PF) internal wars points to violent Zimbabwe polls
BY MARCUS MUSHONGA in Harare ASSASSINATION attempts, officials throwing furniture at their rivals, fist fights and the abuse of state…
Zambian organisation strives to protect albinos amid attacks
LUSAKA – The report of a two-year-old albino girl whose hand was chopped off in northern Zambia’s Mbala district this…
Tanzanian women see bright future in photography
DAR ES SALAAM – Lorraine Shose, a young woman from a suburb of Tanzania’s commercial capital Dar es Salaam, looks…
Uganda taking measures to cope with increasing childhood cancer cases
KAMPALA – Thirteen-year old Raphael Ssajjabi, a leukemia survivor, can not wait for schools to reopen after the ongoing COVID-19…
Kenyan smallholder farmers grappling with food insecurity amid dry spell
NAIROBI – Peter Ndolo defiantly prepares his farm for planting under the scorching sun. His farm in the arid southeastern…
Tanzanian women see bright future in photography
DAR ES SALAAM, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) — Lorraine Shose, a young woman from a suburb of Tanzania’s commercial capital Dar…
The hurt of disruption of animal feed ingredients trade
NAIROBI– For the first time in seven years, Kenyan farmer Jessica Wanjuki, who keeps more than 150 chickens on the…
Disabled artist puts his paint where his mouth is
ADDIS ABABA- — Sitting in front of a canvas in his small living room in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa,…
Istanbul’s sea taxis ease traffic jam in Turkish capital
ISTANBUL– Sinem Dedetas, head of the Istanbul City Lines, is hopeful that the newly produced sea taxis will help ease…