Street brawling and illegal-casino-operating envoys: Political corruption is eroding diplomacy and Uganda’s image abroad mg.co.za/thought-leader…

RwandAir records 80% revenue growth in 2023, looks to double its current fleet from current 14 aircrafts to 28 in five years newtimes.co.rw/article/19746/…

Daughter of South Africa’s ex-president Zuma to be Eswatini King Mswati’s 16th wife theguardian.com/world/article/…

Mwafrika doesn’t have to die. She can be saved by the wisdom of her ancestors theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/oped/comme…

Out of ECOWAS: Burkina Faso issues new passports without West African bloc's logo. Presumably the passport will change again when a more accommodating govt comes to power in future timeslive.co.za/news/africa/20…

The country with the youngest homeowners in the world is Indonesia, with the average age of a first-time homebuyer being only 26, according to a new study by Deluxe Holiday Homes. Ironically, the country stands out with the smallest average salary of the top 30 countries with the

69-year-old British widower says his fake Kenyan bride-to-be scammed him out of £85,000 (US$111,850), and now he is homeless bbc.com/news/articles/…

China to ‘revitalise’ ageing railway linking Zambia, Tanzania (TAZARA).The single-track TAZARA was built between 1970 and 1975 through an interest-free loan from China. This story has been in the media for 10 years now; will this ever take off? cnbcafrica.com/2024/china-tan…

Great is the nation that makes its garbage and potholes together monitor.co.ug/uganda/oped/co…

One of the striking things about the China-#Africa summit #FOCAC2024 is how much it is dominated by men in dark suits and long robes. You can barely see Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan. The patriarchy stll has our corridors of power locked down, kabisa!

Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei’s horrific death after being doused with petrol and set on fire by her Kenyan boyfriend has again brought to the fore Kenya's harrowing history of domestic violence against female athletes go.shr.lc/4cT68CM

In a world first, the Sanaria PfSPZ malaria vaccine has been shown to protect expectant mothers from malaria before and during pregnancy, results from a study in Mali shows allafrica.com/stories/202408…

A drug used to treat Type 2 diabetes and obesity could also slow down the process of ageing, researchers believe. Oh, oh, trouble; ageing African strongmen could have something here that helps them cling to power even longer bbc.com/news/articles/…