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FACT: The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has cleared new member states Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Benin for investments funding. Senegal, Ghana and Kenya are being considered for membership as well, but must first meet some pre-membership requirements.

FACT: The Egyptian culture ministry alone employs up to 39,000 state artists and cultural workers. The creative sector in Egypt generates more than $11 billion a year.

FACT: Egypt received a record 15.7 million tourists in 2024.

PROVERB: A fool will not even find water at the Nile. From: South Sudan

FACT: Tanzanians on X(formerly Twitter) are comparing their President Samia Suluhu Hassan, to Uganda's former president Idi Amin Dada. She's been nicknamed Idi Amin Mama because of her no nonsense approach.

IMAGES: Magoroto Forest Tanzania

FACT: In 2019, Zimbabwean activist Dr. Tererai Trent was honoured with a statue in New York City. She was denied education early in her life because she was a girl, but managed to earn advanced degrees despite her lack of a formal education.

FACT: Scientists working in the remote regions of the DR Congo have found what they are describing as an "electric pangolin". The animal appears to possess unique biological characteristics that allow it to generate and store electrical charges within its specialized scales.

QUOTE: It takes a few to make war, but it takes a village and a nation to build peace. -Abiy Ahmed- (Ethiopian Prime Minister)

FACT: US to impose sanctions on Sudan after discovering that the Sudanese army used chemical weapons on areas controlled by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.

FACT: Sudan has severed diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates accusing the UAE of supporting the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan's ongoing civil war.

FACT: Asia is the largest source of Uganda's imports, accounting for 33.3% of the country's total import bill in March 2025.

FACT: Kenya is seeking for over $36 million to fund HIV mitigation activities following USAID funding cuts.

FACT: The World Food Programme is set to end all cash transfers in Kenya from June due to a $44 million funding gap. Over 720,000 refugees are set to be affected unless funding is secured, with Kenya now hosting over 830,000 refugees.

FACT: US has threatened to revoke Kenya’s Non-NATO Ally status over its close ties with China.

FACT: Morocco received 17.4 million tourists in 2024 which is a 20% increase from the previous year.

FACT: The US Navy has confirmed it carried out the largest airstrike ever launched from an aircraft carrier, in a significant show of force during operations in East Africa earlier this year. The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, dropped 125,000 pounds of bombs over Somalia.

South Africa has suspended imports of live poultry, eggs, and fresh or frozen poultry meat from Brazil following a confirmed outbreak of the highly pathogenic bird flu (H5N1) on 15 May 2025. These measures aim to prevent the virus from entering South Africa’s food chain.

There are more than 17,000 electric vehicles driven in Ghana than in any other country in Africa.

Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it arrested 62,595 drug suspects and 11,628 offenders were convicted between January 2021 and March 2025. Nigeria is among the countries in the world grappling with high rates of drug trafficking.