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Kagame agrees to meet Tshisekedi over eastern DR Congo crisis

12Mar

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Africa

Kagame agrees to meet Tshisekedi over eastern DR Congo crisis

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame has agreed to meet with his Democratic Republic of the Congo counterpart Felix Tshisekedi to discuss the ongoing crisis in eastern Congo, the Angolan government has said. The agreement followed a meeting on Monday in Angola's capital Luanda between Mr Kagame and Angolan President João Lourenço, the African Union's (AU) mediator, in the DR Congo crisis. "It was decided that President Kagame would agree to meet President Tshisekedi on a date to be indicated by the mediator," Angola's Foreign Minister Tete Antonio told the press after the meeting. Mr Antonio said that both Rwanda and the DR Congo had agreed to hold the meeting, with ministerial delegations from both sides working toward the plan. Rwanda's presidency said on X that the two leader...

Suspected monkeypox probed in Morocco and Sudan

27May

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Africa

Suspected monkeypox probed in Morocco and Sudan

Morocco and Sudan are investigating suspected cases of monkeypox, Africa’s health body says. This comes after outbreaks of the virus have recently been found in Europe, Australia, America and the Middle East. Monkeypox is usually associated with travel to central or West Africa, near tropical forests, but some of the new cases have no travel link. r Ahmed Ogwell, deputy director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control (CDC), confirmed there was still no direct link. He said the continent had so far reported 1,405 cases and 62 monkeypox-related deaths this year - a case fatality rate of 4.4% These have occurred in four countries where the disease is endemic: Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria. Dr Ogwell said all Afri...

Tensions Rise Ahead Of DR Congo Presidential Election

24May

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Africa

Tensions Rise Ahead Of DR Congo Presidential Election

DR Congo's presidential election is over a year away, but political tensions are escalating in the vast and volatile country as candidates line up and fears grow the vote will be fraudulent. Elections in the central African nation frequently turn violent, with dozens of protesters killed. They are also often criticised by observers. But the last presidential election in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in 2018, heralded the first peaceful transfer of power in Kinshasa since independence from Belgium in 1960. The vote was nonetheless marred by accusations of irregularities and the European Union and others cast doubt over its credibility. According to official results, incumbent President Felix Tshisekedi won, replacing former leader Joseph Kabila after 18 years in power. ...

Kenya ranked the 27th unhappiest country in a new global happiness report.

21Mar

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Kenya ranked the 27th unhappiest country in a new global happiness report.

Kenya has been ranked the 27th unhappiest country in a new global happiness report. Kenya ranks 119th out of 146 countries in the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network's 2022 World Happiness Report. Kenyan respondents cited perceived government corruption as the main source of their dissatisfaction, according to the report. This is a slight decrease from last year's happiness index, which ranked the country 121st out of 149 countries. Kenya was ranked 23rd in Africa, behind Uganda, which led the East African Community (EAC) and was ranked 117th worldwide. Tanzania is ranked 139th out of 146 countries, while Ethiopia is ranked 131st. Rwanda is the most unhappy country in the EAC, according to the study, coming at the bottom 4 on the global index, just before Zi...