African Stories in Perspective
African Stories in Perspective
UNITED NATIONS, (Prime Africa) – Gaza City and surrounding areas are now officially in famine, and the crisis is set to worsen unless aid access improves, according to a stark new global hunger assessment released Friday. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) – a UN-backed hunger monitoring body – said nearly 514,000 people, almost […]
Yokohama, Japan — Kenya is redefining refugee management through its groundbreaking Shirika Plan, a new model that shifts from humanitarian aid dependency to long-term development and integration. Speaking at the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9), H.E. Dr. Musalia Mudavadi, Kenya’s Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, said the […]
The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), co-founded by the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), has been awarded the prestigious Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize in Tokyo for its groundbreaking work in developing life-saving treatments for neglected diseases, including sleeping sickness. In just over two decades, DNDi has delivered 13 new treatments for six deadly diseases, […]
Tokyo, Japan, – Efforts to unlock greater Japanese private sector investment in Africa took centre stage this week as the African Trade & Investment Development Insurance (ATIDI), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), and Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI) co-hosted a high-level side event during the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9) in Yokohama. […]
Anchorage, Alaska – U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin to the United States on Friday for talks centered on ending the war in Ukraine. The two leaders exchanged a warm greeting on a red carpet hastily rolled out at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, where they held a series of closed-door […]
Sudan’s Military Industry Corporation announced the signing of a defense contract with Pakistan worth more than 1.5 billion US dollars. The agreement was concluded during an official visit to Islamabad, led by Air Force Commander Lt. Gen. Pilot Al-Tahir Mohammed, accompanied by a high-level delegation from the corporation. The pact was sealed during a high-level […]
Vihiga, Kenya – Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, Musalia Mudavadi, has called on elected leaders to put service delivery at the forefront of their mandate rather than offering excuses or shifting blame. Speaking during the commissioning of a newly installed X-ray machine at Itando Mission Health Care in Hamisi […]
Bungoma Court Adjourns KES 11M Graft Case Against Former Nzoia Sugar Company Managing Director and Other Top Officials The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) graft case involving former Nzoia Sugar Company Managing Director Godfrey Sifuna Wanyonyi and seven other executive officials failed to proceed today in Bungoma Anti-Corruption Court. The case was scheduled to conclude […]
A Chinese warship ploughed into its own coast guard vessel on Monday while the latter was chasing a Philippine vessel in the South China Sea, Manila said. Philippine coast guard officials were distributing aid to fishermen in the disputed Scarborough Shoal, Commodore Jay Tarriela said, when the Chinese coast guard “performed a risky manoeuvre” which […]
Gaza City (Prime Africa) – Renowned Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent Anas al-Sharif, 28, has been killed alongside four of his colleagues in what the network has condemned as a “premeditated attack on press freedom”. The journalists were sheltering in a tent outside Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital on Sunday night when an Israeli airstrike hit, killing […]