Author: Adelae Jones

Four memorials commemorating the Tutsi genocide in Rwanda, during which at least 800,000 people were exterminated, became UNESCO world heritage sites on Wednesday, the UN organization announced. “New inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Genocide memorial sites: Nyamata, Murambi, Gisozi and Bisesero”, indicated UNESCO on X (ex-Twitter). These four sites commemorate the massacres which bloodied Rwanda over a hundred days between April and July 1994, targeting the Tutsi ethnic group but also moderate Hutus. Located on Gisozi Hill a few kilometres from the centre of the capital Kigali, the Genocide Memorial, built in 1999 and inaugurated in 2004, is…

Kenya has signed an agreement with Ethiopia to build a 3,000km standard gauge railway network between its newly completed Lamu Port and Addis Ababa, the East Africannews site reports.Work on Lapsset, which stands for the “Lamu–South Sudan–Ethiopia Transport Corridor Project”, is expected to begin in 2025. The plan is to build a high-speed electric railway from Lamu to the town of Isiolo, about 200km northeast of Nairobi. The line would then split into three to connect with Nairobi, Addis Ababa, and the South Sudanese capital of Juba. Lapsset is expected to cost $13.8bn, greatly exceeding in scale Kenya’s other major…

DAR ES SALAAM, July 23 (Xinhua) — At least 1,200 delegates will attend the Africa Human Capital Heads of State Summit slated for July 25-26 in Tanzania’s port city of Dar es Salaam, an official said on Sunday. Albert Chalamila, Dar es Salaam regional commissioner, said in a statement that the delegates, including heads of state, will come from more than 30 African countries. “Dar es Salaam has already prepared to receive the delegates who will also have a chance to sample the country’s abundant tourist attractions,” said Chalamila. On May 19, Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan launched preparations for…

South Africa is a magnet for tourists, offering a plethora of experiences that leave visitors yearning to return. Cape Town is a must-visit destination thanks to its beautiful scenery, lip-smacking delicacies, and rich history. With seemingly endless activities under its belt and breathtaking scenic locations, South Africa has emerged as one of the most favoured tourist destinations in the world. For many Indian families, solo travellers, and couples, Rainbow Nation often has been the first choice when it comes to planning an international holiday. South Africa has a magnetic pull on those who visit, leaving them yearning to return and…

Eleven perpetrators of a “coup” that the authorities claimed to have foiled in December in Chad have been sentenced to 20 years in prison, the public prosecutor of the N. ‘Djamena, and will be pardoned, according to the presidency. In early January, the government announced the arrest of ten officers and a human rights activist, Baradine Berdei Targuio, presented as the mastermind of an “attempt to destabilize” the “constitutional order” and ” institutions of the Republic”. Mr. Berdei Targuio, president of the Chadian Human Rights Organization (OTDH), is a well-known human rights defender and a virulent critic of the Déby…

Fighting in Sudan has left hundreds of thousands of Khartoum residents without basic amenities like running water, medicine and food with some forced to risk their lives and seek it out as the fighting rages on. After nearly six weeks of street battles between forces loyal to rival generals and with temperatures regularly topping 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), many inhabitants are in need of medicine and means to move out of the conflict zone “The Rapid Support Forces bombarded us and burnt our places. Look at our state, look over there, show our sick children (asking to film…

..Hits bull’s eye with free upgrade of Lagos subscribers to DVB-T2 The decision of Digital TV services provider StarTimes to migrate its Lagos subscribers from the legacy Digital Video Broadcasting, DBV-T1 to DBV-T2 for free may have excited its existing and potential subscribers. The subscribers say the service provider has taught other DSTV platforms a lesson or two on how to understand customers’ plights and work towards satisfying them based on their economic conditions. They said while others were arbitrarily increasing prices and denying customers request for pay per view service options, StarTimes realized that the economic conditions of their…

The Department of Tourism has published its latest tourism data for the first quarter of 2023, showing a 102.5% increase in the number of international arrivals in the country compared to the same period in 2022. According to minister Patricia De Lille there were a total of 2.1 million visitors to the country – however, this must still be taken in context of the Covid-19 pandemic and the national and international lockdowns which decimated travel. Despite the increase, De Lille noted numbers are still 21.5% lower than 2019 pre-pandemic levels. While the Covid pandemic feels like a lifetime ago, the end…

Johannesburg – The new executive mayor of the City of Joburg, Kabelo Gwamanda, has threatened to sue the former mayor of Johannesburg, Mpho Phalatse, for defamation of character. This comes after the circulation of voice notes that are believed to be from members of an investment scheme that Gwamanda allegedly used to run. In the voice notes, a woman complains that Gwamanda had scammed her and other people who had invested in a company called Ithemba Lama Afrika. The scheme consisted of an investment wing and a funeral plan. Phalatse had been on various media platforms commenting on the matter.…

UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres has warned of the escalation of the crisis in Sudan with more people being displaced internally because of the intensifying war. Guterres said they were now co-ordinating efforts to take out people who want to leave Sudan into neighbouring countries. Already thousands of people have left Sudan for Egypt, Chad, South Sudan, Ethiopia and other neighbouring states. The World Food Programme was also calling for more aid to deal with a stream of refugees from Sudan. The Sudanese Armed Forces has also warned residents to stay indoors as it will now send in tanks into the…