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Life might not be the same for families whose relatives are among the 8 miners trapped for over a month now, in Burkina Faso’s sole zinc mine. The miners who are stranded more than 700m underground following flash floods at the mine, are betting on the government’s response to rescue them. And although officials say…

Electricity and Gasoline are the primary energy sources for the population of Ghana, however they present notable challenges day-to-day.  Despite Ghana’s investments into electricity generation, 46 percent of Ghanaians continue to have to work around this unaffordable and unreliable energy source. Ghana’s primary power supply sources continue to be from hydroelectricity at 38%, thermal fueled…

Millions of people in about 43 countries are at risk of famine, the most extreme form of hunger that can result in death. David Beasley, the executive director of the program says it would only take up a small group of the ultra-wealthy individuals to prevent that from happening if only they could chip in…

By Pauline Kamiri Malawi’s president, Lazarus Chakwera who is also chairman of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has called for the lifting of all sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe. In a statement, Chakwera says “SADC wishes to reaffirm its solidarity with Zimbabwe and to collectively voice its concerns on the disapproval of the prolonged sanctions…

By Pauline Kamiri The US has suspended $700 million in emergency funding for Sudan in response to the ongoing military coup attempt in the country. The United states is demanding that the Sudanese military immediately release civilian leaders and find a solution to restore the transitional government.  The emergency funds had been approved by Congress…

Former US President Donald Trump is set to launch a new social media platform, called Truth Social. He says the platform will “stand up to the tyranny of “Big Tech.” The move comes almost a year after Donald trump was banned from Twitter, Facebook and You Tube following riots at the US capitol in January.  “I…

Africa, the world’s second largest continent with a population of about 1.3 billion people  still lacks lags behind when it comes to leadership skills and training for the young people. More so, the COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the reality that the world’s systems are somewhat very fragile. Beyond the health and human tragedy, the…

By Dr. Youssef Travaly The future is intelligent: By 2030, artificial intelligence (AI) will add $15.7 trillion to the global GDP, with $6.6 trillion projected to be from increased productivity and $9.1 trillion from consumption effects. Furthermore, augmentation, which allows people and AI to work together to enhance performance, “will create $2.9 trillion of business…

By Pauline Kamiri The humanitarian crisis and ongoing war in Ethiopia’s north of the Tigray region could affect the country’s trade benefits under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). An executive order signed by President Joe Biden seeks to slap harsh sanctions on sides that are involved in Ethiopia’s war in the Tigray region….

By Pauline Kamiri Pandora papers are the latest and largest of a series of major leaks of financial data that have convulsed the offshore world since 2013. The cache includes 11.9 million files from companies hired by wealthy clients to create offshore structures and trusts I tax havens such as Panama, Dubai, Monaco, Switzerland and…

Civil society, not governments or tech companies, should protect online free speech By Kofi Yeboah In Nigeria, when social media companies failed to comply with governments’ requests, the government resorted to authoritarian models of control to restrict civic and democratic engagement in public policies.  When authoritarian models of control are introduced, some social media companies succumb or resist. Twitter —…

By Pauline Kamiri African hopes of the African Continental Free Trade Area becoming a success came alive again on January 1, 2021. This is after a six-month delay as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. It has been seen as a game-changer for Africa, with the potential to create the world’s largest…

Zambia’s government has reached an agreement with the China Development Bank (CDB) to defer debt repayments that were due this month on a loan it received from the lender. According to the finance ministry, Zambia owed CDB nearly $391 million at the end of last year, which is just a tenth of the total $3…