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27/03/2022

15 AFRICAN CITIES WITH THE HIGHEST COST OF LIVING INDEX SCORES

The list is courtesy of Statista's cost of living index across Africa, dated 2021.

1.ADDIS ABABA: The Ethiopian capital city has the highest cost of living index score in Africa at 58.92. Apparently, the prices of consumer goods are quite high in this Horn of Africa city, compared to other cities across the continent.

2.ABIDJAN: The Ivorian capital city has a cost of living index score of 55.73, making it the second highest in Africa.

3.HARARE: This Zimbabwean city has a cost of living index score of 52.33 as of 2021.

4.JOHANNESBURG: This is the first South African city on the list. it has a cost of living index score of 46.

5.PRETORIA: This city, which serves as the seat of South Africa's executive branch of government, The cost of living index score here is 44.7.

6.GABORONE: The capital city of Botswana has a cost of living index of 42.84.

7.CAPE TOWN: it has a cost of living index of 42.24.

8.ACCRA: The Ghanaian capital city has a score of 42.18.

9.MARRAKESH: this is major economic hub in Morocco with a cost of living index score of 41.73.

10.WINDHOEK: Namibia's capital and largest city has a cost of living index score of 41.08.

11.TANGIER: This is the second Moroccan city on the list and it has an index score of 40.18.

12.DURBAN: This is another SA cities on the list. Durban has a cost of living index score of 39.86.

13.CASABLANCA: This is the second largest city in Morocco and it has a cost of living index score of 39.81

14.NAIROBI: Kenya's capital city has a cost of living index score of 38.51.

15.RABAT: Finally, Morocco's capital city has a cost of living index score of 37.95.

The cost of living index compares the expected average costs of basic necessities such as food, clothing, entertainment, healthcare, etc.

Source: [Statista]

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26/03/2022

KENYA: 11 CHILDREN DIE OF HUNGER IN MARSABIT

The ravaging hunger occasioned by famine in Marsabit County has led to the deaths of at least 11 children under five years old.

This is according to Marsabit County Nutrition Department Coordinator Immaculate Mutua who said the hunger and famine crises were escalating in North Horr, Laisamis and Saku sub-counties.

She stated that the county government has since undertaken to deploy occupational therapeutic rapid responses and also to aid in combating malnutrition which describes as one of the causes to infant mortality in the county.

Henry Mustafa, Marsabit National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) Coordinator said at least 7,000 children out of 20,000 under five years are at the risk of starvation in the county.

He also said over 200,000 residents have been affected by the drought, with at least 75,000 facing a dire humanitarian crisis

according to Henry Mustafa, majority in the county depend on livestock as their source of nutrition and have lost over 240,000 to lack of pasture and water.

it is said that the situation in the county is so dire that even the remaining livestock have been forced to share human food.

Source: [Citizen]

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26/03/2022

10 AFRICAN COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST GDP PER CAPITA.

According to Investopedia, GDP per capita is an important economic metric used globally by economists to gauge/analyse a country's prosperity based on its economic growth. It specifically measures how much of a country's overall economic production value can be attributed to each of its citizens.

TOP 10.

1.SEYCHELLES: At $9,670, this island nation currently has the highest GDP per capita in Africa.

2.MAURITIUS: The second position is occupied by yet another island African country —Mauritius. This country has a GDP per capita of $9,640.

3.GABON: This oil-rich country comes in at third position with a GDP per capita of $8,600.

4.EQUATORIAL GUINEA: This country has a GDP per capita of $8000.

5.BOTSWANA: This Southern African country has a GDP per capita of $7,820.

6.SOUTH AFRICA: This country is one of Africa's leading economies. And it has a GDP per capita of $5, 440.

7.NAMIBIA: Namibia has a GDP per capita of $4, 370, according to Statista.

8.EGYPT: This is one of only two North African country that made it to the top 10 list, and it has a GDP per capita of $3,830.

9.ESWATINI(Formally known as Swaziland) this Southern African country has a GDP per capita of $3,710.

10.TUNISIA: on number ten, we have Tunisia which has a GDP per capita of $3,680.

Some African countries with the highest GDP (including Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya) failed to make it to the list of top 10 countries with the highest GDP per capita.

GDP per capita is calculated by dividing a country's gross domestic product (GDP) by the total number of people that make up the country's population.

The available statistics for Africa's GDP per capita is dated December 2021 and is courtesy of Statista, the global markets and consumer data company based in Hamburg, Germany..

GDP per capita is seen as more important than GDP itself, as it reflects how much of a country's overall wealth actually trickles down to the citizens.

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25/03/2022

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24/03/2022

GUINEA: FORMER GUINEAN PRESIDENT CONDÉ' AIDES ARRESTED AFTER A SECRET AUDIO LEAKS.

Former Guinean foreign minister Ibrahima Khalil Kaba and ex-president Condé's personal doctor, Dr. Mbemba Kaba on Tuesday 22nd march, were arrested, after unauthorized tape recordings attributed to the former Guinean president, who was overthrown by col. Doumbouya in 2021, was emerged on social medias.

In the audio, the ousted leader gives instructions on his succession to the leadership of the RPG party.

The comments recorded speak of the need for the party to get into battle in anticipation of a serious deterioration of the situation in Guinea, particularly because of rising prices and also assure the need to prevent Mr Condé's long-time opponent, Cellou Dalein Diallo, from being the political beneficiary of a social deterioration.

according to report released by Guinean gendermerie ''the doctor made this "clandestine recording" and transferred it to two recipients, including former Guinean foreign minister Ibrahima Khalil Kaba,

the gendarmerie said that these men are prosecuted for invasion of privacy and unauthorized processing of personal data. It added that they will be presented to the prosecutor, without specifying a date.

The RPG said in a statement that it had learned "with concern" of the arrest of the former minister, one of its members. It assured that the recording had not been discussed or shared within its bodies.

Since September 2021, Guinea is ruled by leader Colonel Mamady Doumbouya who overthrew Alpha Condé before he was sworn in as the president for the duration of the transition.(the duration which' s not defined to any period of time).

Source [Africanews.com]



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23/03/2022

EAST AFRICA: OXFAM WARNS THAT AS MANY AS 28 MILLION PEOPLE IN EAST AFRICA AT RISK OF THE EXTREME HUNGER.

Non-profit organisation Oxfam warned that up to 28 million people in East Africa are at risk of extreme hunger due to hikes in food and commodity prices most of which is as a result of the Ukraine war and potential lack of rain this March,

According to the organization, there is a real chance that the international community will not respond adequately.

Millions of people in East Africa are already experiencing severe food insecurity. Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia are experiencing the driest weather in 40 years, meanwhile, South Sudan is tackling ongoing flooding.

In her statement, Oxfam executive director Ms Gabriela Bucher says that effects of the Ukrainian conflict on the global food system will reverberate around the world, but it will be the poorest and most vulnerable people who will be hit hardest and fastest.

Rising food prices are a sledgehammer for millions of people already suffering from multiple crises, and are making the massive shortage of aid potentially deadly.”

Describing the global response as “woefully underfunded” a press release stated that only 3% of the $6bn (£4.5bn) United Nations (UN) 2022 humanitarian appeal for Ethiopia, Somalia and South Sudan had been funded.

East African countries get up to 90% of their wheat from Ukraine and Russia, the press statement said.

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20/03/2022

BREAKING NEWS!

UGANDA: SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT, JACOB OULANYAH IS DEAD

It has been confirmed by HE Yoweli K. Museveni President of Uganda via his Twitter handle, in the morning of 20th,march 2022.

Jacob L'Okori Oulanyah was born on 23 March 1965 in Gulu, Uganda. he was Ugandan agricultural economist, lawyer and politician, who served as the Speaker of the 11th Parliament (2021 - 2022) but passed on 20th March 2022 in Seattle where he was taken for further treatment.

Oulanyah was elected to the speaker position on 24 May 2021, after defeating the former Speaker of Rebecca Aliwala KadagaHe served as Deputy Speaker of the Ugandan parliament, from May 2011 until May 2021 Oulanyah was also the member of parliament representing the Omoro County constituency, Omoro district, achol sub-region, in the Uganda's northern region.

Recently, before the president comes out and confirm the sad news of death of the speaker of 11th Parliament of Uganda, there were rumors, that have been circulating on social medias inside Uganda announcing that Hon. Oulanyah has passed away However, the Government officials rubbished them.

19/03/2022

PROFILE: WHO IS FRANCIS KERE!?
(THE FIRST AFRICAN ARCHITECT TO WIN PRITZKER PRIZE)

Diebedo Francis Kere is Burkinabè architect ,Born in Gando Burkina Faso on 10th April 1965.

On Tuesday ,15th march, 2022 a Burkina Faso born Diebedo Francis Kere was awarded the architecture's most prestigious award , the Pritzker Prize and became, the first African and black person to win the honor in its more than 40-year history

The prize is often referred to as the Nobel Prize of architecture.Kere highly esteemed work, including permanent and temporary structures, has been erected in his country of birth, but also across Africa, Europe and the United States.

Kere Diebedo is renowned for building schools, health facilities, housing, civic buildings, and public spaces across Africa, including Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Togo, Kenya, Mozambique and Sudan. He will officially be named Pritzker laureate at a ceremony in London later this year. As with previous winners, he will be awarded a U.S.$100,000 grant and a bronze medal.

In an interview with AFP, after receiving the award Kere said he was the "happiest man on this planet" to become the 51st recipient of the illustrious prize since it was first awarded in 1979. "I have a feeling of an overwhelming honour but also a sense of responsibility," he added.

ALSO,
In 2017, Kere designed the Serpentine pavilion in London's Hyde Park, a prestigious assignment given to a world-famous architect every year.

He was also one of the architects behind Geneva's International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum

Kere held solo museum shows in Munich and Philadelphia.

AWARDS:

Pritzker Architecture Prize (2022)
Aga Khan Award for Architecture (2004)
Global Award for Sustainable Architecture (2009)
Global Holcim Award Gold (2012)

In Kere's native Burkina Faso, his accolade was hailed as a reminder that Burkina Faso should be known internationally for more than a violent jihadi insurgency that has gripped the country.

Source: Wikipedia

16/03/2022

UN EXTENDEDS S.SUDAN PEACE KEEPING MISSION FOR ONE YEAR

The UN Security Council voted Tuesday to prolong its peacekeeping mission in South Sudan for one more year, after Russia and China chose to abstain.

The Council's 13 other members all voted in favour of the resolution, which extends the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) until March 15, 2023 at its current level of deployment.

The maximum number of UN peacekeeping soldiers for UNMISS is set at 17,000 with an additional 2,100 police officers.
The operation is one of the most expensive for the UN, with an annual budget surpassing $1 billion.

China indicated that it was in favour of the extension, but chose to abstain because the United States insisted on including human rights in the resolution's text.

China's deputy ambassador, Dai Bing, called the draft resolution "very unbalanced," a sentiment shared by his Russian counterpart, Anna Evstigneeva, who was disappointed that Moscow's amendments were left out.

The resolution states that the goal of the peacekeeping mission is to "prevent a return to civil war in South Sudan, to build durable peace at the local and national levels, and to support inclusive and accountable governance and free, fair, and peaceful elections."

South Sudan has experienced chronic instability since gaining independence from Sudan in 2011.

Between 2013 and 2018, it descended into a bloody civil war between arch-enemies Riek Machar and Salva Kiir, which left nearly 400,000 dead and millions displaced.

Source: Theeastafrican.co.ke

16/03/2022

DR CONGO: DEATH TOLL CLIMBS TO 75 IN SOUTHERN DR CONGO TRAIN CRASH.

The death toll from a freight train that crashed over the weekend in Lualaba, southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, has risen from 60 to 75 after more bodies were discovered.

according to National Railway Company of Congo (SNCC) Director Fabien Mutomb. ''The train, with a 14-car trailer, carried more than 100 tonnes of freight bound for Lubumbashi when a cut in the tracks which caused the train and wagons to fall into a ravine,

In a tweet late on Sunday, President Felix Tshisekedi expressed sadness over the accident and conveyed his condolences to the victim’s families.

The government is reportedly taking care of those injured in the train crash

Civil society groups argue that due to lack of passable roads and passenger trains throughout the region, many residents travel long distances via freight trains.

The country has a bad track record with train derailmentsand boats capsizing due to, lack overloading or poor maintenance.

The last was in October 2021 when nine people died after a train derailed in the city of Kenzenze in Lualaba province.

Source: Allafrica.com

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15/03/2022

CYCLONE GOMBE HAS KILLED 15 PEOPLE IN MOZAMBIQUE.

according to Mozambique officials "Cyclone Gombe has flooded many areas of northern and central Mozambique and has claimed lives 15 people and other 50 people were reportedly injured.

Gombe is the most recent of a series of cyclones that have hit southern Africa so far this year.

Some coastal districts in Nampula province remained isolated on Monday, without power, water and communication and more than 100,000 people were forced from their homes by the strong cyclone and about 12,000 houses were totally destroyed while 11,000 were seriously damaged.

according to official figures ''in the areas where this cyclone reaches at least two bridges have been destroyed, 16 health units and 113 schools have been reported damaged. More than 140 power lines have been knocked down''

it is said that Cyclone Gombe weakened over the weekend but continued to batter northern and central Mozambique with rain and strong winds. Virtually all rivers in the area have reached alert levels and many roads have become impassable.

Source: AfricaNews.com

*http://www.africanews.com/2022/03/15/mozambique-death-toll-from-cyclone-gombe-rises-to-15/*