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Leader of leftwing Economic Freedom Fighters was convicted last year for firing rifle in the air at 2018 rally The South African leftwing politician Julius Malema has been sentenced to five years in prison for firing a rifle in the air at a political rally in 2018. Lawyers for the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters, South Africa’s fourth largest political party, immediately appealed, and Malema will remain free while the appeal proceedings are under way. Continue reading…

The Bill seeks to amend the Forest Conservation and Management Act, Cap. 385 to align it with modern realities, as well as contemporary global discourse on forestry conservation and management. – Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today | Capitalfm.co.ke

After almost three years of war, the International Conference on Sudan is not just another diplomatic meeting. It is a moment where Sudanese political coherence and international convergence may finally meet. The post Sudan’s Civil War: Berlin and the Last Chance for Convergence first appeared on The Elephant .

In Kenya, funerals are more than events. They’re cultural, communal, and often urgent. When loss happens, everything moves fast – decisions, logistics, expectations. And, in many cases, families are forced to figure out the financial side in real time. That’s where the Heshima Farewell Plan by Britam comes in. Developed through a partnership between Britam […]

Informal migration, plus climate change and rising numbers of cases globally, are complicating the tireless efforts of landlocked Eswatini to eradicate the killer disease The freezer is filled with blue-lidded tubes of cows’ blood, ready to be defrosted and used to feed the colony of mosquitoes. “Also, you can use your arm,” says Nombuso Princess Bhembe, who tends the mosquitoes at Eswatini’s national insectary, an unremarkable building in the town of Siphofaneni, part of the southern African country’s push to eliminate malaria. But the landlocked nation of 1.2 million people, formerly known as Swaziland, is facing headwinds from not only the climate crisis, aid cuts and insecticide resistance but also economic migration from countries with higher case numbers. Continue reading…

Fighting that erupted in 2023 has forced millions from their homes and left widespread hunger that is now being compounded by strife in the Middle East.

Catholicism is growing fast on the continent, yet Africans play a comparatively small role in church leadership. Cameroon, where Leo XIV arrived on Wednesday, shows the disparity.

Donors exceed funding target at Berlin conference but prospects for ceasefire remain distant More than £1bn (€1.15bn) has been pledged for war-ravaged Sudan at a conference in Berlin, eclipsing the funding target organisers had set to help mitigate the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. The financial commitments made on Wednesday will also help offset a chronic humanitarian funding shortfall in a country devastated by three years of conflict, where two-thirds of its population – 34m people – require assistance. Continue reading…

NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 15-Kenya has stepped up its collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme to accelerate climate action, environmental – Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today | Capitalfm.co.ke

Romuald Wadagni received 94 percent of the vote, according to provisional results. He faces the challenge of a growing jihadist insurgency in the region.