Victor Wanyama captained Kenya at the Africa Cup of Nations in 2019Kenya midfielder Victor Wanyama, 30, has announced his retirement from international football.His decision comes after he was once again overlooked for selection, this time for the 2022 World Cup qualifiers earlier this month.Wanyama, who plays for Major League Soccer side CF Montreal, last appeared for Kenya in November 2020.He made his international debut in May 2007 and scored seven goals in 64 outings for his country.The former Celtic, Southampton and Tottenham Hotspur man captained the national side at the Africa Cup of Nations in 2019, when Kenya finished third…
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On the issue of good governance and social justice, he said “the fight against corruption, economic embezzlement and the fight against impunity are among the priorities of the Government.” Turning to peace and security, he said it is “undeniable” that international community has had some successes fighting terrorism, but it must recognize that it is “far from having developed a common, adequate and effective strategy to annihilate this scourge.” “Beyond the necessary military action, the effective fight against terrorism includes a fight against radicalization, which is rooted in ignorance, poverty, youth unemployment and illiteracy,” he argued. He added that his Government is concerned about the proliferation of terrorism in the region, including in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic…
At the 2021 Met Gala, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) ruffled feathers when she appeared in a dress with the inscription “Tax the Rich.” The white mermaid gown, which quickly made headlines in the U.S. and across the world, was designed by Aurora James, a Black immigrant woman designer, an entrepreneur and a social activist. She was raised in a multiracial household in Guelph, just outside Toronto. Her father comes from Ghana and her mother is from Canada. At seven, James, her mother and stepfather relocated to Jamaica. The trip was influenced by her maternal grandmother who visited the island and…
More than US$73 million has gone missing from the coffers in South Sudan in just the last two years, according to a new Commission on Human Rights report. That money was diverted by the country’s ruling elites, the United Nations rights agency said, and is a fraction of the total amount missing. “The Commission’s documentation of the corruption, embezzlement, bribery, and misappropriation of state funds by political elites is merely the tip of the iceberg,” said Yasmin Sooka, head of the investigative commission. “Our investigations traced exactly how this money is being diverted.” She said the country’s Ministry of Finance…
Nigeria has joined the World Logistics Passport (WLP) as a hub, with the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria (CRFFN) as the coordinating partner Nigeria has joined the WLP alongside other African nations including South Africa, Senegal, Morocco, Kenya, Ethiopia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Burkina Faso and Guinea. (Image source: Adobe Stock) Nigeria is the largest economy in Africa, with a diverse industrial base and rapidly expanding regional and global trade interests. With access to the WLP network, Nigerian traders will have the opportunity to enhance the connectivity and efficiency of their cargo operations. This in turn will…
Posted by Daniel De Lapelin Dumont on September 10 2021 in Beach Holidays & Getaways Enquire Now! What’s a Zanzibar holiday is like now, in Covid-19 times? Here are photos from two of our US clients, Chris and Kayla Anderson, who went on a Zanzibar vacation in July 2021 after going on a wildlife safari in Tanzania. This is the tour Chris and Kayla took: Tanzania Safari & Zanzibar Beach Holiday Zanzibar Holiday, Tanzania Overall, the trip was amazing and we would highly recommend booking with Daniel at African Budget Safaris Zanzibar beach resort pool From Tanzania mainland to Stone Town on Zanzibar Island Chris and Kayla Anderson, Africa…
MOSCOW, RUSSIA – JANUARY, 15 (RUSSIA OUT) President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa is seen during Russian-Zimbabwean meeting at the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia, January, 15, 2019. Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa is having his first visit to Russia. (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images) Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa on Saturday commissioned a water supply station at the Bubi-Lupane Dam in the country’s Matabeleland North province as the government looks to address challenges in accessing clean and safe water. According to a statement from the presidency, the Lupane Water Supply Station has an installed capacity of 115 million litres and will improve the…
The Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, ADFD, is set to finance the upgrading of a fishing port in Mauritania to boost the local industry. The ADFD’s funding, $7.9 million, will be used to renovate the Tanit Fishing Port including the building of an ice factory, the Gulf country’s state-run news agency WAM reported. The project, will reportedly provide local fishermen with access to refrigeration storage and rapid freezing units required to operate the Tanit fish processing plant. “The modernization of the Tanit Fishing Port represents an opportunity to directly impact the livelihoods of local fishing families…
In brief Trade between China and Africa almost doubled between 2020 and 2021, and over the last 20 years trade between China and the region has increased twenty-fold. Challenges, such as Africa’s over-dependence on natural resources and vast lack of essential infrastructure, must still be addressed, but the African Continental Free Trade Area is gearing up to provide a further boost for all of the continent’s major trading partners. In depth According to China’s Ministry of Commerce, trade between China and Africa increased by 40.5 percent year-on-year in the first seven months of 2021, and was valued at a record…