Image Source Liberian President Joseph Boakai has announced a 40 per cent cut to his annual salary to bring it down from $13,400 to $8,000 per year. The decision comes Read More..
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A mobile library helps boost literacy among pupils in the DR Congo
Image source If you don’t go to libraries, they will come to you. This is the concept behind Kitabus, a mobile library designed to promote reading to a wide audience. Read More..
Sierra Leone bans child marriage following campaigns by girls
Image Source Sierra Leone has passed a historic bill to ban child marriage after girls across the country and Save the Children International joined a campaign to criminalise the widespread Read More..
Dr Yumkella on ensuring a fair energy transition for Africa [Interview]
Image Source The transition to renewable energy will quadruple the demand for strategic minerals used in the production of wind turbines, electric batteries, solar panels—in short, everything we need to Read More..
Remembering the Soweto Uprising: Youth Day in South Africa
Image Source Every year on June 16, South Africa observes Youth Day to commemorate the 1976 Soweto Uprising, a pivotal moment in the fight against apartheid. On this day 48 Read More..
Kenya’s Veronica Nduva set for swearing-in as EAC Secretary-General
Kenyan President William Ruto’s nominee for the Secretary-General of the East African Community (EAC), Veronica Nduva, will be sworn in on Friday, June 7, during the bloc’s Heads of State Read More..