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April 07, 2019
Thousands of Sudanese press on with protests
By Tonderayi MukeredziHARARE — As eastern Zimbabwe struggles with the aftermath of floods that have killed nearly 270 people and destroyed homes and roads, other parts of Zimbabwe are facing a very different crisis: too little water.Lake Chivero, the main source of water for the capital Harare, is at just 60 percent of its usual capacity at this time of year, following poor rains, said Richard Kunyadini, Harare City Council’s water manager.The city’s two other dams, Harava and Seke, are just 7 percent full, he said.For residents such as Letwin Bhamusi, 43, that means water is now arriving through the pipes only once a week, under a new water rationing schedule put in place in early March by Harare’s authorities.Water rationing is nothing new in Harare — but it more commonly...
April 07, 2019
As floods drench east Zimbabwe, water shortages parch Harare
April 05, 2019
Thousands rally in Mali to protest ethnic violence
April 05, 2019
Bereaved families blame Boeing after Ethiopia crash report
April 05, 2019
Macron appoints researchers to evaluate role of France in Rwandan genocide
April 04, 2019
Ethiopia urges Boeing to review controls, backs pilots
April 04, 2019
Pilots in deadly Boeing 737 crash followed rules, says report
LUCY Muke, a farmer in Mbalmayo in south-central Cameroon, pointed happily to the pile of processed and bottled liquid pepper, ginger and garlic in front of her door, which she planned to supply to supermarkets in the capital Yaounde.The mother of three, aged 36, belongs to a group for rural women farmers who have benefited from a government-run support scheme called AGROPOLE.It provides training and funds for farmers to process and market spices and other forest-grown plants, to boost incomes and jobs, while conserving trees and limiting climate change.Muke said the project, introduced in her region in 2015, had enabled her to make more money, with which she can send her children to school and feed the family.This season she harvested and processed a dozen 10kg (22lb) bags of pepper that...
April 03, 2019
Cameroon farmers spice up their earnings with forest-friendly foods
“IT’S not because you don’t have the means that you don’t dream,” says Guy-Serge Namane, a director at the second Bushman Film Festival, a cornucopia of global smartphone cinema.“Action!,” his assistant director calls.Namane asks actress Berenice Irie, in full make-up, to knock on the door of Room 8 at the Bushman Cafe in Abidjan, the venue at the center of the second such festival, unique in West Africa.Another assistant lights the scene with the lamp on his mobile phone.“With the telephone, we can communicate but we can also make films and we can even cast the light to make films!” Namane jests.The three-day festival, which ended Sunday and followed an inaugural event in 2017, received more than 5,000 entries, of which organizers said they retained 3,694 submissions...
April 03, 2019
Smartphone filmmakers grab the limelight at African festival
April 02, 2019
More than 113 million people suffer ‘acute hunger’: UN
