Kenya police use tear gas, water cannon as hundreds protest over tax hikes

[ad_1] Controversial but watered-down finance bill that many fear will up cost of living is due to be debated in parliament.Police in Kenya have fired tear gas and used water cannon to disperse protesters gathering near parliament in the capital...

‘Double attack’: The curse of natural gas and armed groups in Mozambique

[ad_1] Palma, Mozambique – It was late afternoon and darkness was approaching when Awa Salama* heard pops of gunfire and explosions: The fighters were coming. As her neighbours made frantic telephone calls trying to warn loved ones before running wildly...

‘Meloni wants to present Italy as the new European face in Africa’

[ad_1] Bari, Italy – Africa is set to be high on Italy’s agenda this year at the Group of Seven (G7) leaders’ meeting, as Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni aims to position the country as a key energy hub between Europe...

India’s Modi urged to set ‘ambitious’ economic agenda after poll humbling

[ad_1] Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) campaigned on India’s sizeable economic expansion in the lead-up to the country’s recent national elections. Since Modi came to power in 2014, GDP per capita has risen from...

The Zimbabwean musician bringing the marimba and mbira to township youth

[ad_1] Harare, Zimbabwe – Dzivarasekwa, a nondescript township on the southwestern rims of Zimbabwe’s capital, copies the 1907 template of the first ghetto, Harari (now Mbare): grim, monotonous, matchbox houses laid out on grids. Driving on its streets, one often...

Teenagers, their mums and grandmothers around the world talk about periods

[ad_1] "When I was young, a girl who got her first period was scared and frightened," Burkinabe grandmother Marie, 73, tells her daughter, Aminata, and teenage granddaughter, Nassiratou, 18 - who calls her grandma "Yaaba". The three women sit together...

Billionaire backlash shows the power of basic income

[ad_1] Last month, the US state of Iowa enacted a law banning local governments from adopting basic income programmes. This follows similar developments in Arkansas, Idaho, and South Dakota. In Texas, after lawmakers failed to get their own such law adopted, the...

Poverty in Lebanon more than tripled in past decade: World Bank

[ad_1] Report shows country has slid into a protracted financial crisis, with Syrian refugee population hit particularly hard.Poverty in Lebanon has more than tripled over the past 10 years, with the overall proportion of the country’s population living below the...

Nigeria’s women drivers rally together to navigate male-dominated industry

[ad_1] Lagos, Nigeria – It was after 11pm on a night last February when Victoria Oyeyemi received an urgent phone call as she was getting ready for bed. A fellow taxi driver, Gladys April Abanang, had been in a serious...

‘We need you’: Solomon Islands’ support for US agency’s return revealed

[ad_1] A United States development aid agency whose return to the Solomon Islands has been delayed for years without explanation found “overwhelming support and enthusiasm” for its work, with the Pacific island nation’s leader telling officials “We need you”, a...
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