Potential of the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement

By Yohane Mbeeya Moono An Alumni of the Zambia Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies Reuters Trained Journalist The African Continent under the Pan-African Vision of “An integrated, Prosperous and Peaceful Africa” came up with the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement. This is solely the brainchild of the Continental body the African Union. This

Can the East African Community bring the Rwanda-DRC tension to an end

By Yohane Mbeeya Moono An Alumni of the Zambia Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies Reuters Trained Journalist The Continental bloc the African Union has eight (8) Regional Economic Communities which help to consolidate the mandate of the Continental bloc. Among the Regional Economic Communities is the Southern African Development Community(SADC), Economic Commision Of West

The many roots of Mozambique’s deadly insurgency

New field research in Cabo Delgado sheds light on one of Africa’s least understood violent conflicts Conflict erupted in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province just a few years after some of Africa’s biggest gas reserves were discovered in the Rovuma Basin off the coast. Mozambicans see this as no coincidence. A new study by the

List of Africa’s Longest Serving Presidents 👇

1. Teodoro Obiang | Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇶 | 43 years (since 1979) His son, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue has been his Vice President since 2012.https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=596233355200248&id=100044407664978 He seized power from his uncle, Francisco Macías Nguema who ruled the country from 1968 to 1979. He was the country’s first President. 2. Paul Biya | Cameroon 🇨🇲 |

AfCFTA could boost African incomes by 9%, says World Bank report

Full implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) could increase FDI by up to 159%, with positive impacts for trade and incomes. Charles Dietz Reforms set in motion by the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) could lead to a rise in foreign direct investment (FDI) that would boost incomes

Zambia-Rwanda Bilateral Ties: why Zambia needs to open a mission station in Kigali?

ByYohane Mbeeya Moono Trained Diplomat Rwanda a country that was ravaged by a genocide in 1994 has risen from the ruins of the genocide to cede claim as one of Africa’s fastest growing economies. During and after the genocide, many Rwandese nationals sought refuge in Zambia. Since then the two countries have even enjoyed more

Baroness Scotland re-elected as Commonwealth chief in blow to Johnson

“Britain fails to install Jamaican challenger as secretary-general” Boris Johnson has failed to oust a Labour peer as leader of the Commonwealth after she narrowly survived a challenge from the foreign minister of Jamaica. Baroness Scotland of Asthal will remain secretary-general after scraping enough votes during a long closed-doors session at the Commonwealth summit in

TOP 7 MEGA PROJECTS IN RWANDA (ONGOING & COMPLETED) 🇷🇼

1. Bugesera International Airport Construction of the $ 1.3 billion Bugesera International Airport(BIA) in Eastern Rwanda will be completed by December 2022,construction activities of airport was hampered by the COVID-19. 2. Kigali City Green Project The Government of Rwanda (GoR), under its Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy EDPRS (II), has pioneered a vision of

What makes Rwanda the cleanest country in Africa???🇷🇼💕

UMUGANDA: Umuganda, a Kinyarwanda word that translates as “coming together in common purpose,” is the name of the monthly community cleanup held on the last Saturday of every month. NPR notes that this holistic community effort to clean up the country “is one reason that #Rwanda is renowned in Africa for its cleanliness.” “It’s compulsory

RWANDA COMMEMORATES THE 1994 GENOCIDE AGAINST THE TUTSI 🇷🇼

Today marks the 28’th commemoration of the Rwandan Genocide against the Tutsi. The Rwandan genocide occurred between 7 April and 15 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. During this period of around 100 days, members of the Tutsi minority ethnic group, as well as some moderate Hutu and Twa, were killed by armed militias.