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These are the major updates you should know from East Africa. Kenya It's President Uhuru Kenyatta Birthday. Tanzania #Tanzania is just days away from their general elections. https://twitter.com/Follow_SALC/status/1320644551233671168?s=20 Ethiopia On Ethiopia's GERD. https://twitter.com/EthiopiaOnline/status/1320629656878379008?s=20 Uganda Bobi Wine's new election poster. https://twitter.com/HEBobiwine/status/1320646288367562753?s=20 Rwanda Store and cook your food with appliances made in Rwanda https://twitter.com/ali_naka/status/1319961498773573632?s=20 https://twitter.com/NewTimesRwanda/status/1319988449517162497?s=20 Here are...

These are the major stories around the top cities in Southern Africa today. SOUTH AFRICA: (800,000 jobs, #PSLAwards20 President Cyril Ramaphosa says 800,000 employment opportunities will be created in coming months. https://twitter.com/News24/status/1316723207748104192?s=20 The football community in SA have something to keep them glued: https://twitter.com/OfficialPSL/status/1316740646254804996?s=20 https://twitter.com/OfficialPSL/status/1316743347957043200?s=20 It...

These are the major stories around the top cities in East Africa today. Kenya (#SchoolsReopening) Schools reopened in Kenya today https://twitter.com/mozdic65/status/1315588550012932096?s=20 Some teachers were reminiscing old days. https://twitter.com/BambaTVKenya/status/1313182721179627521?s=20 Tanzania (Mount Kilimanjaro) Communities in Tanzania living near Mount Kilimanjaro have been battling a wildfire on the mountain...

It all started with the hope that it will stop soon. But little did the people of Sudan think that at this time, flooding will be a major part of what they would have to deal with. Even though this...

Victoire Tomegah Dogbe, 60, has on Monday, September 28, been named the new Prime Minister of Togo by President Faure Gnassingbe. Victoire replaces Komi Selom Klassou, who resigned on Friday. Togo has been due for a political reshuffle since Gnassingbe...

SOUTH AFRICA: Teenager sets up women-only taxi firm  A South African entrepreneur has set up a women-only taxi company to protect women from violence in public transport and other taxi-hailing companies.  Asiphe Mkhefa, 18, said and it was reported that taxis had...

Museveni: How to win friends and influence the youth  Yoweri Museveni, Uganda's septuagenarian president, has been speaking about the strategy he uses to win over young people on social media - including those who "abuse me, saying you are very...

ETHIOPIA: Polls open in Tigray in test for unity  Polls have opened for elections in Tigray in northern Ethiopia in defiance of federal authority, threatening to deepen a political crisis in Africa's second most populous country.  The Tigray People's Liberation Front...

GHANA: Stonebwoy is open to having a football club  Ghana’s dancehall titan Stonebwoy is a big football fan whose only brother is training as a professional footballer and Stonebwoy himself was a keen player before music claimed him.  Stonebwoy has featured actual football players in his music videos...

Ghana: First woman to win the African Prize Technology entrepreneur, Charlette N’Guessan from Ghana, just won the 2020 Royal Academy of Engineering Africa Prize for engineering innovation. She is the first woman to win the prize and the first winner...