Meta pushes Reels monetization with new ad formats

(Reuters) – Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) announced a series of new ad formats on Tuesday, aimed at creating new revenue streams for the short video and business messaging products that it has... Read more »

 Tanzania, Kenya form new teams to review education

Days after Tanzania opened discussions on improving its education curriculum, Kenya President William Ruto named a 49-member Working Party on Education that will gather views on, among other things, assess and recommend... Read more »

 Protests in Tunisia’s capital amid inflation, food shortages

Hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets in the Tunisian capital as soaring inflation and food shortages have compounded unrest amid the country’s ongoing political crisis. Protesters in the working class... Read more »

 Uganda’s Ebola caseload rises to 16 as outbreak spreads

Members of Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres, or MSF) set up an Ebola treatment isolation unit at the Mubende regional referral hospital in Uganda on September 24, 2022 [BadruKatumba/AFP] A total... Read more »

AfCFTA moves to pull women and youth into trade with new protocol

 The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is building a fund and drafting a protocol to ensure participation of more women and youth in trade. This week, AfCFTA Secretary General Wamkele Mene... Read more »

Uganda closes clubs, limits gatherings to curb Ebola spread

 Officials at Mubende Hospital in central Uganda install beds meant for the Ebola Treatment Unit on September 22, 2022. Health officials have suspended the operations of entertainment centres and banned crowded burials... Read more »

 China rejects U.S. accusations on rights of ethnic minorities in China

CGTN- A senior Chinese diplomat on Wednesday rejected the accusations made by the representatives of the U.S., UK and EU regarding the rights of ethnic minorities in China. Zhang Jun, China’s permanent... Read more »

 China rejects U.S. accusations on rights of ethnic minorities in China

CGTN- A senior Chinese diplomat on Wednesday rejected the accusations made by the representatives of the U.S., UK and EU regarding the rights of ethnic minorities in China. Zhang Jun, China’s permanent... Read more »

 West destroying its own privileges – Russian FM says

RT News- The main cause of the worsening situation in the world is the “persistent desire of the West led by the United States to ensure its global dominance,” Russian Foreign Minister... Read more »

Ground handlers get two months to vacate new Zanzibar airport terminal

Ground handlers at Zanzibar’s Abeid Amani Karume International Airport have until November to vacate the newly constructed terminal 3 building to give way to a new operator, Dubai National Air Travel Agency... Read more »