Voter apathy among young Kenyan voters rife as country heads to the polls, with concerns being raised about disinformation on social media. Ethnic watchdog threatens to ban Facebook.

World Of Africa: Kenya goes to polls on August 9

A recent report revealed that more than 70 percent of all Malawians believe in witchcraft with over 80 percent among the relatively rich and the well-educated. The practice has seen innocent older people torched to death for being accused of practicing the vice. The Southern African nation is grappling with the spate of witchcraft violence.

World Of Africa: Malawi's struggle with deadly witchcraft violence

Traditional debt crises and crashing currencies point to a brewing economic downturn in many developing nations. Africa has been no different, it is witnessing an economic slowdown, and the prevalence of Covid pandemic has hindered the flow of necessary finances for ongoing infrastructure development projects. We look at the latest rise in loans from the international monetary fund, the pros, cons and the pitfalls of such loans.

World Of Africa: Africa's spiralling debt crisis

Rhinoceros in South Africa are a big source of business for traders which makes rhino poaching a common practice in the region. But this practice also leaves many young rhinos as orphans. Providing them shelter and keeping them safe is a team of vets in South Africa who not only protects them from poachers but also rehabilitates them.

World Of Africa: Rhinos find a new home in South Africa

In South Africa, the finance minister earlier this year announced that the debt burden remains a serious concern. This year the government debt has reached R4.3 trillion and is projected to rise to R5.4 trillion over the medium term. Kalden Ongmu explains South Africa's debt crisis.

World of Africa: South Africa's debt crisis explained

Even as Kenya's Presidential elections draw closer, millions in the country's north stare at a severe hunger crisis, as the matter fails to attract any national attention amid a hard-fought and costly poll campaign. In the dust bowl of Kenya's drought-stricken north, the people of Purapul are edging closer to starvation, surviving on nothing but wild berries.

World Of Africa: Millions face starvation in drought-hit northern Kenya

The war between the Ethiopian government and its allies against Tigray, one of its northern states, has led to a humanitarian crisis. Tigray was an environmental success story, but the war is undoing decades of regreening. Prime minister Abiy Ahmed and the Tigray people’s liberation front or the TPLF have been at loggerheads since 2020. Now after over a year of the war, leaving millions displaced and thousands dead, both parties have asserted their desire for peaceful negotiations to find an end to the conflict. But how did the civil war begin?

World of Africa: Why is Ethiopia at war with itself?

There is confusion over the peace accord, both the government and the TPLF have conflicting versions of how they want the truce to be signed and implemented. Our correspondent Coletta Wanjohi explains how the negotiations are going to play out and the road to finding peace in Ethiopia.

World Of Africa: Will Ethiopia's Tigray conflict end peacefully?

Many people are mesmerised by the wonders of Egypt, especially the great pyramids of Giza. Only one problem. Travelling has become too expensive nowadays, but not to worry, a museum in France, is hoping to make your dreams come true without the hustle of making hefty travel plans. Tourists can now go to the heart of ancient Egypt, through an immersive virtual reality experience at Paris' Arab world institute.

World Of Africa: Take a virtual tour of ancient Egypt from Paris

In a North Sudan village, a growing number of traditional miners working at gold-bearing rocks are disposing of mining waste, laden with highly toxic chemicals, including mercury, near farmlands, water sources, and residential areas. Chemical contamination from gold extraction has rendered some locals incapable of moving, walking, standing up or sitting down. This is their story.

World Of Africa: Horrific reality of Sudan's gold rush

The 2022 African youth survey from South Africa’s Ichikowitz family foundation, finds that 44 percent of young Africans are likely to consider leaving their native country in the next three years. Kalden Ongmu reports.

World Of Africa: Why are African youth ready to leave their native country?

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A Congolese refugee is providing clean energy to 200 businesses around north-western Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp with help from a 20-kilowatt mini solar grid. He used to live at the camp and felt the need to go green. And now he is giving it back to the community. Vasco Hamisi is our trailblazer.

World Of Africa: Lighting hearts in refugee camp

South Africa is no stranger to xenophobic incidences. Time and again foreign nationals mainly from other parts of Africa have borne the brunt. Yeoville market in Johannesburg, which is one of the busiest market was recently attacked and shops owned by foreign nationals were burnt down. Our correspondent from South Africa Kalden Ongmu bring you a ground report on widening fault lines between the natives and the migrants.

World Of Africa: Migrants face the 'heat of hate'

South Africa has been ranked the world's tenth least attractive destinations for mining, for the first time in the latest Fraser Institutes' annual survey of mining companies. This has raised concerns at multiple-levels, and experts feel that the country's mining sector needs urgent intervention. Here is a special report by WION correspondent Kalden Ongmu.

World of Africa: South Africa's 'unattractive mines'

Imagine living in a country, where you feel unwanted, and always in constant fear of being mobbed or attacked. That is the story of thousands of African immigrants living and working in other countries within the continent. Statements like 'go home', ' you don't belong here', 'let go of our jobs' are quite common nowadays. Concerns are now growing that xenophobia could be creeping back to the continent and taking several countries hostage. But what really made xenophobia so prevalent in the continent? Let's find out in this report.

World of Africa: Fears of Xenophobia loom in Africa

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