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Leaders & Politics East Africa
Lazarus Chakwera sworn as Kenya wins Africa seat
president of Malawi, as at the UN Security Council,
Mutharika gives ceremony third time round
a wide berth

Issue 009 Jul - Aug 2020

SOUTH SUDAN:

W OMEN EMPO WERMENT ,
WOMEN EMPOWERMENT,
AS COUNTRY TURNS NEW PAGE
AS COUNTRY TURNS NEW PAGE

Editorial: South Sudan makes way for access to opportunities and decision-making power for women
People: Strive Museyiwa: Profile of an eminent African Billionaire • Opinion & Views: Peace and Security - The
common prayers of the majority South Sudanese • Health &Perspectives: COVID-19 - Bill Gates and the Vaccine
conspiracy theories • Leaders & Politics: AfCFTA could result in welfare gains amounting to USD 1.8 billion for
Eastern Africa • Lazarus Chakwera sworn as president of Malawi, as Mutharika gives ceremony a wide berth
Obituary: Pierre Nkurunziza passes on • COVER STORY: South Sudan: Women empowerment, as country turns
new page • Environment: Congo Basin rainforest may be gone by 2100 • Finance & Economics: Coronavirus
delivers blow to moving goods across East Africa • Science & Health: Breakthrough Microbe can prevent
mosquitoes from infection by malaria parasites • East Africa: Burundi’s Evariste Ndayishimiye is sworn in as
president • Kenya wins Africa seat at the UN Security Council, third time round • Africa: Ethiopia start filling
dam in July, even as Egypt cries foul • XI chairs Africa Summit, calls for solidarity to defeat COVID-19 • World:
Global GDP to contract by 5.2 percent in 2020 • Floyd’s brother tells UN ‘black lives do not matter’ as UN
staffers Speak • Country Profile: South Africa, The rainbow nation • Special Report: China’s engagement with
Africa and the implications • Sports: Racial bias in English football commentary • Counting the costs as
Premier League returns after coronavirus break