By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Citizen Digital
Kenyan Roads and Transport Minister Davis Chirchir has announced that the Rift Valley viewpoint, on the Nairobi-Nakuru route, will have cable cars, craft shops and high-end hotels. The project is linked to work on the Rironi-Mau Summit highway, according to Citizen Digital. It aims to turn the site into a world-class tourist destination.
Kenyan President William Ruto announces the extension of the Rironi-Mau Summit dual carriageway to Kericho, Kisii, Kisumu and Malaba, as well as the construction of 180 kilometres of roads in Nyamira County. He made the promises on Sunday at a rally in Nyamira, according to Citizen Digital.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Source: Citizen Digital ·
Kenyan President William Ruto plans to launch around April 2027 a four-lane highway linking Mau Summit to Kisumu and the Eldoret-Malaba corridor. The project is to follow completion of the Rironi-Mau Summit link, with an announced cost of 200 billion Kenyan shillings, according to Kenyans.co.ke.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Source: Kenyans.co.ke ·
Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs Nabeela Farida Tunis has launched a state-funded project to restore and equip Bunce Island, a former slave fort. The work, led by the Monuments and Relics Commission, is meant to consolidate the site and develop it as a tourist destination, according to Sierra Loaded.
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone · Source: Sierra Loaded ·
Congolese Deputy Prime Minister Jean-Jacques Bouya launched the Urban Resilience Strengthening Project in Brazzaville on 9 November, carried out with the World Bank. It provides for strengthening drainage and sanitation in vulnerable neighbourhoods of Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire, according to the ACI.
🇨🇬 Republic of Congo · Source: ACI ·
Kenyan court rules State responsible for abducted personsJudge Alexander Muteti ruled that the Kenyan State cannot escape its responsibility for missing persons by simply denying that it holds them. According to The Standard, the ruling holds security chiefs accountable in cases of abduction.
In Djibouti, finance committee approves 2026 supplementary budgetThe Finance Committee of Djibouti’s National Assembly has issued a favourable opinion on the 2026 supplementary finance bill, after examining the state expenditure section with Budget Minister Isman Ibrahim Robleh. The text will be submitted to MPs in a public sitting, according to RTD.The week in Africa
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