Following an outbreak of polio in Malawi in February, Mozambique has detected a polio case. This is the first case in the country in 30 years. Africa was declared free of indigenous wild poliovirus in August 2020 after no polio cases had occurred on the continent for the previous four years. Mozambique has detected its…
Summary Figures from ministries of Education of East African Community member states show at least 400 students from the region, who were studying in Ukraine, were evacuated when Russia invaded Ukraine. Change.org, a global organisation that helps people seek justice, is running a petition to fight for African students in Ukraine universities whose education was…
Loud Christian prayers ring out each day like a song as relatives of men trapped a month ago in a mine in Burkina Faso try desperately not to give up hope. It has taken the rescue team 31 days to reach the first rescue chamber in which the missing miners might have sought refuge from…
Around 15 assailants were killed during a “terrorist” attack last week in the north of Togo that also left eight soldiers dead, a minister said Wednesday. Togo’s troops are deployed in the north of the country to try and contain a jihadist threat pushing south from Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger where militants linked to…
ABUJA, May 17 (Reuters) – Nigeria is monitoring Meta Platforms Inc’s FB.O Facebook and other platforms to ensure they comply with demands to curtail hate speech on their sites, as it steps up its campaign for responsible use of social media, Information Minister Lai Mohammed said on Tuesday. Mohammed’s comments came after meeting with Facebook’s team in Nigeria’s capital,…
May 17 (Reuters) – Worsening outdoor air pollution and toxic lead poisoning have kept global deaths from environmental contamination at an estimated 9 million per year since 2015 – countering modest progress made in tackling pollution elsewhere, a team of scientists reported Tuesday. Air pollution from industry processes along with urbanization drove a 7% increase in pollution-related…
Summary According to two presidential decrees, Prime Minister Nuno Gomes Nabiam and his deputy Soares Sambú will continue in their positions and will ensure the functioning of the executive until the elections are concluded. By ARNALDO VIEIRA Guinea Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embaló has dissolved the parliament and the government and called for legislative polls,…
Summary The Eritrean Ministry of Information said the TPLF’s “main target is to re-occupy our land, which international law has recognised as the sovereign territory of Eritrea, and to re-commit their hatred-driven looting and atrocities on Eritrean soil.” Badme, the main source of the 1998-2000 border war between Eritrea and Ethiopia, was granted to Eritrea…
Summary Mr Roble and President Mohamud come from the larger Hawiye clan although the PM is from the smaller Habar-Gidir sub-clan while the President is from Abgaal. As such, they cannot continue holding their positions at the same time. The 4.5 formula, a loose arranged rotational democracy practice, means that Somali’s four main clans—Hawiye, Darod, Dir,…
Cyril Ramaphosa tabled the fourth part of the State Capture Inquiry’s report. Parliament confirmed the Ethics Committee was looking at current members named in the report. The DA welcomed the turnaround after the ANC previously stalled working on the reports until mid-October. President Cyril Ramaphosa tabled the fourth part of the State Capture Inquiry’s report…