Tanzania, Zambia and Mozambique will join Malawi in the second round of a regional mass polio vaccination for children under five years beginning end of April. Speaking to the East African newspaper, Dr Saumya Anand, UNICEF’s eastern and southern Africa regional coordinator for polio, said that the trans-border vaccination will start on April 21. “The…
Egypt’s state-appointed human rights council has urged prosecutors to investigate whether an economic researcher was a victim of forced. disappearance. The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) said that it was awaiting the result of an autopsy of Ayman Hadhoud, who authorities say died in a state mental health facility last month. Egypt’s public prosecution said…
Thousands of people in South Sudan have been forced to flee their homes as renewed violence threatens to return the fragile nation to war. Clashes erupted on Friday between forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and his rival, resulting in soldiers attacking villages and burning houses. Although Kiir and Machar announced an end to the latest…
DAKAR, April 12 (Reuters) – The World Bank said on Tuesday it has signed deals to finance four projects in Senegal worth a total of $495 million to help improve education, electricity, economic development and road access to rural areas. The West African nation of around 16.7 million, considered lower-middle-income by the World Bank, was hit hard…
For more than six centuries, a vast area of land in the historic city of Kano in northern Nigeria has been home to dye pits, where beautiful fabrics are produced using ancient techniques. The materials – dyed a signature deep blue colour – have long been sold across Africa and the Middle East. But many…
The death toll in South Africa continues to rise as the country is being hit by torential rains and damaging flooding. According to local authorities at least 60 people have now perished in the KwaZulu-Natal province in the southeast. More heavy rainfall was predicted on Tuesday night adding possible additional chaos and residents were asked to…
The city of Durban was affected the most in the overnight floods. At least 20 people are thought to have died in South Africa’s eastern coastal province of KwaZulu-Natal due to unusually heavy rainfall, according to media reports, while officials were still trying to assess the extent of the damage. There are fears that numerous people have been…
South African president blasts vigilante groups for attacking African migrants, warns their actions will not be tolerated. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has blasted vigilante groups for harassing and attacking migrants, likening their behaviour to strategies adopted by the apartheid regime to target Black people. Last week, a 43-year-old Zimbabwean man, Elvis Nyathi, was attacked…
The Botswana health ministry says it has detected a new lineage of the Covid-19 Omicron variant. The infected are currently being monitored to establish more information on the potential impact of the disease and its severity. The new sub-variant, designated as Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 has already been detected in three other countries and on…
Many subscribers in Nigeria are disappointed with government directives to disconnect their lines. Over 72 million subscribers in Nigeria were recently barred from using their lines, this comes as the government’s directive became effective on April 4. The affected subscribers are worried that they could not make outgoing calls from their mobile phones, because it…