“Well, I think this is great news. We still have a major challenge with malaria, with over 220 million cases and around 600,000 deaths a year. And those are, the majority of those are occurring in children under the age of five in sub-Saharan Africa......
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Nigeria's two main trade unions have suspended their call for a nationwide strike after the government announced measures to compensate for the rising cost of living, they announced in a joint statement on Monday.
Tinubu acknowledged the challenges facing Nigeria and stressed that the administration will not blame previous governments but instead focus on repairing the damage.
Mr Herminie was arrested on Friday at his party's headquarters and his office searched, before being released.
Africanews samples the best pictures of the day’s news.
Eswatini's government on Monday hailed the "free and fair" election of 51 male and 8 female MPs to the lower house of parliament.
The six soldiers had been on trial since September 5 over the deadly crackdown against a religious sect that called for demonstrations against the United Nations' presence in eastern DRC.
The crackdown officially saw 57 people killed.
He was first elected in 2014 and reelected in 2018 for a second four-year term. Constitutional amendments, passed in a referendum in 2019, added two years to his second term, and allowed him to run for a third, six-year term.
In July, seven opposition parties led by the Democratic Alliance reached an agreement to form a coalition with a view to unseat the African National Congress next year
Al-Sisi is expected to announce his decision on running for a third term in office, in the coming days
