African cholera cases falling but floods up risk – WHO Africa director/in /by
The UN agency WHO said that 2,880 cases of cholera were recorded across the continent in the week ending on February 26 - a 37 percent decline compared to the previous week. Twelve African countries are currently reporting cases, with South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe the latest to detect cholera.
Nigeria’s presidential race runner-up calls polls results ‘a rape of democracy’/in /by
Atiku Abubakar said he didn't understand why the electoral umpire hurried to announce results given "the number of complaints and irregularities of bypassing of the BVAS, failure of uploading the IREV (result uploading system)” and “cancellations and disfranchisement of millions of voters [...]"
Villagers in Uganda have mixed feelings over the impact of new oilfields/in /by
There are mixed feelings among villagers in Uganda who will be impacted by French energy giant TotalEnergies’ controversial Tilenga oil field project.
French president says era of interference in African domestic affairs is over/in /by
French President Emmanuel Macron reiterated on Thursday that Paris has no intention of returning to past policies of interfering in Africa.
To conserve wildlife, Zimbabwe is banking on communities/in /by
In Zimbabwe, wildlife populations have been declining during the last 30 years due to consecutive droughts, habitat loss, and poaching. In the Kavango–Zambezi Conservation Area, a program by the FAO puts communities in charge of managing wildlife resources
Can Bola Tinubu turn Nigeria’s economy around? [Business Africa]/in /by
Faced with slow growth, an oil sector in recession and rising debt, where does Nigeria’s new government start? In the last seven years, GDP growth averaged 1.1 percent. The next four years are being seen as the last chance to pull Africa’s largest economy out of the pits
20 injured by turbulence aboard Germany to Mauritius flight/in /by
Around 20 passengers and crew members on board Condor flight DE2314 were injured when the plane hit turbulence about two hours before landing, an airline spokesperson told dpa.
South Africa: Oscar Pistorius will soon know if he is released/in /by
South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius, who killed his girlfriend 10 years ago, will know in a month if he is eligible for parole, his lawyer said Thursday.
‘The day I couldn’t find grains; I fled to Kenya’, the ordeal of Somalis fleeing hunger/in /by
According to the UNHCR, Unprecedented drought, hunger and conflict compounded by the impact of climate change have pushed over 110,000 Somalis into Kenyan camps.
Tunisia: Ons Jabeur “in solidarity” with sub-Saharan migrants/in /by
Tunisian Ons Jabeur, world tennis star, said on Wednesday her "pride" to be an African woman and defended "the right of everyone to live in dignity", after a speech denounced as "racist" by President Kais Saied on illegal African migrants.