After COVID and Ebola, doctors take on mpox amid conflict in eastern DRC | Health News
Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo – It’s dawn at the mpox treatment site at Nyiragongo General Referral Hospital, north of the city of Goma,…
Two Minds for Africa – Modern Diplomacy
By the kick off of the 2024 Certified Economic Diplomat (CED) program, the two influential figures — economist Jeffrey Sachs and Ambassador Isiaka Abdulqadir Imam,…
Nigeria’s Titanic struggle: Waterline realities, upper deck illusions? | Politics
Discover how Nigeria’s economic crisis provoked nationwide protests, with voices from every layer of society.A year after Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s economic reforms, the…
Nigeria police working to secure release of 20 kidnapped medical students | Crime News
Nigerian Medical Association says students from universities of Jos and Maiduguri were taken while travelling in Benue State.Nigerian police and security agencies are working to…
Flexing its Muscle, Turkey Is Spreading Its Influence in Africa
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMN BusinessTurkey, seeking to extend its influence in Africa and strengthen energy security, will send the 86-meter long research vessel Oruc Reis to…
SADC Holds its Annual Summit: Reviews Existing Challenges and Future Pathways
Under the theme – “Promoting Innovation to unlock opportunities for sustained economic growth and development towards an industrialized SADC” – Southern African Development Community (SADC),…
Nearly 68 million people reeling from drought in Southern Africa: Official | Climate Crisis News
Head of regional bloc SADC says 17 percent of people across region in need of aid amid climate change-fuelled drought.Tens of millions of people in…
How far has mpox spread and how can you protect yourself? | Health News
At least two countries outside of Africa have reported mpox cases after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the virus had become a “public…
Mpox cases confirmed in Europe, Asia amid global ‘public health emergency’ | Health
NewsFeedExperts say the ‘clade one’ mpox variant at the centre of a newly declared global health emergency is deadlier than a strain that spread two…
Israel Adesanya storms out of press conference after breaking down in tears ahead of UFC 305 grudge fight
ISRAEL ADESANYA broke down in tears after being overcome with emotion during a fiery UFC 305 press conference.The Last Stylebender will bid to become a…
Sweden confirms first case of mpox strain outside Africa | Health News
BREAKINGBREAKING, Swedish officials say they have registered the first case outside Africa of the more dangerous variant of mpox.Sweden says it has confirmed a first…
What is mpox and why has WHO declared it a global health emergency? | Health News
For the second time since 2022, mpox has been declared a global health emergency as the virus spreads rapidly across the African continent and risks…
WHO declares mpox a global public health emergency | World Health Organization News
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), its highest level of alert, due to a new variant…
‘We are all on the front line’: DR Congo’s young women rebels take on M23 | Conflict News
Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo – Marie Byamwungu fiddles with the overlong sleeves of her camouflage shirt, the military uniform hanging like a costume…
Rising Prices Are Deepening the Electricity Divide In South Africa
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMN BusinessAn erratic grid is pushing the middle class toward solar panels and batteries, leaving the poor at the mercy of rising prices…
Africa CDC declares mpox a public health emergency | Health News
Africa’s top public health body acts over outbreak of mpox that spread from the Democratic Republic of Congo to neighbouring countries.The African Union’s health watchdog…
Uganda court finds LRA commander guilty of crimes against humanity | Crimes Against Humanity News
Thomas Kwoyelo has been found guilty of dozens of crimes against humanity committed between 1992 and 2005.A Ugandan court has found Thomas Kwoyelo, the only…
Kenyan on Mars: Space travel dreams in Nairobi | Space
A Kenyan man’s fascination with the idea of space travel and one day, maybe, getting to Mars.The idea of space travel has been a childhood…
Who is Thomas Kwoyelo, Ugandan LRA rebel commander on trial for war crimes? | Lord’s Resistance Army News
Uganda’s high court will on Tuesday deliver judgement on the case of Thomas Kwoyelo, a former commander of the rebel group, Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA),…
Kenya cult leader Paul Mackenzie on trial for manslaughter | Crime News
The self-proclaimed pastor faces charges of murder, child torture and terrorism after deaths of over 400 people.The leader of a Kenyan starvation sect has gone…