Ethiopia confirmed on Monday the deaths of three people who had contracted the Marburg virus. The country’s health ministry said three additional fatalities were being investigated for a possible connection to the disease. This announcement comes after Ethiopian authorities declared the Marburg outbreak on Friday. The outbreak was reported in the Omo region, an area neighbouring South […]
The deputy executive director of the World Food Programme (WFP) expressed outrage over the “terrible atrocities” that recently took place in the city of el-Fasher in Sudan’s Darfur region. “It should have been prevented. And we now really need to step up efforts to prevent these catastrophes from happening elsewhere,” Carl Skau said. Speaking from Addis Ababa, Skau […]
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa says he has secured an investment pledge from a Qatari businessman for President John Mahama’s planned new city and rail projects. Mr Ablakwa said he has already met Sheikh Mansour bin Jabor bin Jassim Al Thani, Chairman of Al Mansour Holdings, during an official visit to Qatar […]
Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has announced an official investigation the unrest that broke out during election week, following accusations that her government was responsible for violently crushing historic protests. She was declared the winner of last month’s presidential poll with 98% of the vote – a result the opposition has denounced as a “mockery […]
The Rwandan government said on Tuesday that it plans to build 296 new homes to house vulnerable survivors of the 1994 genocide. Over the course of 100 days in that year, extremist Hutus murdered an estimated 1 million Tutsis and moderate Hutus. Thousands of survivors still live in torment, haunted by memories of that period […]
Africa is grappling with its most severe cholera outbreak in a quarter of a century, the Africa CDC warned on Thursday, linking the surge to fragile water infrastructure and ongoing conflict across parts of the continent. According to the agency, more than 300,000 cholera and suspected cholera cases have been recorded recently, along with over […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged the government to bring healthcare coverage closer to the people, revealing that 106 districts across the country have no access to health facilities within one hour of travel time. While an assessment of travel time and facility readiness across regions showed that 93 per cent of Ghanaians can […]
Agricultural Extension Agents and other value chain actors from the northern part of the country have undergone training to equip them with enriched knowledge and skills in post-harvest management practices to reduce food loss. The participants were drawn from the North Gonja, North East Gonja and Central Gonja Districts in the Savannah Region, Bongo, and […]
Professor Sandow Mark Yidana, Provost, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana (UG), Legon, is advocating joint research and cross-continental projects to strengthen Africa’s status in planetary and space science. “I see a bright horizon for planetary and space science in Africa,” he said, and drew attention to the growing collaboration among African […]
A court in Gabon has sentenced the former first lady and the son of deposed President Ali Bongo to 20 years in jail following a two-day trial. On Tuesday night, Sylvia Bongo and Noureddin Bongo were found guilty of embezzlement and corruption after a trial that began a day earlier in their absence. They were […]
