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[Africa CDC] Nairobi, Kenya -- Twelve African countries have joined hands to facilitate stronger cross-border collaboration to respond, prevent and control disease outbreaks. The continent has recorded over 16,398 confirmed mpox cases and 1,180 deaths in 22 countries as of February 10, 2025.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:[Vanguard] Prof. Zainab Duke-Abiola, wife of late Chief MKO Abiola, has lauded President Bola Tinubu for his economic reforms, resulting in the repayment of $3.4 billion debt owed to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:[SciDev.Net] In Uganda's Masaka district, Josephine Nabbanga tends to her growing colony of crickets.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:[HRW] The UK and Mauritius on May 22, 2025, announced they had agreed a treaty concerning the Chagos Archipelago. Over 50 years ago, the UK and US forcibly displaced the entire Chagossian Indigenous people, mostly to Mauritius, for a US military base on the island of Diego Garcia and have prevented their return to live in their homeland, an ongoing colonial crime against humanity.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:The state department is imposing new sanctions on the country's government because of the findings.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:[ISS] Kenya's police have achieved some positive results, but lasting solutions require ongoing cooperation between the two countries.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:[MSF] Gambella Region -- As violence intensifies across the South Sudan-Ethiopia border, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has decided to relocate our medical services from the border town of Burbeiye to Mattar, in Ethiopia. This move corresponds with a mass displacement of South Sudanese refugees, who had already fled to Burbeiye, a town sitting directly on the border, and are now fleeing from there to Mattar in...
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:The US embassy and state department are mum about how the claims of relocated Afrikaners were verified
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:[GroundUp] Parliament told that many clinics have closed and people can't access HIV medication
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Just weeks after his election as Speaker of the 55th National Legislature, Hon. Richard N. Koon has been summoned by the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court, in Montserrado County to respond to a lawsuit filed by his wife, Angeline Mamie Worloh Koon. The case centers on allegations that the Speaker has failed to account for over US$209,000 in rental income from ten jointly owned...
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:[ENA] Addis Ababa, May 23, 2025 (POA)--Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and President of France Emmanuel Macron engaged in positive discussions on a wide range of issues that strengthen our cooperation and partnership.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:[HRW] Nairobi -- End Support to 'Wazalendo' Armed Groups; Ensure Disarmament, Accountability
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:[New Zimbabwe] THE African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) has for the umpteenth time raised concerns with Zimbabwe's poor human rights record.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Kenya legend Victor Wanyama says the welcoming nature of Scottish football fans was part of the reason for his surprise decision to join Dunfermline Athletic.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Cyril Ramaposa showed the world that turning the other cheek does work, but Trump does not have the emotional intelligence to recognise this
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Prof Goede will work alongside and report to the current registrar, Prof Marlene Verhoef, until 31 December.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:South Africa is standing at a demographic crossroads. According to Statistics South Africaβs 2024 Mid-Year Population Estimates, the population under the age of 35 is approximately 36.5 million, representing about 58% of the total population of 63.02 million. The country, therefore, possesses a powerful engine for socio-economic transformation: its young people.. But this engine must [β¦]
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:If Shakespeare were writing Marc Antonyβs famous eulogy from Julius Caesar today and in a South African context, he would probably have said, βThe good that South Africa and South Africans do is oft interred with their bones.β These adapted words from Shakespeare, shared by Professor Olive Shisana during her farewell tribute, reverberated across the [β¦]
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:[RSF] Guinea's media regulator just concluded the "Forum on the Future of the Press," an event dedicated to rebuilding the country's media landscape, yet six iconic news outlets remain blocked. Four private radio stations and two private television channels have been banned from broadcasting for a year, drastically restricting the population's access to diverse sources of information. Reporters Without Borders (RSF)...
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:[UNAIDS] Musk made the remarks during an interview with Bloomberg's Mishal Husain at the Qatar Economic Forum on 20 May
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Joseph Kabila faces the prospect of being tried in a military court for allegedly backing M23 rebels.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:[allAfrica] More Flee Escalating Violence At South Sudan-Ethiopia Border
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:[RFI] Democratic Republic of Congo's Senate has overwhelmingly voted to strip former president Joseph Kabila of his honorific immunity. It follows accusations he backed the M23 rebel group which has seized land in the mineral-rich east of the country with Rwandan support.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Sectors of interest include food products, pharmaceuticals and medical equipment as well as steel and mining
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Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Countries on the continent are not waiting to be saved, they are paving the way with community-led, astute, innovative and independent immunisation programmes
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:No rational person should want to live in a world in which the president of a sovereign nation is compelled to prostrate themselves in front of another; or bring along their favourite golfers as if they are rare gifts to a feudal lord
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Dada Morero has said he will stand for a second term as the Greater Joburg chair
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Her designs resist imitation. Her buildings whisper resilience. Mariam Issoufou is giving tradition a powerful, modern voice
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:US President Donald Trump says a genocide is taking place in South Africa, a claim a judge dismissed as "imaginary".
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:+ Cabinet Report Cards + GNU Year Hangover + Vaal Dam Running Dry + Medical Aid Price Hikes + Jurassic Crocs
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:A deal to hand Mauritius the Chagos Islands and lease back a key military base has been months in the making.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:President Trump made a series of claims about the killing of white farmers in South Africa, some of which are demonstrably false.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:[African Development Bank (AfDB)] As the United States imposes higher tariffs with global ramifications, African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has warned that these measures could trigger significant economic disruptions across Africa, affecting numerous nations and accelerating a strategic shift in global partnerships.
Published on: May 22, 2025 | Source:[African Development Bank (AfDB)] What: Knowledge Event 1: Leveraging Africa's domestic capital potential for Development
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