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Uganda: Uganda Grapples With Malaria Burden Amidst Promising Innovations
[Independent (Kampala)] The latest World Malaria Report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) paints a vivid picture of the global battle against malaria, with Uganda standing out as one of the high-burden countries. Despite decades of interventions, malaria stubbornly remains the leading cause of illness and death in Uganda, particularly among children under five years old and pregnant women. The disease,...
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:
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Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa Supporters Want to Amend Constitution to Extend Presidential Term to 2030 Without a Referendum - Geza
[New Zimbabwe] WAR veteran Blessed 'Bombshell' Runesu Geza has come out guns blazing attacking the Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda, Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi and the Prosecutor General Virginia Mabiza for allegedly trying to "butcher" the Constitution by repealing Section 328 and amending it to extend the presidential limit to 2030.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Nigeria: Not Just a Woman's Job - Why Men Matter in Nigeria's Fight to Reduce Zero-Dose Children
[Nigeria Health Watch] When Chinedu (not his real name) walked into the Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Afikpo, a community in Ebonyi State, holding his one-year-old son, the nurses looked up in surprise. "Where is your wife?" one of them asked.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Liberia: Fault Lines - How Arcelormittal Liberia's Sensitive Mining Got Subjected to 'Ill-Founded' Ivanhoe Esia Request
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- A recent exchange of letters between ArcelorMittal Liberia (AML) and the Government of Liberia, represented by the National Investment Commission (NIC) and the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) has brought to light a troubling development in the management of Liberia's mining concessions and legal commitments.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Burkina Faso: Coup Rumours - Several Army Officers Arrested
[allAfrica] Dakar -- Several officers of the Burkinabe armed forces were arrested, and two of them reportedly relieved of their duties as corps commanders. Several junta supporters have suggested a coup attempt, pointing the finger at exiled military personnel. No further action was taken.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Malawi: Who's Lying? Police and Trevor Hiwa Clash Over Chinese 'Intruders' At Kangankunde Mine in Balaka
[Nyasa Times] In a baffling twist that raises serious questions about transparency and accountability, the Malawi Police Service and Kangankunde Rare Earths miner Lindian Resources are offering completely contradictory accounts regarding the status of two Chinese nationals allegedly caught on the protected side of the mine in Balaka.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Zimbabwe: Minister Calls Geza an 'Enemy of Progress, Terrorist' After Shutdown Calls
[New Zimbabwe] Information Minister Jenfan Muswere has laid down the gauntlet, branding his former Zanu PF party colleague, Blessed Geza, a terrorist and an enemy of progress.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:South Africaβs energy future lies in innovation
Consumers responded to load-shedding by installing solar energy. In response, Eskom chose higher tariffs instead of encouraging the move to clean energy
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Sterkfontein Caves reopened after safety upgrades
The international landmark closed in 2023 after heavy rainfall caused soil movement that threatened safety
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Africa: African Space Agency's Headquarters Inaugurated in Egypt
[New Times] Egypt inaugurated on Sunday the headquarters of the African Space Agency (AfSA) in the Egyptian Space City in Cairo.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Liberia: VP Koung Uncovers Plot in Nimba
[New Dawn] Monrovia -- Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung says he is heavily involved with the Nimba County senatorial by-election to prevent and resist the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) from executing its political plot in the county.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Why Pope Francisβs papacy mattered for Africa
Pope Francis, the first Jesuit and Latin American pope, leaves a legacy of reform, compassion, and advocacy for the poor, reshaping the Catholic Churchβs global mission
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Somalia: Somali President Meets Regional Leaders Over Worsening Security, Al-Shabaab Resurgence
[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud held a closed-door meeting with the leaders of the Galmudug, Hirshabelle, and South West regional states to discuss the deteriorating security situation and the renewed offensive by Al-Shabaab militants.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Morocco: Moroccans Protest Against Ship Allegedly Carrying U.S. Fighter Jet Parts to Israel
[RFI] More than 1,000 people protested Sunday in the Moroccan port city of Tangier against the planned docking of a Danish vessel said to be carrying fighter jet parts to Israel. The French CGT union claims no such weapons have been found.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Africa: 'We Are the Oceans'
[New Dawn] From 9 to 13 June 2025, France will host the third United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development (UNOC, or United Nations Ocean Conference). For this crucial event, some 100 Heads of State and Government will converge, as well as tens of thousands of researchers,...
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Central Africa: The Great Lakes Region Has an 'Illegal Minerals' Problem
[Independent (Kampala)] Barrick Gold Corporation was until 2019 the largest mining company in the world. With operating revenue of US$12.922 billion (Uganda's GDP is about US$50 billion), Barrick Gold is the kind of mining company that experts think could help end the problem of 'illicit mineral trade' if governments in the Great Lakes region allow it.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Pope Francis: The end of a radical papacy born in the south
Francis refused the version of Catholicism that ingratiates itself with the powerful while abandoning the poor
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:South Africa: 'The Greater Christian Family Will Miss Him as a Great Human Being and a Great Church Leader'
[ACSA] Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba of Cape Town has described Pope Francis as ''the last globally-recognised moral voice in our confused times,'' and as a leader who gave ''clear guidance in a complex and polarised political world.''
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Africa: Chairperson of the African Union Commission Mourns the Passing of His Holiness Pope Francis
[African Union] The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has received with profound sorrow and deep sadness the news of the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis, a towering moral voice of our time and a steadfast advocate for peace, justice, compassion, and human dignity.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:South Africa needs innovation by design to fix fragile, failing systems
We must go beyond resilience to build systems that can survive disruptions, self-correct and grow better from them, turning stress into strength
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Africa: Pope Francis Dies
[allAfrica] Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Nigeria: Why Nigeria Must Prioritise Maternal Mental Health
[Daily Trust] At the heart of each society is a mother--bearing life, giving rise to generations, and holding families together. Yet, even though she is an icon of endurance, courage and self-denial, there is a quiet disease that creeps into her heart, behind closed doors, behind concealed smiles, and behind the sacred duty of motherhood. That illness is maternal mental health disorder--an illness so pervasive and...
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Nigeria: Where Is President Tinubu?
[Daily Trust] Of course, everyone knows that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is in France. He has been there since the second day of this month, just about three weeks now. That one is clear. What is unclear is precisely what Nigeria's president is doing in a foreign country for three weeks, or who is in charge at home right now.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Somalia: Somalia - Jubaland Forces Integrate Armed Militias in Push for Control Over Gedo Region
[Shabelle] BALAD HAWO, Somalia, April 21 (SMN) - Paramilitary forces aligned with Somalia's Jubaland regional administration have integrated a group of armed militias previously active in the town of Balad Hawo, as part of a renewed effort to assert control over the contested Gedo region, officials said on Monday.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Africa: Risks Persist, Especially for Africa, With U.S. Tariff Pause, Says WTO Chief Okonjo-Iweala
[allAfrica] Geneva -- The head of the World Trade Organization says a temporary tariff pause by the United States mitigates current trade contraction, but substantial downside risks persist, which can heavily impact Africa.
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:βWe just want to sleep without fear we will be killed in our bedsβ
Nigerians must be allowed to defend themselves as the state fails them amid the countryβs security crisis
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:The God Edition | The runnerβs high is the smug hill on which Iβll die
We runners, like good churchgoers, are a community, we follow rituals, we try to convert everyone and, best of all, we finally enter the zone
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:The God Edition | Searching among the bones for Homo nalediβs soul
Drew Forrest uses one of South Africaβs most important hominid discoveries to debate the paradoxes and contradictions inherent in the religious doctrine of βensoulmentβ
Published on: April 21, 2025 | Source:Ten women, one guy: The risk-taking dating show that stirred Ethiopia
Ethiopia's answer to The Bachelor has prompted discussions about dating norms in the conservative country.
Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source:South African politician condemned for visiting fugitive pastor
Top MK official Floyd Shivambu attended an Easter service at Shepherd Bushiri's church in Malawi.
Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source:The God Edition | Making a meal of religion
Is reconciliation through food hard to swallow? Perhaps we should emulate John Lennon and give peas a chance
Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source:Girl, 14, killed by lion in Kenya
The child was snatched from a residential compound on a ranch next to Nairobi National Park, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said.
Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source:DR Congo bans ex-president's party over alleged rebel links
Joseph Kabila has reportedly returned to the country after spending two years in South Africa.
Published on: April 20, 2025 | Source:The mother and children trapped between two conflicts
Fighting between rival forces resumes in South Sudan, while a full-scale civil war rages in neighbouring Sudan.
Published on: April 19, 2025 | Source:They fled two civil wars but are stranded at border as new conflict resumes
Fighting between rival forces resumes in South Sudan, while a full-scale civil war rages in neighbouring Sudan.
Published on: April 19, 2025 | Source: