As of November 8, 2021, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 8,531,667 while over 123,372,219 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Reported deaths in Africa reached 219,492 and 7,897,235 people have recovered. South Africa has the most reported cases 2,923,956 and 89,332 people died. Other most-affected …
Read More »Cameroon’s museum of war keeps ancient stories alive
Goulfey, a town located about fifty kilometers from Kousseri in the northern region of Cameroon, is experiencing a new captivating look. Most tourists who arrive here are fascinated by the design of this small sultanate situated at the edge of the Logone River and close to Ndjamena, the Chadian capital. …
Read More »THE SAM EPIDEMIC
At a period in my life, I started to hear “you are getting fat” and all I wanted to do was shed that weight. I checked Google on how to lose weight and I got some suggestions, one of which was intermittent fasting. A diet Coach also recommended starting with …
Read More »‘Means our death’: Egyptian farmers fear effect of Ethiopia dam
In the winter of 1964, Makhluf Abu Kassem was born in an agricultural community newly created at the far end of Egypt’s Fayoum Oasis. His parents were among the village’s first settlers, moving there three years earlier from the Nile Valley to carve out a new life as farmers. It …
Read More »Ethiopia’s Nobel Winner Can’t Rest on His Laurels
It’s not a good look on a Nobel Peace laureate. As protests raged in Ethiopia’s most populous region over the killing of a pop star, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ordered an internet blackout, preventing the rest of his country — and the wider world — from getting a complete picture of what …
Read More »Meet Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, President Buhari’s new Chief of Staff
An indigene of Kwara state Nigeria. Gambari bagged his first degree from the London School of Economics, specialising in International Relations. He obtained his Masters and Doctoral degree in Political Science/International Relations from Columbia University, New York, USA. Exactly 25 days after the burial of former Chief of Staff, Mallam …
Read More »Guineans heading to polls in historic constitution vote
CONAKRY (AFP) – Voters in the West African state Guinea were being called to the polls on Sunday (March 22) for a bitterly-disputed referendum that critics say is a ploy by President Alpha Conde to stay in power. Mr Conde is proposing a change to the constitution to codify gender …
Read More »Blue Haven leads $3.6m investment in Field Intelligence
Blue Haven Initiative, an innovative family office dedicated to putting wealth to work for competitive returns and positive social and environmental change, has led a Series A funding of $3.6m in Field Intelligence. Investors in this round included Newtown Partners via the Imperial Venture Fund, Accion Venture Lab, and Sunu …
Read More »Should the World Bank fund schools that expel pregnant girls?
Tanzania’s president, John Magufuli, has little sense of irony. He marked International Women’s Day by tweeting that his government wants to help women “fulfil [their] responsibilities effectively”. Those responsibilities evidently do not require an education: his government expels girls from school if they become pregnant. Mr Magufuli sounds less than …
Read More »Gender inequality, barrier to delivery of UHC — Mrs Saraki
An NGO, the Wellbeing Foundation Africa, says gender inequality is a persistent barrier to the design and delivery of Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Its founder, Mrs Toyin Saraki, made this known on Thursday in commemoration of the International Women’s Day marked annually on March 8. Saraki in a statement said …
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