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Thu, 21 Mar 2024 05:22:00 GMT
South Africa: Finance Minister to Determine NHI Funding After Bill Signing - South African News Briefs - March 21, 2024
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Wed, 20 Mar 2024 14:50:22 GMT
Senegal: No Regrets, Says Sall as Senegal Prepares to Vote
[allAfrica] Monrovia -- Senegalese President Macky Sall said, during an interview, that he has no regrets for his decision to postpone the country's presidential election.

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 10:36:50 GMT
Senegal: Presidential Election - The Hidden Cards
[allAfrica] Dakar -- The pre-election legal dispute has ended, but the political dispute has not.

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 05:58:33 GMT
Liberia: No Food, No Water, No Shelter for Liberian Refugees in Ghana
[New Dawn] Budumbura -- Life has become unbearable for Liberians from the Budumburam refugee camp in Ghana, 22 days after an unexpected demolition of their homes by Ghanaian authorities that has left a little over 11,000 Liberians stranded in that co...

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 07:08:03 GMT
Angola: Lubango Records Over 1,000 Cases of Malaria a Week
[ANGOP] Lubango -- Lubango health authorities have diagnosed more than 1,000 cases of malaria a week, since the second fortnight of February, when the disease reached its peak, a situation that worries the municipal health department, ANGOP has learn...

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 07:04:00 GMT
Rwanda: How to Cope With Rising Temperatures
[New Times] As parts of the world face extreme hot weather, there is an advisory on how to cope with rising temperatures. When the weather is too hot, there are health risks. During heat waves, more people than usual get seriously ill or die.

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 18:43:24 GMT
Ethiopia: Several Civilians Killed in Series of Attacks in Oromo Special Zone, Amhara Region
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Several people have been killed, many others injured in the Oromo special zone of the Amhara region in what local residents described as a series of "coordinated attacks" perpetuated by the Fano militia and uniformed r...

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 18:34:05 GMT
Mozambique: Jihadists From Abroad Pour Into Cabo Delgado
[DW] After several months of relative calm, Mozambique's troubled Cabo Delgado province has been thrown into turmoil as Islamist insurgents increase their international network in Africa.

Mon, 18 Mar 2024 11:52:24 GMT
Africa: African Diaspora Network (ADN) Announces Pivotal Partnership with Prosper Africa to Strengthen Economic Ties Between Africa and the USA
[African Diaspora Network] SILICON VALLEY, Calif., March 14, 2024 -- Prosper Africa and ADN collaboration will debut at the upcoming African Diaspora Investment Symposium (ADIS24)

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 06:20:20 GMT
Kenya: Bureau of Standards Accuses Fertilizer Merchant of Supplying Substandard Products
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) has accused a Kenyan-based regional fertilizer merchant of fraud after it emerged the firm supplied substandard fertilizer to the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB).

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 06:14:56 GMT
South Africa: We Have a Magnificent Constitution, but the Struggle for Universal Human Rights Continues
[Daily Maverick] When our leaders take the stage on Human Rights Day, one wishes that they would be honourable and honest enough to acknowledge that while strides have been made, the harsh reality remains: Many of our fellow citizens still grapple wi...

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 05:45:37 GMT
Rwanda: Govt Closely Monitoring Mysterious Landslides in Three Districts
[New Times] The Rwanda Water Resources Board (RWB) says it is monitoring several areas in various districts that have recently encountered unfamiliar landslides, amid concerns of potential recurrence.

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 05:05:14 GMT
Uganda: Opposition Challenged to Resolve Conflicts Ahead of 2026 Elections
[Nile Post] In the run-up to the 2026 general elections, leaders of the Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) have issued a challenge to Opposition political parties, urging them to address internal conflicts effectively if they aim to compete e...

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 05:05:09 GMT
Sudan: Sudan Could Become World's Largest Hunger Crisis - UN
[VOA] United Nations -- U.N. humanitarian officials said Wednesday that nearly a year into Sudan's civil war, almost 18 million people are facing crisis levels of food insecurity -- and tens of thousands of children are at particular risk of death fr...

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 05:05:02 GMT
Nigeria: Nigeria Records 109 Lassa Fever Cases, 20 Deaths in One Week
[Premium Times] NCDC said eight new healthcare workers were affected in the reporting week

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 05:05:00 GMT
Rwanda: MPs Task Govt to Resolve Vulnerable Genocide Survivors' Issues in Six Months
[New Times] Parliamentarians have tasked the Ministry of National Unity and Civic Engagement (MINUBUMWE) to address challenges faced by vulnerable survivors of the Genocide against Tutsi.

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 05:01:39 GMT
South Africa: Activists Call On Govt to Declare TB a National Health Crisis
[GroundUp] Though TB is preventable and treatable, more than 50,000 people died of it in South Africa in 2022

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 05:01:39 GMT
Africa: Millions At Risk From Cholera Due to Lack of Clean Water, Soap and Toilets, and Shortage of Cholera Vaccine
[WHO] Immediate action is needed to stem an unprecedented multi-year upsurge in cholera cases worldwide, according to the International Coordinating Group (ICG) on Vaccine Provision. Actions include investing in access to safe water, sanitation and h...

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 05:01:38 GMT
Africa: Five Things to Remember a Decade After the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa
[MSF] Ten years ago, on 23 March 2014, Guinea declared an outbreak of Ebola. Beforehand, Ebola outbreaks were known to be dangerous, but small. Not this time, though: it would take two years and more than 11,000 deaths, before the epidemic was over. ...

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 04:58:49 GMT
Africa: The AfDB's $61bn Initiative Will Transform Agriculture but for Whom?
[African Arguments] The one-size-fits-all Dakar II plan risks sacrificing biodiversity and smallholders for the sake of private interests. There is an alternative.

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 16:31:07 GMT
Cameroon: Cameroon's Opposition Says It Won't Stop Efforts to Oust Biya Despite Threats
[VOA] Yaounde -- The Cameroon government has threatened to arrest members of two opposition parties, accusing them of seeking to create coalitions and alliances for a transitional government to oust 90-year-old President Paul Biya, who has been in po...

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 16:11:08 GMT
Sudan: Sudan Oil Fields Crippled By 'Large-Scale Sabotage'
[Dabanga] West Kordofan -- Engineers in the oil fields of West Kordofan have confirmed "large-scale sabotage operations" in the Dafra field, near the Heglig oil field, situated on the border between Sudan and South Sudan two weeks ago.

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 12:13:16 GMT
North Africa: EU-Sponsored Abuses in Central Mediterranean Must End - MSF
[MSF] Over the weekend of 16-17 March, the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) team on board the rescue vessel Geo Barents witnessed two violent incidents involving the European Union (EU) funded Libyan Coast Guard that deliberately endangered t...

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 11:40:56 GMT
Ghana: Presidency Stops Parliament From Transmitting Anti LGBTQ+ Bill
[Ghanaian Times] The Office of the President has told Parliament to desist from transmitting the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Families Values Bill, 2021 to the President for his assent.

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 10:57:21 GMT
Africa: 10 Things You Should Know About the Deadliest Migration Route in the World
[Norwegian Refugee Council] The central Mediterranean route (the route from Algeria, Egypt, Libya and Tunisia to Italy and Malta) has long been the deadliest migration route in the world. According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM...

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 10:36:11 GMT
South Africa: Parliament Grapples with Speaker's Absence Amid Corruption Allegations
[allAfrica] Despite National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula's absence from Parliament due to her Johannesburg home being raided following allegations of accepting bribes during her time as the minister of defence, parliamentary proceedings ...

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 07:00:19 GMT
South Africa: Railway Line Occupiers Complain to Parliamentarians About Lack of Water
[GroundUp] SCOPA hears of the substantial obstacles blocking the reopening of Cape Town's Central Line

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 06:59:52 GMT
South Africa: Water - Government Is Failing to Realise This Human Right
[GroundUp] Human Rights Day is a reminder that the Constitution's Bill of Rights guarantees everyone's right to access clean water

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 06:56:47 GMT
Africa: AfCFTA - Ethiopia to Commence Trial Trading Commodities
[Ethiopian Herald] Ethiopia is set to commence trial trading of commodities under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration (MoTRI) announced.

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 05:51:10 GMT
Nigeria: Tinubu Cautions National Assembly Against Excessive Summons of Govt Officials
[Leadership] President Bola Tinubu has appealed to members of the National Assembly to exercise restraint in summoning heads of ministries, departments, and agencies of government (MDAs) to appear before parliamentary committees.

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 05:46:29 GMT
Liberia: Five Counties Unite to End Open Defecation
[New Dawn] Five counties in Liberia have jointly signed a resolution to end open defecation in their respective areas under a USAID-sponsored Countywide Sanitation Activity.

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