Africa Headlines
Fri, 09 Sep 2022 08:12:07 GMTSouth Africa: President Cyril Ramaphosa Condoles With British Royal Family - South African News Briefs, September 9, 2022
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Fri, 09 Sep 2022 05:04:52 GMTAfrica: Goodbye to a Queen Whose Reign Saw Britain Let Go of Its Colonies
[Scrolla] Climate catastrophe, war, and political turmoil took a back seat on Thursday night to news that the ailing Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest ever reigning monarch, had died.
Fri, 09 Sep 2022 07:40:33 GMTNigeria: 17 Strikes in 23 Years - A Unionist Explains Why University Lecturers Won't Back Down
[The Conversation Africa] Lecturers at Nigeria's public universities have been on strike 16 times since 1999. On 14 February 2022 they went back on strike to make it the 17th. Only 11 of Nigeria's 59 state universities haven't taken part in the curre...
Fri, 09 Sep 2022 07:39:37 GMTSouth Africa: Jacob Zuma Is Taking a Top Reporter to Court. The Verdict Could Affect Journalists' Rights
[The Conversation Africa] South African journalism organisations this week rallied around well-known journalist Karyn Maughan when former president Jacob Zuma initiated a private prosecution against her.
Fri, 09 Sep 2022 07:10:07 GMTAfrica: #AfricaClimateCrisis Can Destabilise 'Countries and Entire Regions' - World Weather Body
[UN News] Water stress and hazards like withering droughts and devastating floods are hitting African communities, economies and ecosystems hard, according to a new report launched on Thursday by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Fri, 09 Sep 2022 07:02:48 GMTAfrica: UN Health Agency Launches Roadmap for Meningitis Vaccination Campaigns
[UN News] With the COVID-19 pandemic delaying meningitis vaccination campaigns for more than 50 million children in Africa, the region is at a heightened risk of outbreaks of meningitis type A, the UN health agency said on Thursday.
Fri, 09 Sep 2022 05:35:54 GMTKenya: President-Elect Ruto Says Kenyatta Disillusioned After Odinga Poll Loss
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President-Elect William Ruto now says outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta is disillusioned following the lose of his rival Raila Odinga during the recently concluded August Election.
Fri, 09 Sep 2022 04:56:59 GMTAngola: Elections 2022 - What Next for the Opposition?
[Maka] Attempts by Angola's opposition parties to challenge the result of last month's elections in the Constitutional Court (Tribunal Constitucional) have faltered, with just a week remaining before the official swearing-in of the MPLA's João Loure...
Fri, 09 Sep 2022 04:40:41 GMTMorocco: What's Behind the Deaths At Morocco's Land Border With the EU?
[The New Humanitarian] Barcelona -- A mass crossing attempt in June that ended in disaster has thrown the spotlight on Morocco's role in EU efforts to control migration.
Fri, 09 Sep 2022 04:39:35 GMTGhana: Mobile Apps Help Smallholder Farmers Get Fairer Prices
[DW] Newly-developed farming apps have brought relief to farmers in Ghana who struggle to access fair market prices. Developers hope the apps will soon also be used on a wider scale to tackle food insecurity on the continent.
Fri, 09 Sep 2022 04:36:21 GMTAfrica: Covid Threatening Resurgence of Deadly Meningitis in Africa
[VOA] Geneva -- The World Health Organization is warning of a resurgence of deadly meningitis in Africa because COVID-19 has disrupted lifesaving vaccination campaigns.
Fri, 09 Sep 2022 04:34:32 GMTWest Africa: West Africa's Fisher Women Are Experts At Coping With Job Insecurity
[The Conversation Africa] All along West Africa's coastline, women play a vital role in the fisheries sector as processors, traders and distributors.
Fri, 09 Sep 2022 04:25:04 GMTAfrica: Bright Future for Continent's Hospitality Sector Beckons
[The Exchange] As the South African and broader African hospitality markets continue to recover post-Covid-19, investment and development activity is expected to increase as the sector develops through its worst crisis in history, according to indust...
Fri, 09 Sep 2022 04:23:06 GMTMozambique: The Many Roots of Mozambique's Deadly Insurgency
[ISS] New field research in Cabo Delgado sheds light on one of Africa's least understood violent conflicts.
Thu, 08 Sep 2022 15:32:26 GMTWest Africa: Sahel - Mali, a Thorn in the G5 Foot
[Centre 4s] The Sahel countries are facing the following dilemma: how to fight terrorism without the cooperation of that scourge epicenter ei Mali? The Transition regime pushed the French force Barkhane and the European group of special forces, Takub...
Thu, 08 Sep 2022 14:27:48 GMTWest Africa: Sahel Risks Becoming a Forgotten Crisis, UN Official Says
[VOA] Geneva -- A senior U.N. official is warning Africa's volatile Sahel region risks becoming a forgotten crisis because of the many competing emergencies around the world. The head of the regional office for West and Central Africa for the Office ...
Thu, 08 Sep 2022 12:02:37 GMTAfrica: Morocco Parliament Considering Paid Menstrual Leave
[This is Africa] Morocco could become the second African country to grant menstrual leave. Although highly contentious, the policy is slowly gaining global traction, with early adopters acknowledging the inhumanity in enforcing mandatory work for wom...
Thu, 08 Sep 2022 11:42:10 GMTZimbabwe: Opposition Party Demands Mnangagwa's Prosecution At ICC Over 1980s Massacre
[New Zimbabwe] FRINGE opposition political outfit, the People's Patriotic Party (PPP), wants President Emmerson Mnangagwa dragged before the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges of human rights abuse relating to Gukurahundi and August 1 2018...
Thu, 08 Sep 2022 09:45:27 GMTNigeria: Tribunal Dismisses Suit Against MultiChoice's Tariff Hike
[Premium Times] The claimants had sued the consumer protection commission along with MultiChoice, operator of DSTV and GOTV in Nigeria, over the hike in the pay TV operator's prices.
Fri, 09 Sep 2022 07:42:23 GMTSouth Africa: Colonial Diaries Are Helping Scientists Reconstruct Weather Patterns to Protect Against Future Events
[The Conversation Africa] The current climate crisis raises many questions. Some are forward-looking: how can this be fixed? Some look to the recent past: how did we get here? And some reach further back into history: are today's extreme heat waves, ...
Fri, 09 Sep 2022 07:19:57 GMTMalawi: Chakwera Says Over 6 Million Litres of Fuel Is Being Hauled Into the Country
[Nyasa Times] President Lazarus Chakwera has assured Malawians that over 6 million litres of fuel is being hauled into the country, while at the same time daily distribution of product has been doubled as short-term solution to address the current fu...
Fri, 09 Sep 2022 07:16:58 GMTEast Africa: Grain From Ukraine Arrives in Ethiopia
[VOA] Nairobi -- Some 23,000 tons of Ukrainian wheat arrived in Djibouti by ship late last month. Now, trucks have delivered a portion of that wheat to the World Food Program's main warehouse in Ethiopia, where food aid is desperately needed.
Fri, 09 Sep 2022 05:36:04 GMTKenya: Flash Floods Displace Kisumu Families Following Heavy Rains
[Capital FM] Kisumu -- Flash floods has displaced hundreds of Kisumu families following heavy downpour currently being witnessed in Western Kenya.
Fri, 09 Sep 2022 04:35:34 GMTNigeria: Armed Men Release Dozens of Worshippers Kidnapped in Northwest Nigeria
[VOA] Abuja, Nigeria -- Nigerian police said 43 people who were abducted from a mosque in northwestern Zamfara state have been released, while one died in captivity after being tortured. Police say they are still searching for armed men responsible, ...
Fri, 09 Sep 2022 04:21:08 GMTAfrica: Developing Countries Must Grow More Food - Climate Change, Ukraine War a Wake-Up Call
[IPS] Lethbridge, Canada -- As our planet continues to heat up, extreme weather has affected many of us. From the west coast of North America across Europe, the Middle East and Asia to Pakistan and New Zealand, wildfires and flash floods have destroy...
Fri, 09 Sep 2022 04:20:00 GMTAfrica: Inequitable Global Health Responses Underscore Need for More Self-Sufficiency in Developing Countries
[IPS] United Nations -- With the outbreak of Monkeypox in non-endemic countries leading to a scramble for vaccines, global health advocates are again calling for equity to be prioritized in the international response.
Thu, 08 Sep 2022 15:58:35 GMTUganda: KCCA's Law Enforcement Officers to Wear Body Cameras
[Nile Post] The Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) is set to introduce body cameras as a tool to help hold its law enforcement officers accountable and more transparent.
Thu, 08 Sep 2022 15:57:19 GMTKenya: Study By NTA Shows Tobacco Control Organs in Health Ministry Underfunded
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- A report by the National Taxpayers Association (NTA) shows the Tobacco Control Board and Division of Noncommunicable diseases (NCD), in the ministry of health, are underfunded.
Thu, 08 Sep 2022 14:29:44 GMTNamibia: 'Helmut Amendments' Explained... Only Johnnies-Come-Lately Face Top Four Exclusion
[New Era] The long-drawn-out confusion over the infamous 'Helmut amendments', which appeared to have limited prospective candidates' chances of contesting for the top four positions in Swapo, has seemingly been put to rest.
Thu, 08 Sep 2022 12:10:09 GMTSouth Africa: Tiger Brands Recalls Purity Essentials Baby Powder Products
[SAnews.gov.za] Tiger Brands is recalling Purity Essentials Baby Powder products as a precautionary measure after trace levels of asbestos were detected in test samples.