Africa Headlines
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 08:15:20 GMTSouth Africa: Green Hydrogen Summit Opens in Cape Town - South African News Briefs - November 29. 2022
[allAfrica] Cape Town --
Mon, 28 Nov 2022 11:33:26 GMTAfrica: New Fund to Help African Cities Build Water Resilience #AfricaClimateHope
[allAfrica] Harare -- Access to clean drinking water still remains a major challenge to many communities the world over and will increasingly be at the centre of dealing with the worst effects of the climate emergency.
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 04:47:21 GMTSomalia: Police End Deadly Hotel Siege in Mogadishu
[DW] The deadly attack came amid a new offensive by the Somali government against the Al-Shabab terror group, which controls large parts of central and southern Somalia.
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 09:22:52 GMTSouth Africa: Traditional Healers Gather to Clean Mpumalanga's Polluted Rivers
[Scrolla] Traditional healer Fannie Mashaba is pleading with communities to take care of their waste and stop polluting rivers and streams.
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 06:32:05 GMTNigeria: Nigeria Issues Travel Advisory to Citizens in U.S., Europe
[Premium Times] Mr Mohammed said he was not issuing a travel advisory but merely giving a piece of advice to Nigerians who may be visiting these countries.
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 05:59:37 GMTNigeria: Govt Banks On Energy Transition Plan to Pull 100m Nigerians Out of Poverty
[This Day] For the umpteenth time, the federal government has hinged its target of pulling 100 million Nigerians from the shackles of poverty on the implementation of Nigeria's Energy Transition Plan (ETP).
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 06:52:43 GMTTanzania: Over 200,000 People With HIV Do Not Take Arvs
[Daily News] OVER 200,000 people out of 1.72 million living with HIV in the country do not use ARVs treatment, Manager for National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) Dr Anath Rwebembera has said.
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 06:51:51 GMTEthiopia: Tigrayan Official Accuses Eritrean Forces of 'Summarily Executing' Civilians
[Addis Standard] Addis Ababa -- Getachew Reda, Spokesperson for the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and member Tigrayan peace talks delegation, said Eritrean forces have continued killing civilians including children and women while the Tigra...
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 06:40:46 GMTMalawi: UNHCR Urges Malawi Against Forcing Refugees to Return to Overcrowded Camp
[VOA] Blantyre, Malawi -- The U.N. refugee agency, UNHCR, says it "deeply regrets" Malawi's decision to force about 8,000 refugees living in rural and urban areas back to the overcrowded Dzaleka refugee camp. Malawi's minister of homeland security la...
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 06:38:35 GMTCameroon: Rescue Workers Still Searching for Landslide Victims
[VOA] Yaounde -- Rescue workers in Cameroon's capital, Yaounde, are searching for people believed trapped under a landslide that killed at least 14 people and injured scores more Sunday. The victims were attending a funeral when the landslide occurre...
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 06:34:16 GMTEast Africa: 'We Cannot Give Up' On Millions in Drought-Stricken Horn of Africa - WFP Official
[UN News] Millions of people in the Horn of Africa - a region at the intersection of some of the worst impacts of climate change, recurring humanitarian crises and insecurity - are facing the driest conditions in four decades along with extreme food ...
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 05:38:12 GMTAfrica: HIV Prevention - New Injection Could Boost the Fight, but Some Hurdles Remain
[The Conversation Africa] While the world has focused on the COVID pandemic for nearly three years, less and less attention is being paid to HIV. However, HIV is still a global problem. In 2021, according to the United Nations, 38.4 million people we...
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 05:35:21 GMTAfrica: UN Peacekeeping on the Continent Needs Tighter Parameters
[ISS] Missions struggle to navigate the political minefields that come with the broad goal of stabilising conflict situations.
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 05:33:45 GMTNigeria: Doctors for Change - From a WhatsApp Group to a Movement
[Nigeria Health Watch] It can be quite devastating when your doctor tells you that the specialist care you urgently need is not available in Nigeria. I have been there before, so I know what it feels like. First you count the cost of treatment -- inc...
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 05:33:34 GMTWest Africa: Buhari Vows to Restore Political Stability, Security in West Africa
[Premium Times] Mr Buhari says Nigeria is committed to supporting ECOWAS institutions to ensure that the countries in the region are all returned to constitutional rule.
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 05:33:25 GMTChad: Chad to Try 400 People Over Deadly Anti-Government Protests Ahead of International Inquiry
[RFI] The trial of over 400 people who joined last month's anti-government protests is to open in a desert prison in Chad on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the military authorities are insisting that a Chadian oversee an international inquiry into the deaths of...
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 05:32:50 GMTNigeria: Adeleke Issues Six Executive Orders, Sacks Hundreds of Osun Workers Employed By Oyetola
[Premium Times] "The Orders signed this morning by His Excellency covered chieftaincy matters, appointments issues, setting up of review panel, staff audit and employment matters,"
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 05:18:21 GMTAfrica: Digital Human Rights Need to Be Enshrined in Law
[IPS] Addis Ababa, Ethiopia -- The 17th Internet Governance Forum (IGF), to be hosted by the Government of Ethiopia with the support of UN ECA and UN DESA, will take place from 28 November to 2 December 2022 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, under the overar...
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 04:56:26 GMTEast Africa: East African Nations Say DR Congo Needs Political Reform to Deal With Armed Groups
[VOA] Nairobi, Kenya -- Kenya is hosting a third round of talks aimed at bringing peace to the volatile eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 04:53:00 GMTComoros: Court Hands Ex-President Sambi Life Sentence
[DW] Ahmed Abdullah Sambi has been convicted of high treason for selling Comoros passports to stateless people. The ruling by the State Security Court cannot be appealed.
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 04:32:31 GMTNigeria: Denmark Finds Nigerian Guilty in Pirate Trial
[DW] The man was part of a group of suspected pirates involved in a firefight with Danish soldiers in the Gulf of Guinea, but won't face jail despite his conviction.
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 04:17:13 GMTGhana: Kudus is Ghana's Hero in World Cup Clash with Korea Republic
[CAF] Korea recover two-goal deficit but Kudus summons decisive Ghana strike.
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 04:15:25 GMTCameroon: Goals Galore in Cameroon-Serbia Epic
[CAF] Cameroon and Serbia served up one of the most thrilling games of Qatar 2022(TM) so far, with both sides coming from behind in a goal-fest that eventually ended level.
Mon, 28 Nov 2022 14:40:17 GMTSouth Africa: Feasibility Study On Implementing Solar Panels in Hospitals
[SAnews.gov.za] The Department of Health is working with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to conduct a feasibility study on the rollout of solar panels in critical areas in health facilities.
Mon, 28 Nov 2022 13:16:54 GMTGhana: Gold 4 Oil Programme From Jan. 1 - BoG to Buy 20 Percent Refined Gold
[Ghanaian Times] All large scale mining companies in the country are to from January 1 next year, expected to sell 20 per cent of all refined gold at their refineries to the Bank of Ghana (BoG).
Mon, 28 Nov 2022 12:18:46 GMTSouth Africa: Keep an Eye On Quality As We Rush to Test People for HIV
[spotlight] As we approach World AIDS Day on 1 December, healthcare providers will be offering HIV screening and testing as part of a comprehensive health service.
Mon, 28 Nov 2022 11:19:17 GMTEast Africa: DR Congo Crisis - Nairobi Peace Talks Get Underway
[New Times] The third round of peace talks between the DR Congo government and multiple armed groups are finally taking place today in Nairobi after being postponed two times.
Mon, 28 Nov 2022 10:28:52 GMTNamibia: Namibia to Step Up Efforts Against Wildlife Crime During Festive Season
[Namibia Economist] Namibia and its partners in wildlife protection and law enforcement will step up efforts against wildlife crime in the country during this year's festive season.
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 08:56:03 GMTSouth Africa: Freedom Road - an Empty Promise
[GroundUp] For years Madibeng Municipality has said it will fix Itireleng's main thoroughfare, but nothing has been done
Tue, 29 Nov 2022 08:49:07 GMTSouth Africa: Hanover Park Women March to End Recent Spate of Violence
[GroundUp] "The government has failed me and so many other families" says mother of gang victim