East Africa

East Africa

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 05:59:18 GMT
Ethiopia: Ending Neglect - How Domestic Investments Can Transform the Fight Against NTDs
[allAfrica] The bites of river-dwelling blackflies carry a hidden danger - microparasites that can steal sight, health, and wellbeing, and contribute to trapping families in poverty. The disease they cause, known as river blindness or onchocerciasis...

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 05:20:01 GMT
Uganda: Nurse Dies From Ebola As Govt Confirms Virus Outbreak in Kampala
[Nile Post] Sudan Ebola was first identified in Sudan in 1976. Other outbreaks have occurred in Uganda (2000, 2012, 2022) and South Sudan.

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 05:01:49 GMT
Ethiopia: Fact-Checkers in Ethiopia Take On Disinformation Amid Rising Tensions
[VOA] Washington -- As tensions flared between Somalia and Ethiopia last year, social media became a breeding ground for misinformation.

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 13:03:35 GMT
Kenya: High Court Suspends Mid-Year KCSE in Urgent Petition
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The High Court has suspended the Kenya National Examination Council's (KNEC) decision to introduce a mid-year Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exam for repeaters and private candidates after a petitioner challen...

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 11:36:24 GMT
Congo-Kinshasa: Greed and Cynicism Fuel Rwanda's War in DRC
[IPS] Oakland, California, Usa -- The fresh offensive by the M23 rebels and Rwanda forces in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) coincides with the first anniversary of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between the European Unio...

East Africa

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 05:59:18 GMT
Ethiopia: Ending Neglect - How Domestic Investments Can Transform the Fight Against NTDs
[allAfrica] The bites of river-dwelling blackflies carry a hidden danger - microparasites that can steal sight, health, and wellbeing, and contribute to trapping families in poverty. The disease they cause, known as river blindness or onchocerciasis...

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 05:20:01 GMT
Uganda: Nurse Dies From Ebola As Govt Confirms Virus Outbreak in Kampala
[Nile Post] Sudan Ebola was first identified in Sudan in 1976. Other outbreaks have occurred in Uganda (2000, 2012, 2022) and South Sudan.

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 05:01:49 GMT
Ethiopia: Fact-Checkers in Ethiopia Take On Disinformation Amid Rising Tensions
[VOA] Washington -- As tensions flared between Somalia and Ethiopia last year, social media became a breeding ground for misinformation.

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 13:03:35 GMT
Kenya: High Court Suspends Mid-Year KCSE in Urgent Petition
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The High Court has suspended the Kenya National Examination Council's (KNEC) decision to introduce a mid-year Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exam for repeaters and private candidates after a petitioner challen...

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 11:36:24 GMT
Congo-Kinshasa: Greed and Cynicism Fuel Rwanda's War in DRC
[IPS] Oakland, California, Usa -- The fresh offensive by the M23 rebels and Rwanda forces in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) coincides with the first anniversary of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between the European Unio...

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