The discussion on LGBT+ laws in Ghana is once again on the table after the latest statement made by John Dramani Mahama. Some people in society, especially those who feel like the government has stopped doing its duty, have been angered by the recent statement made. Renewed Debate Over Government Position Some Ghanaians express concern […]
Sudan’s recent decision to label the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist group is a major change. This isn’t just a bunch of papers; it’s a direct attack on groups that use religion to gain political power, which makes things worse in a country that is already at war. This move brings attention to the Brotherhood’s […]
The “outbreak” of the Marburg virus has reportedly caused the deaths of nine people in Equatorial Guinea, according to the country’s health minister and the WHO. The hemorrhagic fever has a mortality rate that is almost identical to that of Ebola. According to the country’s health minister, Equatorial Guinea has verified it’s first-ever outbreak of […]
In one of the areas of Uganda with the lowest level of resources and the lowest ratio of doctors to patients, where there is only one doctor for every 25,000 people, achievements are not ignored. However, in the Nakaseke district of Uganda, which is approximately 65 kilometers away from the capital city of Kampala, there […]
After the visit to the region by the Russian ambassador, Sergey Lavrov, the foreign ministers of three nations in West Africa that have lately been the target of military coups have appealed for their countries to be readmitted into two important regional blocs. In a joint statement released on Thursday, the top diplomats of Mali, […]
According to Minister of Public Health Malachie Manaouda, Cameroon has limited mobility along the border with Equatorial Guinea in the wake of “many inexplicable deaths” caused by an unknown illness that causes hemorrhagic fever. Manaouda made the announcement on Friday. In a statement, he explained that the limits were put in place because of “the […]
An ambush on a supply convoy carrying United Nations soldiers in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) resulted in the deaths of eight civilians, according to a military governor in the region. According to the governor of the North Kivu province, the soldiers were firing “warning bullets” during the violence […]
According to a new toll that was announced on Monday by the governor of the Sahel region, at least 25 people were killed in an attack that is suspected to have been carried out by jihadists in the northern region of Burkina Faso on Saturday. This includes at least 22 civilians and three police officers. […]
The military junta that now rules Mali announced on Sunday that it was dismissing the head of the UN mission’s human rights section, MINUSMA, and giving him 48 hours to leave the country. The decision was made after a Malian rights activist made a speech at a United Nations conference last month in which he […]
The heads of state in the region have demanded that all parties to the conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo immediately stop fighting. As Congo and its neighboring country, Rwanda, accuse each other of helping armed rebels, tensions are rising in the area, and people are talking about going to […]
According to a statement that was reported by AFP on Friday, a non-governmental organization (NGO) in Burkina Faso that focuses on human rights has accused the army of killing at least 25 people, including a lady and a baby, in the east of the country this week. These allegations were initially met with silence from […]
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has issued a warning that as much as half of the drugs that are now for sale in the Sahel region are either of poor quality or have passed their expiration date. The substandard medications are removed from the distribution chain in Europe, as well as, […]
One of the richest men in Asia, Gautam Adani, received an investment from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Royals in a share sale. The Adani Group, an Indian multinational conglomerate founded by Gautam Adani, received a $ 400 million (Rs 3,260 crore) investment from Abu Dhabi’s International Holding Co. Adani has faced losses of $65 […]
A historic drought that began in late 2020 and is forecast to continue for the foreseeable future has put 22 million people in southern Ethiopia, northern Kenya, and Somalia in danger of starvation. This drought is projected to continue over the next few months. Since the beginning of 2022, when there were 13 million people […]
Two separate attacks by armed assailants in Burkina Faso have resulted in the deaths of at least 28 individuals, including troops and civilians, according to separate statements released by a provincial governor and the army. The army said on Monday that an attack took place on a fighting unit in Falagountou, which is in the […]
During the visit of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to Tripoli on Saturday, the Italian energy company Eni signed a gas deal with Libya’s state-run National Oil Corporation worth $8 billion. As a result of the invasion of Ukraine, deliveries of Russian gas were cut to less than half of their pre-war levels. This caused […]
Janet Yellen, the Secretary of the United States Treasury, made her final stop in South Africa on Friday when she went to the town of Emalahleni, which is known as a coal mining center and generates the majority of the coal that South Africa uses to fuel its power plants. Emalahleni, whose name means “a […]
Germany issued an apology on Thursday, January 26 for using a leopard emoji in a tweet that referred to the trip that the Russian Foreign Minister was taking through Africa. A number of users on the platform found that particular post to be offensive, and a spokeswoman for the leader of the African Union, Chairman […]
Albert Arnold Gore Jr, an American politician, businessman, and environmentalist, talked about climate-related issues. However, are his claims about climate action true? Albert Arnold Gore Jr served as the 45th vice president of the United States under President Bill Clinton. During the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting 2023 in Davos, Switzerland, Al Gore slammed the […]
As a result of a cholera outbreak in Malawi, the country has run out of vaccines, which the Health Ministry announced on Tuesday. More than 1,000 people have died as a result of the outbreak. More than 30,600 individuals have been sick with cholera in the southern African country since the first cases of the […]