Mozambique’s long-held dreams of natural gas have got a fresh boost following an estimated $1.1 billion contract award by ExxonMobil for the Rovuma LNG Phase 1 project in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado region. The signing of the contracts represents a big leap towards FID for the project, whose objective is to build onshore LNG facilities with […]
The news landed on Tuesday and rattled Africa’s most populous nation. This is the first Nigeria Ebola case of Africa’s latest outbreak, Health Minister Muhammad Ali Pate confirmed, in a woman who flew into Abuja from Uganda. What We Know The patient arrived on an international flight and spent several days at a private hospital […]
Kenyans are watching the news with growing worry. The Kenya Ebola outbreak has now reached an eighth confirmed case, adding to concern as the virus spreads across the region. The latest patient Director-General for Health Patrick Amoth told Citizen TV that one of 38 people tested on Sunday came back positive. The patient is a […]
Kenya has spent the past ten days on high alert, and on Wednesday the country’s fears were partly confirmed. The Kenya second Ebola case was announced by the Ministry of Health: a 39-year-old man, a close relative of the first victim, who tested positive while already in quarantine. The ministry says the two cases are […]
East Africa has long watched the Congo outbreak with one eye on its own borders. The news this week was blunt: Kenya confirms first Ebola death as outbreak spreads beyond the Democratic Republic of Congo. Health Secretary Aden Duale announced on Tuesday that a Kenyan man who had been living in the DRC died in […]
DR Congo Ebola outbreak has killed more than 2,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, making it the fastest-growing Ebola epidemic ever recorded in the country. According to the official figures, there have been 4,381 confirmed cases with 2,011 deaths. The Ebola outbreak is spreading across five provinces in the eastern region of the […]
Democratic Republic of Congo is at yet another bleak phase with its Ebola outbreak, with 4,053 confirmed Ebola cases and 1,850 deaths recorded since the start of the Ebola outbreak in May. With the rapid expansion of the Ebola outbreak fueled by the rare Bundibugyo Ebola virus, there is an infection in 53 health zones […]