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LUSAKA. – The World Health Organisation (WHO) has agreed to give Zambia more oral cholera vaccines to help the country tackle the waterborne disease outbreak, Health Minister Sylvia Masebo said yesterday. The WHO has approved Zambia’s request for an additional 1.9 million doses of oral cholera vaccine, the minister said. The vaccine, once received, will […]
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ADDIS ABABA. – The director-general of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Jean Kaseya has hailed China’s support in improving public health in Africa while calling for strengthening Africa-China cooperation in this area. “We are expanding our cooperation with China in terms of capacity building, programme support, technical assistance, and health […]
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WINDHOEK. – Namibia’s Nangolo Mbumba, who took over as interim president of the southern African country on Sunday after Hage Geingob died in office, said he had no plans to run in elections due at the end of the year. That means Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, who replaces Mbumba as vice president and was nominated by the […]
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CAPE TOWN. – A South African court on Tuesday upheld a ban on opposition party leaders from attending President Cyril Ramaphosa’s speech this week to mark the opening of the new parliamentary session, after were sanctioned for disrupting the event a year ago. The leader, deputy leader and four other representatives of the Economic Freedom […]
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WINDHOEK. — Namibia’s Nangolo Mbumba, who took over as interim president of the southern African country yesterday after Hage Geingob died in office, said he had no plans to run in elections due at the end of the year. That means Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, who replaces Mbumba as vice president and was nominated by the governing […]
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South Africa has accused Israel of disregarding a ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordering it to prevent civilian deaths in its war in Gaza against the Palestinian militant group Hamas. South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor told reporters in Pretoria recently that the Israeli government has killed hundreds more people in Gaza, […]
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Pope Francis is attempting to force homosexuality on the Catholic Church in Africa, which could lead to major divisions in the institution, Ugandan pastor Martin Ssempa has told RT in an exclusive interview. The pontiff stated to Italian newspaper La Stampa this week, that Africans view homosexuality as “bad” from a cultural point of […]
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Namibia’s President Hage Geingob has died while receiving medical treatment at a hospital in the capital, Windhoek. Vice-President Nangolo Mbumba announced that Mr Geingob had died in the early hours of Sunday morning. “At his side was his dear wife Madame Monica Geingos and his children,” Mr Mbumba said in a statement. The 82-old leader […]
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LUSAKA. – The cholera outbreak in Zambia, the worst in 20 years, continues to spread and shows no sign of abating. To date, more than 15 000 cholera cases and over 570 deaths have been reported since it started in October, with an alarming fatality rate of 4 percent, the World Health Organization said. The […]
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Kabir Abu Bilal is not your regular Nigerian university professor – he has a second job working as a welder in the northern city of Zaria in Nigeria Welding is widely seen as a menial job across Nigeria and he has shocked many – especially his colleagues – by opening up his own welding workshop. […]
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JOHANNESBURG. – Forbes has recently released its Africa’s Billionaires 2024 Rich List, which includes six South African business tycoons and Tanzanian business magnate, Mohammed Dewji – at 48 – was the youngest among the continent’s wealthiest people. Most of the remaining 19 were between the ages of 60 and some were in their 90s. The […]
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VATICAN CITY. – Pope Francis said in an interview published on Monday that Africans were a “special case” in the opposition of bishops and many other people in the continent to homosexuality. But he said he was confident that, except for Africans, critics of his decision to allow blessings for same-sex couples would eventually understand […]
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Bulawayo Bureau AFRICAN judges have reiterated the need for enacting strong electoral laws to enhance electoral justice and democracy in the African continent saying this is critical in promoting regional peace and security while curbing various forms of unrest such as coups. This came out at the 3rd annual Africa Electoral Justice Network (AEJN) symposium […]
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JOHANNESBURG. – South African authorities have said a controversial New York auction of Nelson Mandela’s memorabilia has been suspended after the government moved to block it. Items including the late anti-apartheid leader’s identity card and some of his iconic shirts had been listed for sale by a US auction house working with Mandela’s daughter Makaziwe. […]
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Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter Sadc will today hold a virtual extraordinary summit of Heads of State and Government to discuss the cholera outbreak in the region. In a statement, the Sadc Secretariat said the extraordinary summit will receive and consider the report regarding the cholera outbreak in several member states, their state of preparedness and […]