Monthly Archives: April 2018

Analysis Post: Common antibiotic significantly reduces child deaths across Africa

It is great that the death rate was reduced in these countries by over 13% but it’s kind of messed up that they did this “test” small children. I hope they death rate continues to decline and a lot of these bacterial diseases and infection are killed and or easily cured with progressive step towards the great medicine we have.

Common antibiotic significantly reduces child deaths across Africa

Giving the antibiotic azithromycin twice a year to young children in sub-Saharan Africa reduced childhood deaths by 13.5%, a new study has shown. Large-scale distribution of the drug could save millions of lives in a region where one in nine children dies before age 5, according to the United States Agency for International Development. The study, published Wednesday in The… Read more »

Nigeria: Boko Haram Now Collecting Taxes from Nigerians in Borno, Yobe

Insurgent groups in Borno, Yobe and other settlements around Lake Chad are currently running quasi-administrative policies that include imposition of taxes on civilians in the territories they control, a new report by Reuters has found. The news agency reported on Sunday that Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA), a faction of Boko Haram, currently controls swathes of land that stretch… Read more »

Kenya: Goons Unleash Terror in City Hotel to Defend Sonko’s Reign

Drama unfolded at the Boulevard Hotel in the city centre on Monday after unidentified men attacked a former Nairobi Central Business District Association (NCBDA) official during a press conference. Former NCBDA chairman Timothy Muriuki was stopped from reading his press statement by two men who ejected him from the hotel located on Harry Thuku Road, just opposite the Kenya Broadcasting… Read more »

South Sudan: Ethiopia’s Ex-PM Calls On South Sudan Incumbent to Resign

The Former Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailermarian Desalegn has called on South Sudan’s President, Salva Kiir, who is struggling to uphold power, to quit politics and give others a chance, Sudan Tribune reported. Hailermarian unexpectedly resigned on 15 February 2018, saying he hoped to end years of unrest and political turmoil in Ethiopia, after ruling the country for six years. The… Read more »

‘We are not lazy,’ Nigerian youth lash out at President Buhari on social media

Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari is facing a backlash on social media following remarks he made about the nation’s youth at a Commonwealth event in London. President Buhari was asked a question after a keynote speech at the event on Wednesday, his aide said. In his reply, the president said: “We have a very young population. More than 60%… Read more »

US-owned Christian radio station in Rwanda shut down for saying women are evil

A US-owned local radio station has been shut down for insulting women in Rwanda, authorities say. The Amazing Grace Christian Radio, a radio station that airs religious sermons, had its broadcasting license revoked after one of its presenters, Nicolas Niyibikora, repeatedly referred to women as evil, Rwanda officials said. The Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA) announced it had taken away… Read more »

Rafiki: Kenya bans lesbian film ahead of Cannes debut

Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)A movie about love between two women has been banned in Kenya, ahead of its premiere at international film festival Cannes. Kenya’s Film and Classification Board (KFCB) said Thursday “Rafiki” was banned because of intent to “promote lesbianism,” in the country. “The film has been restricted due to its homosexual theme and clear intent to promote lesbianism in… Read more »

Tanzanian bloggers demanded to pay up in internet clampdown

It is interesting to see how countries around the world have began to try to regulate the information on the internet in their countries, and how they are specifically handling the internet in times of elections. Tanzania, I would say has taken a very extreme approach to try and prevent the internet from influencing elections, and politics in their country…. Read more »

Fake drugs are one reason malaria still kills so many

Malaria, a mosquito-borne parasitic infection that affects about 3.2 billion people in 95 countries, has become largely a disease of the young and poor. Due to effective medications like chloroquine and artemisinins, malaria deaths dropped an estimated 60 percent worldwide between 2000 and 2015. The Americas and Africa saw the greatest improvements. Still, 216 million new cases of malaria were… Read more »