Monthly Archives: December 2018

Calls for more tailored treatment as new strain of hep C found in Uganda

The finding of three new strains of hepatitis C is incredibly concerning, considering of the 71 million affected worldwide, 11 million live in Sub-Saharan Africa, this raises worries of other unfound strains. Many of today’s medicine is being developed in regard to strains and cases found in the Western developed world. This discovery is significant, although its only the beginning…. Read more »

Report: Sub-Saharan Africa’s gender gap widens again after signs of progress

CAPE TOWN – The World Economic Forum’s latest report on gender equality shows that Sub-Saharan Africa’s gender gap has started to widen again after showing progress in closing the gap for six consecutive years. The report, which was published this week, showed Rwanda leading the region despite moving down two places after a reversal in progress on economic participation and… Read more »

Calls for more tailored treatment as new strain of hep C found in Uganda

Researchers have found three brand new strains of the hepatitis C virus in patients in Uganda in one of the biggest studies of the disease in sub Saharan Africa. In 2016 the World Health Organization announced it wanted to to eliminate hepatitis C by 2030 but current treatments are developed for Western strains of the disease and there have been few studies… Read more »

Climate change ‘major force shaping future of sub-Saharan Africa’

Promoting digital literacy and identifying the skills to let the next generation work with technology are crucial, says the IMF’s Christine Lagarde. Climate change is the major force shaping the future of work in sub-Saharan Africa, says managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde. Lagarde made the statement in her opening remarks at an IMF conference on… Read more »

Sub-Saharan Africa becoming new battleground against violent extremism as jihad ‘goes south’

Experts say governments need an approach that doesn’t rely solely on security forces but addresses local grievances Extremists are penetrating sub-Saharan Africa at an alarming rate, threatening states ill-prepared to deal with the resulting complex social and security challenge, western and African officials have said. Islamic radical groups, which include Isis, Al Qaeda affiliates and homegrown movements such as Boko Haram, threaten the continent – despite… Read more »

Tanzanian girls’ rights activist wins the UN Human Rights Prize

Rebeca Gyumi, a thirty-one year old women of Tanzania, recieved the 2018 Human Rights Prize, awarded annually by the United Nations. Rebeca has been involved in specifically women’s rights from a young age, witnessing many of her classmates drop out of school due to pregnancy at as young as thirteen and married off to men double their age. She took… Read more »

Tanzania LGBT community

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Since 2015 the President of Tanzania, John Magufuli. Once he came to power he promised to end corruption and help the economy. What he also has being doing is what reports are calling a “morality crusade”. He has been establishing more ways to discriminate against the LGBT community and women. In a country where homosexuality is already illegal they are… Read more »

Ethiopia army op kills civilians in Moyale hotel, violence persists

A deadly shooting incident involving the Ethiopian army has claimed the lives of a dozen civilians in a hotel located in Moyale, a border town with Kenya.Local news portals cited sources that confirmed that the incident took place as federal forces were holding talks with ethnic militia groups – Oromo and Somali – to hand over the security of Moyale. Since… Read more »

Sub-Saharan Africa unlikely to feed itself by 2050 – study

Cape Town – A new study paints a bleak picture of countries south of the Sahara being unable to feed themselves by 2050. Although several studies have shown the global increase in food demand can be met by increasing yields on existing cropland, a new study called Can sub-Saharan Africa feed itself? found that countries in Africa south of the… Read more »

Nigeria concerned over Amnesty International’s ‘damaging’ activities

Nigeria is “concerned” about Amnesty International’s activities, a spokesman for President Muhammadu Buhari has said, just days after the government briefly banned Unicef over claims it was training “spies” sympathetic to Boko Haram. “The federal government is increasingly concerned about the role that Amnesty International is playing in the war against terror in Nigeria,” Garba Shehu said in a statement. “The organisation’s operations… Read more »