Locusts are types of grasshoppers that have “swarming phases” and create extensive damage to crops. In East Africa, there is a threat of a Locust swarm and Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Somalia are all being warned about a possible outbreak of famine in their countries. If they do not take certain measures to protect their crops and pastures, then… Read more »
With the coronavirus being talked about all over the world, it is no shocker that every country is being threatened by it. Seychelles has banned their residents from traveling to China due to the risk of getting the coronavirus. They are allowing people from China who visited to travel back to China, however. They are also trying to prevent and… Read more »
The main thing that first pulled me into this article to read more about was the fact that in class we have been discussing maritime territory and rules that go along with it like with China and their new “man-made islands”. With Morocco, they have taken waters right off the coast of Western Sahara and made it apart of their… Read more »
In 2018 Abiy became prime minister of Ethiopia after protests caused the ruling coalition to reshuffle and remove the governing party from power after nearly 30 years of authoritarian rule. In addition to sweeping political and economic reforms, Abiy released political prisoners and made a peace deal with neighbouring Eritrea, ending two decades of hostility. For this, he won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize. But… Read more »
A 21-year-old Cameroonian student in China has become the first African known to be diagnosed with the deadly coronavirus. In a statement, Yangtze University said the student was being treated in hospital in southern Jingzhou city after contracting the illness while on a visit to Wuhan city, the epicentre of the outbreak. He had returned to Jingzhou, where he lived,… Read more »
The East African region could be on the verge of a famine if huge swarms of locusts devouring crops and pasture are not brought under control, a top UN official has told the BBC. It would create a food crisis, Dominique Burgeon, director of emergencies for the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), said. Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda… Read more »
The European Union has described as “astonishing” the extent of vote-rigging in last October’s elections in Mozambique. In their final report, published on Wednesday, EU observers gave a withering assessment of the polls, saying they found fraud at almost every stage of the process. The election – meant to help cement a peace deal in the southern African nation –… Read more »
People from Seychelles are not allowed to travel to China except returning Chinese residents until further notice due to the coronavirus threat, the Ministry of Health said in a travel advisory update on Tuesday. The Ministry added that local travel agents and services have been requested to advise all clients from China who were planning to visit Seychelles for the coming months to… Read more »
At least 31 people have died in Madagascar after a week of heavy rains in the country’s northwest, officials said. At least 15 people remained missing on the popular tourist island, according to the country’s national disaster management office, as flooding intensified in the districts of Mitsinjo and Maevatanana. The tropical Indian Ocean nation is in the midst of an… Read more »
A prominent Malawian banker has been arrested in connection with a suspected attempt to bribe a panel of five judges presiding over the country’s presidential election vote-rigging case. The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) said it arrested Thomson Mpinganjira on Wednesday after receiving a complaint on December 8 alleging that some people were attempting to bribe the judges of the Constitutional Court. “Dr… Read more »