Ben Keane DE IR Analysis Post Sub-Saharan Africa notoriously has some of the highest infant mortality rates in the world. In this article titled, “Twins in sub-Saharan Africa ‘more likely to die’ in early childhood” we see that it is even harder for infants to survive when born as a twin. The article presents the statistics of infant mortality… Read more »
The Lancet Infectious Diseases study is the first to analyse death rates among twins in the region. The report suggests improvements in survival for twins is lagging far behind other children. The death rate among single-born children aged under-five halved between 1995 and 2014. For twins, the rate came down by a third. ‘Poor fate’ Giving birth to twins is… Read more »
The Democratic Republic of Congo has signed a $14bn (£10bn) deal for what is billed as the world’s largest hydro-electric project with a consortium of Chinese and Spanish companies. The Inga 3 Dam will generate 11,000 megawatts of electricity when complete but progress has stalled for decades. This is not the final green light to build the mega project to… Read more »
British authorities are expected to resume efforts to confiscate tens of millions of dollars’ worth of assets belonging to former Nigerian state governor James Ibori after he lost an appeal against his conviction. Mr Ibori was jailed in the UK after pleading guilty to laundering nearly $65m (£50m) in 2012. He was released in December 2016 and deported to Nigeria… Read more »
Kenya’s only ice hockey team gets dream trip Canada fast food company Tim Hortons surprised Kenya’s only ice hockey team by flying them to Toronto to play a competitive game. The 12 members of the Kenya Ice Lions met top ice hockey players, Sidney Crosby and Nathan MacKinnon. The team has been training in the only rink in Kenya, which… Read more »
According to the recent Africa’s Pulse – a bi-annual analysis of the state of African economies by the World Bank – the rate of growth in the region is moving in a positive direction though at a much slower rate than initially anticipated. “The region’s economic recovery is in progress but at a slower pace than expected. To accelerate and sustain an… Read more »
The last time he saw her, she had just found out she was pregnant with their fourth child. “She told me she was feeling symptoms of pregnancy. She left for her home village two days later to visit her parents,” 36-year-old Minyatso said, standing in the doorway of their thatched-roof home in Kaseleka village, his daughters playing in the dirt… Read more »
The Moroccan navy and a Spanish aid agency put the survival figure at 26, according to reports. Morocco’s interior ministry in a statement on Monday, October 1, 2018, said all the migrants on board the boat were from sub-Saharan Africa without giving further details. The ministry said investigations showed that the organiser of the risky crossing of the Mediterranean sea was from… Read more »
Sub-Saharan African economies are still recovering from the slowdown in 2015-16, but growth is slower than expected, according to the October 2018 issue of Africa’s Pulse, the bi-annual analysis of the state of African economies by the World Bank. The average growth rate in the region is estimated at 2.7 percent in 2018, which represents a slight increase from 2.3 percent… Read more »
Nigeria Declares National Disaster After Severe Floods Kill 100 Ben Keane Over the last month, the people of Nigeria have seen mass flooding that has killed upward of 100 people and displaced thousands. While Nigeria sees flooding due to torrential rains yearly, this year it has been worsened because of climate change and poor town planning. The Niger River and… Read more »