“The fake MencevaxTM ACWY vaccine has a manufacturing date of December 2016 and an expiring date of November 2021. Genuine MencevaxTM ACW and MencevaxTM ACWY vaccines are used to control outbreak of meningococcal infection.” BY SAHARAREPORTERS, NEW YORKAPR 04, W The general public has been alerted by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on the… Read more »
This article discusses how fertility has declined everywhere in the world except for the fact that Niger’s is growing and it is the fastest growing birth rate in the world. In Niger, the average woman has 7.2 and the annual growth rate of the country is currently at 3.8%. This article discusses how larger and more youthful population normally can… Read more »
Fourteen people have been killed in a tin mine in eastern Rwanda after a hill collapsed on them following heavy rains, officials said. “Because of recent rainfall in the area, part of the hill nearby collapsed and 14 miners who were getting ready for work were buried by land,” Fred Mufuruke, governor of Eastern province, told Reuters news agency on Monday. Jean… Read more »
Authorities in Burundi rounded seven schoolchildren last week for scribbling on the president’s photo in their textbooks, according to international rights group, Human Rights Watch. According to a March 19 statement titled Jailed in Burundi for Scribbles on President’s Photo, the children were sebsequently arraigned before a prosecutor in the northern Kirundo province. Four were released over the weekend but the remaining… Read more »
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While fertility levels have declined rapidly in most parts of the world, many countries in the sub-Saharan African region of the Sahel have seen their reproductive rates go down very slowly, and only very slightly. The average woman in Niger, for example, still has 7.2 children, according to the Population Reference Bureau 2018 World Population Data Sheet. The average in developing countries… Read more »