Africans under the threat of the sleeping sickness may be seeing the light of healthiness as a new drug has come out to treat the terrible plague. Being one of the many problems plaguing Sub-Saharan Africa, this would help Africa greatly. However preventative measures such as heavier clothing and killing off the carrier flies via their living areas such as… Read more »
Scientists working on Neglected Tropical Diseases have welcomed the approval of a new drug for the treatment of Human African Trypanosomiasis, commonly known as sleeping sickness. The new drug — fexinidazole — was approved by the European Medicines Agency on November 16. It will be the first ever all-oral treatment to be used against sleeping sickness. Sleeping sickness is usually… Read more »
Goma — The trial of a militia leader for mass rape and other grave crimes is crucial for justice in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Ntabo Ntaberi Sheka is being prosecuted for crimes against humanity, war crimes, terrorism, and related charges in a trial that began on November 27, 2018 in the eastern city of Goma. Congolese judicial authorities, with… Read more »
By Jerry Chifamba Cape Town — The Kgalema Motlanthe Commission has concluded its process of gathering oral evidence through public hearings – a move that has sparked an angry backlash from the opposition ranks. “The Commission of Inquiry into the Post Election Violence which occurred in Harare on August 1 this year, today concluded its process of gathering oral evidence… Read more »
A resurgence of jihadist attacks as general elections approach has Nigerians deeply worried. This includes President Muhammadu Buhari who has staked his political career on pacifying the country. There are reports of at least 17 attempts to overrun army bases since July. Most of them took place in the northeast state of Borno, the epicenter of the nine-year conflict. An… Read more »
Alrighty so, Zimbabwe is still reeling from the attacks on voters within the Harare CBD. Pro Democracy groups and NGOs like Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition are condemning the Army and Police forces who have had poor records. Knowing Zimbabwe it is not surprising to me that this is happening. I wonder what if Rhodesia was still in existence, if they… Read more »
Pro-Democracy NGO, Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) has condemned the army and police’s bare denials they ever played a part in the killing of six civilians during the August 1 post electoral violence in Harare’s CBD. Top military and police commanders on Monday appeared before the Kgalema Motlanthe chaired Commission of Inquiry into the disturbances with both security forces claiming… Read more »
The death toll from Friday’s car bomb blasts in Somalia’s capital has climbed to 52, according to admission records from five hospitals. Somali security officials who responded to the attack say four militants entered the Sahafi Hotel and went to the roof, firing on people down below. They said the security forces eventually killed the assailants and rescued dozens of… Read more »
Police have discovered hundreds of bodies in Ethiopia’s troubled area between the Oromia and Somali regions during an investigation into Abdi Mohammed. The former Somali leader is suspected of human rights violations. Police have uncovered a mass grave containing an estimated 200 bodies in the eastern part of Ethiopia, state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting reported Thursday. Fana said police were carrying out… Read more »
German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen has called for greater commitment from the Malian government to ensure peace. So far so good, but that’s not enough, says Daniel Pelz. Mali is challenging. Mali is dangerous. But for the Bundeswehr, Germany’s armed forces, Mali is just a kind of adventure playground in the desert, judging by a YouTube series produced… Read more »