Ebola in Congo now infecting newborn babies, UN says | Health November 25, 2018 0 LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization says a worrying number of the newest Ebola cases amid Congo’s ongoing outbreak are in patients not usually known to catch the disease: babies. In an update published this week, the U.N. health agency reported 36 new confirmed… Read more »
Museveni to Uganda Cranes: Don’t lose to Tanzania By John Masaba Added 20th November 2018 05:15 PM That win took Uganda Cranes’ point tally to 13 points — ahead of Cape Verde, 4; Lesotho, 5; and Tanzania with 5. Uganda Cranes players celebrating their victory on at Namboole Stadium in Wakiso district. Photo/File AFCON President Yoweri Museveni has urged the Uganda national… Read more »
Rights group accuses South Sudan of ‘war crimes’ Witnesses say soldiers and militiamen targeted civilians by raping them, burning them alive, and killing male infants. 19 Sept 2018 About two million South Sudanese have fled the country over the past five years of war [Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters] MORE ON SOUTH SUDAN Healing trauma in South Sudan through mental health programmes3 days… Read more »
South Sudan is being accused of war crimes, interviews with South Sudan citizens talk about how the South Sudan government are systematically burning down houses and killing people. There is a peace deal being made between the South Sudan government and the rebels. In the world’s youngest country there is a civil war, (2013-present) that highlights the instability of the… Read more »
Tanzania: Plans to auction 3.5 tonnes of hippo teeth sparks outrage Creatures increasingly threatened by demand for body parts and meat, conservationists warn Lydia Smith Friday 26 January 2018 18:17 0 comments Click to follow The Independent Hippo teeth are carved for ornaments and sold in parts of Asia ( Getty ) Wildlife conservation groups have criticised plans by Tanzanian authorities to auction… Read more »
Social media reacts to Sizwe Dhlomo curving a fan It’s a cold world on Twitter. by Andile Sicetsha 2018-11-02 11:53 in News Instagram / Sizwe Dhlomo 2 SHARES Sizwe Dhlomo is often held in high regard on Twitter as the meister of all things pertaining to super facts. He is also considered by many of his fans as a hot throb…. Read more »
In Congo’s Ebola Outbreak, Experimental Treatments Are Proving Effective More than half of the patients who received treatment survived, scientists reported. ImageHealth care workers preparing an Ebola treatment in Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo, in August.CreditCreditReuters By Donald G. McNeil Jr. Oct. 31, 2018 2 NEW ORLEANS — Experimental new treatments for Ebola appear to be working effectively in the most… Read more »
2019: More Than 3000 ADC Members Defects To ADP In Oyo State Published on 2nd November 2018 By Enioluwa Adeniyi Ahead of the governorship election in Oyo state, no few than three thousand members of the African Democratic Congress, defected to the Action Democratic Party to join the former Governor of the state, Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala. The former governor is the governorship… Read more »
Three point five tons of ivory was planned to be traded later this year, but conservation groups are criticizing the decision made by the Tanzanian authorities. This could encourage people to get ivory and even though it might be legal there it could incentivise people to get the ivory in shady/ less than legal ways in other countries. This could… Read more »