A helicopter carrying four Americans crashed in Kenya, killing them and the pilot, the Kenyan police said on Monday. The National Police Service said in a Twitter thread that the helicopter crashed on Sunday evening in Central Island National Park, near the country’s northern border with Ethiopia. It said the cause of the crash had not yet been established. United… Read more »
The head of Doctors Without Borders said outside groups, including hers, had alienated Congo residents, prompting communities to spurn treatment and even attack medical centers. Health workers with a coffin of a child suspected of dying from Ebola in Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo, in December.CreditGoran Tomasevic/Reuters Efforts to end the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the… Read more »
(CNN)Two Committee to Protect Journalists staffers have been released from detention in Tanzania and have left the country, the organization announced Thursday. Angela Quintal and Muthoki Mumo were permitted to return to their hotel in Dar es Salaam after being taken to an unknown location and subjected to “several hours of questioning,” according to a news release. Their passports were… Read more »
(CNN)In one day, everything changed. One day, she could walk down the street like anyone else. People still stared and often judged but in their own minds — not out loud. But before she knew it, she was dodging abuse and stones thrown at her by strangers, as well as familiar faces. “Since the announcement was made, things got worse,”… Read more »
Many mothers around the world suffer from problems related to giving birth to twins. The twins also suffer as they are more likely to face issues regarding their heart rate and digestive system. This is especially bad in Lower Developed Countries, where they do not have good healthcare and hospitals. Most mothers give birth at home and that is extremely… 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 »
A court in Zimbabwe has convicted a popular self-styled prophet of fraud and fined him $700 (£540) for falsely claiming he had a herbal cure for HIV and Aids. Walter Magaya earlier pleaded guilty to contravening the Medicines Control Act by selling an unapproved drug. Police arrested him in November, and seized a herbal drug which he said could cure… Read more »
A man who was arrested for attempting to smuggle his baby out of a hospital in the Kenyan capital Nairobi has been given a suspended sentence. Boniface Murage said he tried to carry his daughter out of Kenyatta National Hospital hidden in a paper bag as he could not afford to pay her medical bills. Some Kenyans sympathised with the… Read more »
Spending his days designing high-end residences for South Africa’s ultra rich, architect Tshepo Mokholo was miserable. Craving a change, Mokholo attended the influential Indaba Design conferencein Cape Town in early 2016, and listened to a pitch for the African Design Centre (ADC), a program seeking to shake up the highly unequal business of African architecture. Skyscrapers, trains and roads: How… Read more »
In a small village in Africa only women are allowed and if they have sons they must leave once they turn 18. This village started off because a certain group of women were getting assisted and mistreated. About 15 of them left and found vacant land and started a new life where they were finally in control and made sure… Read more »