This worm can make anyone who gets it more susceptible to getting cancer and aids. This outbreak has been going on for almost two decades and there is just now a treatment that helps with the signs of infections, it doesn’t 100% prevent the infection. The worm lives and grows in water and can only survive in unclean water, which,… Read more »
Around 25-30 per cent of humans are currently infected with at least one parasitic worm species. The diseases they cause can be devastating. Worm infections can lead to diverse and chronic conditions such as scarring of the eyes and blindness, swelling of extremities and immobility, blockage of digestion and malnutrition, anaemia and tiredness. They can also increase an individual’s risk of developing cancer… Read more »
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has been re-elected for a second four-year term. His main rival, runner-up Atiku Abubakar, has called the election a “sham” and vowed to challenge the result in court. Here are five things we’ve learnt from an election marred by controversy. 1. It broke records – for the wrong reasons With 73 million able to vote, this… Read more »
Senegal’s President Macky Sall has won a second seven-year term following Sunday’s election. He took 58% of the vote in the poll in which he faced four challengers, but was accused of preventing some of his main rivals from running. Two well-known opposition figures were barred from taking part because of corruption convictions. Mr Sall was first elected in 2012…. Read more »
A fire believed to have been started by illegal marijuana farmers is threatening tens of thousands of hectares of bamboo forest in Mount Kenya. It has already destroyed 80 square kilometres of moorland and is now threatening indigenous forests The blaze, which started six days ago, is burning on two fronts and is spread by high temperatures and strong winds…. Read more »
The collapse in the mines is very tragic because not only are 5 people dead, but they are still looking for survivors or even more dead. But the volunteers looking for the rest are not specialized in search parties, and they have no special equipment to help them, they are digging through the rubble with their bare hands. The mine… Read more »
Cameroon’s opposition leader Maurice Kamto was on Tuesday charged with rebellion, insurrection and hostility against the homeland, more than two weeks after his arrest on 28 January, one of his lawyers said. Kamto lost what he says was a fraudulent presidential election in October and was detained late last month after organising a small rally against long-serving President Paul Biya. Security services… Read more »
An Ethiopian singer has died after he was hit by a bullet fired to celebrate the opening of a new hotel. Dadhi Gelan was performing in the hotel in Ashufe, a small town in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, when a stray bullet hit him, one of his friends told the BBC. Dadhi was a prominent singer known for his political songs… Read more »
Black Panther has been everywhere in recent years – but spotting one of the animals the famous superhero is named after in the African wilderness is a little more rare. Wildlife photographer Will Burrard-Lucas managed it – and there are even claims this is the first time anyone has captured a melanistic leopard on camera in Africa in 100 years. Very… Read more »
The bodies of five people have been recovered from a collapsed pit in an illicit gold mine in north-eastern Liberia, a local official has said. Around 35 people are still believed to be missing after the walls of the pit caved in on Saturday. The search for the dead and for any survivors is being carried out without specialist equipment… Read more »