A jihadist attack in the Malian capital targeting a military police training camp and airport left more than 70 people dead and 200 wounded, one of the highest tolls suffered by the security forces in recent years.A security source speaking on condition of anonymity told AFP that 77 people had been killed and 255 wounded …
Mpox vaccines have been administered in Africa for the first time, with several hundred high-risk individuals vaccinated in Rwanda, the African Union’s disease control centre said Thursday.The first 300 doses were administered on Tuesday near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, a spokesperson for the AU’s Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa …
Mpox vaccines administered in Rwanda, first in AfricaThu, 19 Sep 2024 16:00:19 GMT Read More »
Through decades of pioneering work on fighting the spread of infectious diseases such as HIV, South African public health power couple Quarraisha and Salim Abdool Karim are credited with saving thousands of lives.Married for 36 years, the epidemiologists — both aged 64 — are internationally respected for their work on stopping deadly infections such as HIV/AIDS, TB and …
S.Africa’s HIV research power couple says fight goes onThu, 19 Sep 2024 15:29:51 GMT Read More »
Comoros President Azali Assoumani on Thursday chaired a cabinet meeting in his first public appearance since being wounded in a knife attack last week, government footage showed.Assoumani is seen in the video with a thick bandage on the left side of his forehead, smiling as he got into a car and arriving at the presidential …
Comoros president makes first appearance since knife attackThu, 19 Sep 2024 13:55:16 GMT Read More »
Gabon’s ex-president Ali Bongo Ondimba, who was overthrown in a coup last year, has said he is withdrawing from political life and asked for clemency for his imprisoned wife and son who he said face “violence” and “torture”.Bongo ruled the oil-rich West African nation for 14 years until he was overthrown by military leaders in …
Senior United Nations officials warned on Wednesday that hundreds of thousands of lives are at risk in the besieged Sudanese town of El-Fasher, amid signs that the fighting could soon escalate.El-Fasher is one of five state capitals in Sudan’s western Darfur region and the only one not in the hands of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), …
Hundreds of thousands at risk in Sudan’s El-Fasher: UNWed, 18 Sep 2024 20:30:20 GMT Read More »
West African bloc ECOWAS on Wednesday strongly condemned jihadist attacks which a day earlier hit the Malian capital where locals voiced concern and questions remained about the rare and deadly strike.An Al-Qaeda-linked group on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the attack in Bamako against highly sensitive targets, including a military police training centre and the military …
The main Al-Qaeda-affiliated jihadist group in Mali struck a forceful blow to the ruling junta when it hit highly sensitive military targets in the capital Bamako, underscoring its two-pronged strategy of territorial expansion and harassment, experts say.Targeting a military police barracks and a military airport, the Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM) group demonstrated its …
Each year the world produces around 400 million tonnes of plastic waste, much of it discarded after just a few minutes of use.Negotiators hope to reach the world’s first treaty on plastic pollution this year, but across five very different countries, AFP found single-use plastic remains hugely popular as a cheap and convenient choice, illustrating …
How single-use plastic still rules the worldWed, 18 Sep 2024 08:22:44 GMT Read More »
One day in August, Aynalem was on her way to university in the Amhara region of northern Ethiopia when armed men suddenly stopped the bus and climbed aboard. “They were all very young and threatened us with assault rifles. I was terrified,” recalled the 21-year-old biomedical engineering student. The kidnappers blindfolded Aynalem and the other passengers. After …
Ethiopia plagued by abductions ‘epidemic’Wed, 18 Sep 2024 05:17:08 GMT Read More »
