Africa's experience in combating Ebola could be the template for an effective response to the Mpox outbreak that has spread from Congo to several other countries on the continent. By Firmain Eric Mbadinga Mpox, an infectious disease caused by a virus in the same family as smallpox, threatens to c...
Formula One has long wanted to return to Africa for the first time since South Africa's Kyalami circuit last hosted a race in 1993. Lewis Hamilton said the time was right for a Formula One race in Africa and he was working behind-the-scenes with Rwanda and South Africa to try to make it happen. T...
Israel's war on Gaza, now in its 322nd day, has killed at least 40,265 Palestinians — mostly women and children — and wounded over 93,144 others, a conservative estimate, with 10,000+ believed to be buried under debris of bombed homes. Friday, August 23, 2024 0507 GMT –– Israeli attacks on civili...
The case involves a 30-year-old man who recently arrived from Uganda and is currently in isolation. Gabon has recorded its first case of mpox, the Health Ministry announced on Friday, making it the latest African country to report the viral infection on the continent. The case involves a 30-year-...
Israel's war on Gaza, now in its 321st day, has killed at least 40,223 Palestinians — mostly women and children — and wounded over 92,981 others, a conservative estimate, with more than 10,000 believed to be buried under debris of bombed homes. Thursday, August 22, 2024 09:50 GMT - Mass displacem...
Kenya aims to build its first nuclear plant by 2034, the country's chief minister Musalia Mudavadi has said. Kenya aims to build its first nuclear power plant by 2034, a government minister said on Thursday, as the country prepares to host a US-Africa summit on nuclear energy. The plant is to be...
All supported activities affiliated with the Turkish National Agency are implemented in line with rules under European Commission supervision, says foreign ministry. Türkiye has rebuffed allegations made in some media outlets that the Turkish National Agency is misallocating funds provided by the...
Bomb disposal experts in Somalia often have to overcome the society's fears to save lives. Wearing a bulky protective suit and helmet, Mohamed Ahmed inches towards the truck where explosives wired to a mobile phone have been planted in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. Fortunately for Ahmed, a police...
Yaƙin da Isra'ila take yi a Gaza, wanda ya shiga kwana na 321, ya kashe Falasɗinawa aƙalla 40,223 — galibinsu mata da yara — sannan ya jikata mutum 92,981, sannan an ƙiyasta cewa mutum fiye da 10,000 na danne a ɓaraguzan gine-ginen da aka rusa. Alhamis, 22 ga watan Agusta, 2024 1440 GMT — Batun y...
West Africa's regional bloc, ECOWAS, aims to mend fences with Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso in a fresh move with Senegal at the forefront. Cracks in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) seem to have widened since the change of government in Niger on July 26 last year, forcing the...
At least 26 people have been killed after a van rammed a fuel tanker in central Malawi on Wednesday. At least 26 people were burned to death in Malawi after a minivan burst into flames after crashing into a fuel tanker. All passengers on the minivan "were burned completely and there have been no...
Israel's war on Gaza, now in its 321st day, has killed at least 40,265 Palestinians — mostly women and children — and wounded over 92,981 others, a conservative estimate, with 10,000+ believed to be buried under debris of bombed homes. Thursday, August 22, 2024 1440 GMT — Mass displacement in Gaz...