Africa
Rwanda dismisses Ebola threat
Authorities in Rwanda have refuted reports that the fishmmonger responsible for Uganda’s renewed Ebola crisis, had crossed into the border town of…
Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the edge of spiralling out of control
Rory Stewart, the UK’s international development secretary, has said that the year-long Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is…
Don’t take African generosity towards refugees for granted, says UN refugee chief
The international community must not take the generosity of Africans for granted, UN refugee chief, Filippo Grandi, told an informal meeting of…
WHO considering declaring a global health emergency because of Ebola in Uganda and Congo
Dr. Mike Ryan, the World Health Organization’s emergencies chief, in comments to the Associated Press (AP) , said that it was a…
Two more Ebola cases diagnosed in Uganda as child dies from disease
The year-old Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now spreading to neighboring countries, as a five-year-old boy in Uganda…
24 children among those massacred in weekend attack in Mali
Boubou Cisse , the prime minister of Mali said that from the bodies recovered of a massacre of scores of people by…
Ebola case confirmed in Uganda
Uganda’s health ministry says a patient has tested positive for Ebola in what is the first cross-border case of the deadly virus…
Two Canadian aid workers kidnapped in Ghana
Two Canadian women working for a local aid agency in Ghana, the Youth Challenge International NGO, were kidnapped at a golf club.…
Two French tourists kidnapped, local guide killed in Benin
Two French tourists were kidnapped and their local guide was killed in Benin on May 1, regional sources told FRANCE 24. The…
Massive flooding in Mozambique
Serious flooding has wreaked havoc in parts of Mozambique, as houses collapsed in many areas. Rescue efforts are underway to help people…
World’s biggest anti-malaria vaccine campaign begins in Africa
Some 360,000 children a year in three African countries are to receive a powerful anti-malaria drug as part of a pilot project…
2,241 died in 2018 in their attempt to cross the Mediterranean
A total of 2,241 irregular migrants have died in the Mediterranean Sea since the beginning of the year, the non-profit Spanish Refugee…