Nigeria steering towards another deadly Cholera outbreak
Overcrowded displacement camps coupled with a lack of basic sanitation facilities and hygiene will cause another cholera outbreak in northeast Nigeria if action is...
Africa’s digital economy needs cross-border cooperation to succeed
Africa still lags behind the rest of the world in its digital transformation, and in spite of a growing number of innovative solutions, the...
First UNHCR relief flight lands in Mozambique
A plane carrying relief items from UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency landed early Wednesday morning in Mozambique’s capital, Maputo (0100 hours local time) to...
Ebola Cases in DR Congo Exceed 1,000
The number of people known to have contracted Ebola in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has exceeded 1,000, making the current outbreak the second...
Policy, Trade, Private Sector in the Digital Era to dominate debate as Conference of...
The annual Economic Commission for Africa Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development - COM2019 - kicked off in Marrakesh on...
Private Sector Joins IOM to Enhance Skills of Gambian Returnees
Abba Wollow left The Gambia in 2016 with hopes of reaching Europe. “I left The Gambia because the small garage I was working on...
Zambia bans ‘Viagra’ energy drink
The Zambian authorities have banned an energy drink after a Ugandan man complained it had caused him to have a prolonged erection.
Power Natural High...
Families given soil from Ethiopian Airlines crash site for burial
Grieving family members of those who died in the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash are being given sacks of earth to bury in place of the remains...
Malawi floods leave 56 dead, thousands homeless
Some 200,000 people in Malawi have been displaced by floods that have affected half of the country’s 28 districts.
The government has recorded at least...
South Africa to build first plastic road in Africa
South Africa is set to construct the first plastic road in Africa in Kouga Municipality in the Eastern Cape, with an aim of solving waste...