Eight cholera cases have been confirmed in Harare, Zimbabwe, including two on the border with South Africa, state media reported on Thursday. The broadcasting corporation said, two children, aged five and 10, had been quarantined with cholera at Beitbridge District Hospital, six other cases had been recorded in Mudzi and Chiredzi, where 41 people have…
Surrender or Get Killed, Chadian President Tells Shekau
President Idriss Deby of Chad, on Wednesday, revealed that he knows the hideout of Abubakar Shekau, the Boko Haram leader, and vowed that the leader of the insurgent group will be killed if he fails to surrender. “It is in Abubakar Shekau’s interest to surrender, we know where he is. If he refuses to give…
Namibian President Wins Best African Leader Award
Namibian President, Hifikepunye Pohamba, has won the world’s most valuable individual award, the Mo Ibrahim prize for African leadership. The $5m (£3.2m) award is given each year to an elected leader who governed well, raised living standards and then left office. Pohamba, a former rebel who fought for his country’s independence, has served two terms…
Sierra Leone Vice President in Self Quarantine
Sam Sumana, the Vice President of Sierra Leone, has placed himself in quarantine, because of the recent death of one of his guards due to the Ebola Virus Disease. The Vice President took this decision just as the country introduces travel restriction as the number of cases of Ebola continues to rise. Sumana has placed…
Nine Die in Guinea Boat Accident
At least nine people have died in a boat accident in Guinea, with about 30 people still missing on Saturday. The boat capsized near the Forecariah district, in the country’s south. Eighteen people on board were rescued. A local security source said that the boat collided with a mining ship. Boat accidents are common off…
Sierra Leone Confirms Ebola Virus Deaths
At least four persons have been reported dead in Sierra Leone due to Ebola Virus. Sierra Leone health ministry officials said this is the first confirmed case in the West African country following a similar outbreak in Guinea. Amara Jambai, director of disease prevention and control at Sierra Leone’s health ministry, said a health worker…
Egypt Holds Presidential Polls
Amidst tight security mounted by the police and the military, millions of Egyptian voters are casting presidential ballots across the nation. The election, which is the second in two years, was scheduled to hold on Monday and Tuesday and has just two candidates contesting for the presidential seat. One is Abdul Fattah al-sisi, a former…
Malawi Minister Commits Suicide After Losing Election
Godfrey Kamanya, a Malawian minister, on Thursday, May 22, committed suicide after losing his parliamentary seat at the general elections. Kamanya, the outgoing deputy Local Government Minister, shot himself in his home. Though the official results of Tuesday’s election are yet to be announced, preliminary election results aired on radio stations disclosed that Kamanya was…
The Pride of Africa
The Dangote Group is honoured as one of 10 most valuable brands in Africa for meeting the needs of several African countries by producing world-class products, thereby reducing importation The Dangote Group prides itself as an indigenous organisation with a pan-African focus. With its growing influence, adding value to the countries where it operates,…
South Sudan: Not Yet Uhuru
Going by the estimates of the United Nations, UN, over 1,000 persons have died in the violence that erupted in South Sudan on December 15, 2013 when forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and those supporting Riek Machar, his former vice-president, took up arms. Malakal, a gateway city to the oilfields of the Upper Nile…
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