UN chief calls for better urban preparedness to ward off future health crises
The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called upon governments to “rethink and reshape the urban world” to ensure they
Uganda’s Museveni tests negative for COVID-19
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has tested negative for COVID-19 after developing a sore throat, one of the symptoms of the
Concern in Malawi as early marriages, teen pregnancies rise amid school closures
Malawi has witnessed a dramatic increase in early pregnancies and child marriages since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic which
UN says Libyan authorities shot dead three Sudanese migrants
Libyan authorities shot dead three Sudanese migrants in a western coastal town who tried to escape after they were intercepted
Kenya’s COVID-19 cases top 18,000 as health ministry dismisses U.S. video touting use of hydroxychloroquine
Kenya’s COVID-19 infections surged beyond the 18,000 mark on Tuesday as 606 more people tested positive for the disease. Health
President Kenyatta orders crackdown against clinics offering contraceptives to underage girls
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has ordered a nationwide crackdown on clinics offering emergency contraceptives to underage girls. Kenyatta’s directive comes
Coronavirus sharpening hunger in Southern Africa
Nearly 45 million people in 13 countries in southern Africa are food-insecure as a result of drought and flood and
AfDB rightly cleared its president of wrongdoing – independent panel
An independent review has found that the African Development Bank rightly cleared its president, Akinwumi Adesina, of abuse of office,
Mali opposition rejects ECOWAS plan, insists president quits
A protest movement that has sprung up in Mali, shaking President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita’s grip on power, on Tuesday rejected
Kenya’s Safaricom launches 4G phone purchase by instalment scheme with Google
Kenya’s biggest telecoms operator Safaricom said on Tuesday it had launched a programme in partnership with Google that allows its