Africa

[ad_1] Rwanda has said it will begin vaccine trials for the fatal Marburg virus, which has already killed at least 12 people in the country - most of them health workers.The east African country has received 700 doses of the vaccine from the Sabin Vaccine Institute, a US-based non-profit organisation. Those most at risk, like doctors, and those who have come in contact with Marburg patients, will be the initial […]

[ad_1] South African police have arrested three people in connection with the massacre of 18 relatives that took place in a remote town last week following a manhunt, the police say. Police Minister Senzo Mchunu confirmed the arrests during the memorial service for the 18 victims on Sunday, in the town of Lusikisiki, in the Eastern Cape, where the killings happened.He added that the arrest of a fourth suspect would […]

[ad_1] Getty ImagesTunisia's President Kais Saied, seen as a saviour by supporters and an autocrat by critics, is running for re-election on Sunday in a vote that he is all but certain to win.More than a dozen politicians had hoped to challenge him, but the electoral commission approved only two additional names for the ballot paper.And one of those, Ayachi Zammel, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for falsifying […]

[ad_1] AFPMozambique is set for a watershed election that will see a change of the presidential guard, with the era of leaders who forged their careers in the trenches of the independence war against Portuguese rule coming to an end.For the first time, the once all-powerful Frelimo party is fielding a presidential candidate who was born after independence - the charismatic 47-year-old Daniel Chapo, who it hopes will rally voters […]

[ad_1] Getty ImagesPresident Mahamat Déby, the son of the previous president, was first elected in MayChad, a decades-old ally of France, is now cleverly playing off Russia and its traditional Western partners, deepening relations with Moscow in a ploy that irritates and pressures Paris and Washington.President Mahamat Déby visited his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in the Kremlin in January, while Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was in Chad's capital, N’Djamena, […]

[ad_1] In Ghana’s quest for gold, a far more precious resource is being destroyed: water. Rivers and viable forests that once sustained communities and the country at large are now tainted with deadly mercury and other toxic substances. The destruction of forest reserves and wild and aquatic life continues unabated. These devastating fallouts of illegal mining, or “galamsey,” pose existential threats to our very survival and Ghana’s sustainable development. Although […]