[allAfrica] Cape Town — allAfrica’s Juanita Williams sat down with Professor Resia Pretorius, Stellenbosch University, who’s been researching how blood clots form and the impact of inflammation for two decades. Yesterday Pretorius delivered the keynote address at the 54th Mexican National Congress of Clinical Pathology in Puebla, Mexico, from October 30 to November 2, 2024.
Read More[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba — Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed touted the success of the macroeconomic reforms introduced in late July by his administration during a parliamentary session on 31 October, 2024. He hailed the reforms as a pivotal step toward enhancing government revenue, fortifying foreign currency reserves, and revitalizing the financial sector.
Read More[263Chat] Tragedy struck on the country’s highways as two separate crashes left seven people dead and 11 others injured.
Read More[African Arguments] Commonly called mbingas for their penchant for luxury, many of Zimbabwe’s richest men and women are vessels for the ruling party’s looting of state coffers.
Read More[Capital FM] Nairobi — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a disbursement of Sh78 billion (US$605 million) to assist Kenya in bolstering its fiscal and external buffers and enhancing resilience to climate-related shocks.
Read More[ISS] Ushering in a multipolar order requires a streamlined and coherent political agenda – not unfocused expansion.
Read More[VOA] Nairobi, Kenya — Some companies are coming up with creative ways of making electric vehicles a more realistic option in power-challenged areas of Africa.
Read More[Capital FM] Nairobi — The Supreme Court has overturned a Court of Appeal (CoA) decision that had declared the Finance Act 2023 unconstitutional.
Read More[Nile Post] Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has strongly condemned government scientists’ plans to take early retirement following recent salary enhancements.
Read More[Nile Post] Police have said the number of people who died in a fire that broke out after an explosion of a fuel tanker at Kigogwa along the Kampala- Bombo has reached 26.
Read MoreFrench actor Gérard Depardieu is expected to appear before a criminal court in Paris on Monday over the alleged sexual assaults of two women on a film set in 2021.
Read More[Leadership] Presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, has said his principal, President Bola Tinubu, was fully aware of the economic challenges being faced by Nigerians and was committed to providing relief, rejecting the claims that the President was indifferent to citizens’ struggles.
Read More[New Zimbabwe] RENOWNED lawyer, Thabani Mpofu has poked holes on the legal status of the country’s latest currency, Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG), arguing that legislation supporting it has expired.
Read More[Ethiopian Herald] Ethiopia joined the BRICS alliance a year ago, alongside Egypt, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates, marking a major diplomatic achievement as the country enjoys steady economic growth. The Ethiopian government reaffirmed its commitment to collaborate with international partners, emphasizing that the BRICS+ membership will strengthen relations with rapidly growing economies within the bloc.
Read More[Premium Times] This follows the House of Representatives’ call for the CBN to issue more new ₦200, ₦500, and ₦1,000 notes and gradually withdraw the old ones before the 31 December deadline.
Read More[U.S. Treasury] Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Mirghani Idris Suleiman (Idris)pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 14098, for leading the Sudanese Armed Forces’ (SAF) efforts to acquire weapons for use in its ongoing war with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Idris has been at the center of weapons deals that have fueled the brutality and scale of the war, serving as Director General of Defense Industries System (DIS), the SAF’s primary
Read More[Nile Post] Uganda has officially joined BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) as one of 13 new partner nations in a move set to reshape its international trade and investment prospects.
Read More[New Zimbabwe] ZIMBABWE has been ranked the third scariest country to drive in, globally, by the Scrap Car Comparison, a guide website headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Read More[Business Day Africa] Small-scale tea farmers in Kenya are still facing losses despite the removal of the minimum price at the Mombasa auction, a move that has failed to boost both prices and purchased volumes from the old stocks.
Read More[Liberian Investigator] Monrovia — Workers under the Temporary Employment for Community Youth (TECY) project have vowed to reject the Liberian government’s proposal to pay just one month of their reported 13 months’ salary arrears. The workers, frustrated by prolonged delays, are demanding full payment of the arrears owed to them.
Read More[Premium Times] With inflation driving up the prices of goods and services almost daily, Nigerians are losing their purchasing power, and businesses are shutting down due to a lack of patronage.
Read More[Capital FM] President Ruto has said every citizen is “a full and equal member of the political community” and termed exclusionist approaches as untenable.
Read MoreIsaac Jogues and his companions are popularly known as the North American martyrs. Over a period of years, these eight Jesuits worked among the Hurons, bringing many into the Catholic faith. They labored in what would become the northeastern United States and eastern Canada.
Read MoreWhat is the story behind the growing network of French far right-funded schools and universities?
Read More[The Conversation Africa] Tundu Lissu has become the face of opposition in Tanzania following his defiant and unrelenting criticism of the government. Since he came into the national limelight in 1995 when running for a parliamentary seat, Lissu has been a champion of democracy and human rights. He has taken on the ruling elite, exposing corruption and demanding accountability. This almost cost him his life in 2017.
Read More[allAfrica] Internet shutdowns are a worrying trend in African countries, often justified during elections, protests, and periods of civil unrest, as measures to prevent the spread of misinformation or maintain public order.
Read More[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon — Civilians in Chad say many businesses are at a standstill since an internet outage that began Tuesday morning.
Read More[allAfrica] In most small villages in rural Zimbabwe, school-going children and teachers walk several kilometres daily to the nearest towns in search of an Internet connection to complete their work. These villages, like many others on the continent, remain largely disconnected from the digital world, leaving students like with limited access to online learning resources.
Read More[allAfrica] The Africa CDC was the first to declare the current mpox outbreak in some African countries as a public health emergency of continental security. This was followed by WHO’s declaration of mpox as a public health emergency of international concern. In addition to mpox, there is a Marburg Virus Disease outbreak in Rwanda, which has killed at least 12 people and spread to other countries. Indeed, disease outbreaks and reemerging diseases have placed immense strain on
Read More[Nile Post] Uganda has signed a landmark $3bn (approximately shs10.8 trillion ) contract with Turkish construction firm Yapi Merkezi to build a 272km section of railway, boosting regional trade and economic integration.
Read More[Premium Times] The Court of Appeal decision cleared the way for the case presented by the Bile and Ogale communities of Rivers State to proceed to a full trial, which will likely involve the disclosure of crucial internal Shell documents.
Read More[This Day] Blessed beyond measure, Nigeria has black gold running in its earth’s veins. Crude oil, the lifeblood of economies and a passport to prosperity flows deep beneath the surface, yet a troubling paradox persists above ground.
Read More[New Zimbabwe] FINANCE Minister, Mthuli Ncube says citizens must not be afraid of another ZWG volatility wave since the country currently has matching local currency and United States dollar balances.
Read More[Capital FM] Nairobi — President William Ruto has called on the international community to honour their commitments to support the Multinational Security Support (MSS) Mission in Haiti.
Read More[SAnews.gov.za] Thanks to the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), a local company is finalising its expansion refurbishments – given the massive growth in its exports to the United States of America.
Read More[World Bank] As we mark the International Day of the Girl Child, it is sobering to realize that only 16 million out of more than 37 million adolescent girls in Western and Central Africa are currently enrolled in secondary school. Of these, fewer than half will complete lower secondary school, and many will enter early marriage or childbearing before they become adults. These numbers reflect lost potential and futures limited by circumstances beyond their control.
Read More[Leadership] Organised labour has expressed discontent with the latest hike in fuel price, which now exceeds N1,000 per litre.
Read MorePain is a funny thing. For one, it’s bread in French. Aren’t they lucky? Every time they’re “experiencing pain” it just means that they’re chewing down on a fluffy baguette. Oh, to be French.
They say that pain is your body trying to tell your brain that something is wrong. But sometimes it’s like, yeah I KNOW something is wrong I just can’t do anything about it right now, so will you buzz off while I try to watch this TV show? But the body is smarter than that. It wants you to know that you can’t keep doing what you’ve been doing with your knees forever, Cheryl. Something’s gotta give. But when pain strikes, there are a few things that always come in handy. Advil, for one. A stiff drink, for two. And finally, a healthy heaping of memes to take your mind off of it. And would you look at what we have here…
[allAfrica] Lima, Peru — Africa is contributing to groundbreaking data from the PURPOSE 2 study, which explores twice-yearly lenacapavir for HIV prevention. This study, with participants from South Africa and Uganda , is one of the scientific highlights showcased at the 5th HIV Research for Prevention Conference, better known as HIVR4P 2024, in Lima, Peru.
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