Malawi’s cholera outbreak death toll hit 200 as of Saturday with cumulative reported cases at 6,720 since the first case was reported in March in the south-eastern border district of Machinga. Minister of Health, Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda, disclosed this in her latest update on the outbreak, saying all the country’s 28 districts, including Likoma Island, […]
Somalia’s army and allied clan militias have killed at least 100 al-Shabaab fighters in heavy clashes in the central Hiran region, the Defence Ministry said on Friday, days after twin bombings killed at least 120 people in the capital. Al-Shabaab, an al-Qaeda franchise, claimed responsibility for two car bombs that blew up outside the Education […]
Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal, said on Friday that primary schools in the Indian capital would be closed, following increasing levels of air pollution. Kejriwal said the schools would be closed from Saturday. “We’re taking all steps to control the situation. Meanwhile, we are shutting down all primary schools in Delhi from tomorrow,” the […]
The hunger and malnutrition crisis in South Sudan has escalated, fuelled by climate-induced disasters like flooding alongside civil strife, the United Nations agencies said on Thursday. The World Food Programme (WFP), the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a joint statement in Juba, South […]
North Korea has fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) but it failed mid-flight, says the South Korean military. The ICBM launch, the North’s seventh this year, sparked an alert in Japan – but fell short, landing in the sea. Tensions are escalating amid fears the North will soon conduct a nuclear test. On Wednesday, both […]
Matt Hancock, the former Health Minister, who led Britain’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, has been suspended by the ruling Conservative Party after he signed up for a jungle-based reality television show. Hancock, who quit the government after he was filmed kissing a colleague in breach of lockdown rules, will join pop singer Boy George, […]
Kenya has launched an accelerator programme that seeks to create at least one million employment and entrepreneurship opportunities annually for the country’s youth in the next five years within the private sector. Kenya’s Deputy President, Geoffrey Rigathi Gachagua said in Nairobi that the Kenya Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship Accelerator Programme (K-YEEAP) initiative seeks to unlock […]
Russian-installed officials in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region have said they were extending an evacuation zone from the Dnipro river, repeating claims rejected by Keiv that Ukraine could be preparing to attack the Kakhovka dam and flood the region.Evacuation In a post on Telegram, Vladimir Saldo, the Russian-backed head of the region, which is partially […]
The Ethiopian government and the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) have joined hands to boost efficiency in the coffee value chain. As part of the cooperation, the Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture and UNIDO inked a cooperation agreement worth ten million Euros ($9,929,400) to facilitate loans to stakeholders engaged in the coffee value chain, state-affiliated […]
Saudi Arabian state oil producer Aramco, on Tuesday, posted a 39 per cent jump in its third-quarter net income that beat analysts’ forecasts, boosted by higher crude oil prices and volumes sold. Aramco’s net income rose to $42.4 billion for the three months to Sept. 30 from $30.4 billion a year earlier, it said in […]