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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS! Second Annual Arewa Youth Leadership Summit 2017
Are you between 18 and 35 years old and from the Northern Region? Are you engaged in youth activities to build peace and reduce violence in your community or state? Have you been dedicated to youth development projects, conflict resolution or mediation at a regional, state or local level and…
Read More »South Africa minibus crash kills 20 children
A minubus crashed and burned on Friday killing at least 20 children in a horrific traffic accident outside the South African capital Pretoria. Paramedics treated the injured at the scene after the van carrying students collided with a transport truck northeast of the capital, about 70km from Pretoria. “It is…
Read More »Nigerian corruption agency uncovers $43m in cash
The discovery of a massive cash haul in a flat has prompted calls for the president to take action. Nigeria’s president has suspended his spy chief after a series of corruption scandals. Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Adow reports from Lagos, Nigeria. The post Nigerian corruption agency uncovers $43m in cash appeared…
Read More »Military court convicts Cameroon journalist Ahmed Abba
A military court in Cameroon has convicted Ahmed Abba, a journalist for Radio France Internationale’s Hausa service, on charges of “non-denunciation of terrorism” and “laundering of the proceeds of terrorist acts”, according to his lawyer and employer. Abba’s lawyer, Clement Nakong, told the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) that Abba, who has…
Read More »Can President Buhari clean up corruption in Nigeria?
Nigeria is one of the largest oil producers in the world. It is also one of the world’s most corrupt countries. Most of its population of more than 160 million see little of that wealth. Many are on the verge of starvation. It is different for those at the top,…
Read More »Ethiopia rejects UN investigation into deadly protests
Ethiopia is rejecting UN and EU calls to investigate months of anti-government protests that left 669 people dead in 2015 and 2016. It was the worst unrest in 25 years and the government responded by imposing a state of emergency that is still in place today. Al Jazeera’s Charles Stratford…
Read More »Acelerar o Controle e a Eliminação de Doenças Tropicais Negligenciadas em África
Dr. Matshidiso Rebecca Moeti, Diretora do Escritorio Regional da OMS para Africa GENEBRA, Suiça, 20 de abril 2017, -/African Media Agency/- As Doenças Tropicais Negligenciadas (DTN) são doenças infecciosas evitáveis que colocam em risco cerca de 1,5 mil milhões de pessoas em 149 países, incluindo 500 milhões de crianças. A…
Read More »Accélérer le contrôle et l’élimination des maladies tropicales négligées en Afrique
Dr Matshidiso Rebecca Moeti, Directrice du Bureau regional de l’OMS pour l’Afrique GENEVE, Suisse, 20 avril 2017,-/African Media Agency/- Les maladies tropicales négligées sont des maladies infectieuses évitables qui tuent 534 000 personnes chaque année. Dans le monde entier, plus d’un milliard de personnes, dont 500 millions d’enfants, restent exposés…
Read More »There are no clear winners in South Sudan’s war
Kajo Keji Country, South Sudan – With their faces and clothes caked in dust after a long and gruelling bus journey, we’re greeted by dozens of hungry and tired-looking rebels at a camp near the South Sudan-Uganda border. Carrying AK-47 assault rifles, machetes, grenade launchers and even bows and arrows, the…
Read More »Is the downfall of the ANC in South Africa inevitable?
The African National Congress of today is a political organisation as well as the leading force in government. The organisation, the government and the state as a whole are in the midst of multiple crises covering broad areas of economic, social and political life. Gone are the days when the…
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OP-ED | Centuries of Bad Choices Deny African Women Clean Cooking Solutions, By Mohamed Adow
Over 800,000 women and girls die prematurely each year from exposure to polluting fuels …
