African News
Kenya to bring back some scrapped tax plans, risking more unrest
By: Reuters 19th August 2024 Kenya's government will have to bring back some tax measures that it scrapped after deadly protests in June, the finance minister said, raising the... →
IFRC: shortage of testing, vaccines hampers MPOX response in Africa
By: Reuters 16th August 2024 Far more diagnostic kits, treatments and vaccines need to be shipped to Africa to respond adequately to the outbreak of a new strain of the mpox... →
WHO official: more than 300 cholera deaths reported in Sudan
By: Reuters 16th August 2024 The humanitarian crisis from the civil war in Sudan is also exacerbating infections including cholera, and the bacterial disease has killed more... →
Mpox in Africa prompts $500-million funding from Gavi for vaccines
By: Reuters 16th August 2024 The global vaccine group Gavi has up to $500-million to spend on getting shots to countries affected by an escalating mpox outbreak in Africa, its... →
Nigeria inflation falls for first month in well over a year
By: Reuters 15th August 2024 Nigeria's headline inflation rate fell in July for the first time in well over a year, dipping to 33.40% in annual terms from 34.19% in June, data... →
Siga says mpox drug helps sickest, not all patients, needs more data
By: Reuters 15th August 2024 Siga Technologies' antiviral drug tecovirimat helped the very sickest mpox patients in a trial in Democratic Republic of Congo recover more quickly... →
Zimbabwe commissions wind-energy study to help add generation
By: Bloomberg 15th August 2024 Zimbabwe has commissioned a study of wind power potential in the Southern African nation as part of an effort to increase electricity generation.... →
WHO declares mpox a global public health emergency for second time in two years
By: Reuters 15th August 2024 The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years, following an... →
