WHO likely to declare international emergency over Ebola in DRC -experts
The World Health Organization (WHO) should and is likely to declare an international emergency over the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has now spread to Uganda,…
Development banks’ climate financing at all-time high in 2018
Climate projects won record financing from the world’s big development banks last year, with funds committed up 60% since the 2015 Paris climate accord to curb global warming emissions, a…
AfDB, partners, inaugurate ADFI to expand digital financial transactions in Africa
The African Development Bank, AfDB and its partners have inaugurated the Africa Digital Financial Inclusion (ADFI) Facility, designed to aid safety and expansion of digital financial transactions in Africa. The…
Two new Ebola cases in Uganda raises fear of a “truly frightening” phase
Uganda announced two more cases of Ebola on Wednesday – a grandmother and a three-year-old boy, confirming that a deadly outbreak has spread for the first time beyond the Democratic…
Kenya: Rape survivors win right to abortion in court ruling
President Uhuru Kenyatta Kenya’s High Court ruled that rape survivors had the right to an abortion on Wednesday, as it ordered authorities to pay almost $30,000 in damages to the…
Sudan unrest: Pope calls for peace, dialogue
Pope Francis on Sunday appealed for peace in Sudan following a bloody crackdown by security forces on pro-democracy protesters in Khartoum last week. “The news coming from Sudan is giving…
IMF raises concern over giant tech firms’ dominance in mobile payments
International Monetary Fund, IMF, Managing Director, Christine Lagarde has warned that the increasing presence of technology giants using big data and artificial intelligence could cause a significant disruption to the…
Teens batter lesbian couple in a night bus
London police arrested four teenagers Friday in the “homophobic” attack on a lesbian couple who were beaten bloody on a double decker bus. One of the victims, Melania Geymonat, described…
Sudan military rule: AU suspends Sudan to press demand for civilian administration
Military council’s deputy leader, General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo The African Union, AU said on Thursday that it had suspended Sudan until a civilian government was formed, intensifying international pressure on…
Sudan Violence: Health ministry says death toll does not exceed 46 – state news agency
Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, deputy head of the military council, The death toll from Sudan’s recent violence does not exceed 46, state news agency SUNA reported early on Thursday citing a…