WHO Says Africa Facing Third COVID Wave, Driven by Variants
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned Thursday that the African continent is facing a surging third wave of COVID-19 cases, driven by new and faster variants of the coronavirus that causes it.During a virtual briefing, WHO Regional Director for Af…
Burkina Faso’s President Sacks Defense Minister
Burkina Faso’s President Roch Kabore has dismissed the country’s defense minister in the wake of widespread protests Saturday against insecurity.Cherif Sy had been defense minister since the country’s conflict with domestic terror groups started in 201…
Storms Render Thousands of Ethiopian Refugees in Sudan Homeless
Aid agencies are racing against time to provide temporary shelter for more than 16,000 Ethiopian refugees in Sudan whose tents were swept away during violent storm surges over the past few weeks. The storms, which began in late May and gathered intensi…
Uganda Approves Herbal Treatment for COVID-19
The World Health Organization has expressed concern about Uganda’s approval of a locally made herbal treatment for COVID-19 amid a third wave of cases. The WHO has not approved the substance for COVID-19 treatment, but Ugandan pharmacists say they hav…
Trapped in Ethiopia’s Tigray, People ‘Falling Like Leaves’
The plea arrived from a remote area that had so far produced only rumors and residents fleeing for their lives. Help us, the letter said, stamped and signed by a local official. At least 125 people already have starved to death. Trapped in one of the m…
COVID, Climate Change, Food Security Top G-20 Ministers Agenda
The coronavirus, climate change and food security are on the agenda Tuesday as foreign ministers from the G-20 group of nations meet in Italy.The talks in the city of Matera represent the first time the ministers are gathering in person since 2019.The …
Terrorism Spreading ‘Unabated’ Across Africa, Warns US Commander
WASHINGTON – The United States and its Western allies are being forced to confront a grim reality in Africa where years of work to blunt the spread of terrorism, whether inspired by al-Qaida, the Islamic State or local groups, has fallen short, and cou…
Report: Africa’s Online Sector Could Grow with More Support
NAIROBI – A global development organization says women run more online businesses in Africa, but face greater challenges than online firms led by men.The International Financial Corporation, which is the arm of the World Bank that helps the private sec…
WHO Chief: Corona Delta Variant ‘Spreading Rapidly’
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Friday that the delta variant of the novel coronavirus has been identified in at least 85 countries and “is the most transmissible of the variants identified so far . . . and i…
Fewer Kenyan Youths Joining al-Shabab
NAIROBI – Kenyan authorities say at least 350 young people who joined the Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabab have surrendered this year and will be reintegrated into society. Security agencies in Kenya’s coast region say fewer youth are crossing…