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Prophet, teach us to learn what you do to make wealth!

April 18, 2025April 18, 2025 Global Author

by janet karim “Do not touch my anointed ones. Do my prophets no harm.” – Psalm 105:15 ‘Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!’ – 1 Chronicles 16:22 21 But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him! 22 And he said unto them the third time, Why, what wrong has he done? I have found no cause of death in… Read More

East Africa

Tanzania’s main opposition leader charged with treason, raising concerns of authoritarian crackdown

April 12, 2025April 12, 2025 Global AuthorTanzania's main opposition leader

By Jones Gadama Tanzania’s main opposition leader, Tundu Lissu, has been charged with treason, a move that has sparked widespread concern about the country’s deteriorating human rights record and the potential for authoritarian crackdown. Lissu, the chairman of the Chadema party and runner-up in the 2020 presidential election, was arrested on Wednesday after a rally in the southwestern region of… Read More

Africa

Harnessing opportunities: How African countries can benefit from the U.S.-China trade war

April 12, 2025April 12, 2025 Global AuthorU.S.-China trade war

By Jones Gadama The ongoing trade war between the United States and China has created a complex landscape of economic opportunities and challenges for countries around the world. For African nations, this geopolitical tension presents a unique chance to reposition themselves in the global trade ecosystem. As the world’s two largest economies impose tariffs and engage in a battle for… Read More

Types of data requested to inform May 2025 COVID-19 vaccine antigen composition deliberations

April 8, 2025 Global AuthorHealth News

The WHO Technical Advisory Group on COVID-19 Vaccine Composition (TAG-CO-VAC) continues to closely monitor the genetic and antigenic evolution of SARS-CoV-2 variants, immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccination, and the performance of COVID-19 vaccines against circulating variants. Based on these evaluations, WHO advises vaccine manufacturers and regulatory authorities on the implications for future updates to COVID-19 vaccine antigen… Read More

Malawi

Freeing Malawi’s youth from the yokes of marginalisation

March 10, 2025March 10, 2025 Global AuthorFreeing Malawi's youth

By Janet Karim Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. — 1Timothy 4:12 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with… Read More

WHO and partners enable access to candidate vaccine and treatments for outbreak of Sudan Ebola virus disease in Uganda

March 4, 2025 Global AuthorHealth News

WHO and partners have immediately boosted their support to the Ugandan government’s response to an outbreak of Sudan virus disease outbreak (SVD, part of the Ebola family), including by facilitating access to a candidate vaccine and candidate treatments. The first 2160 doses of the vaccine candidate and the treatments are already in Kampala, Uganda, as they were prepositioned as part… Read More

OP-ED Opinions

Africa’s economic struggle: How currency devaluation exacerbates poverty

February 27, 2025February 27, 2025 Global AuthorAfrica's economic struggle

By Twink Jones Gadama In the global economic landscape, currency valuation plays a pivotal role in shaping the financial health of nations. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has long advocated for the devaluation of currencies in developing countries, particularly in Africa, under the premise that such measures would enhance export competitiveness. However, this approach raises critical questions about the underlying… Read More

Nigeria News and Headlines

Combating witch hunts and ritual attacks in Ondo State

February 26, 2025February 26, 2025 Global Author

By Leo Igwe Ondo state has been in the news for some wrong reasons: witch hunts and ritual attacks. And it has become pertinent to situate these reports, identify underlying factors and drivers of these abuses, and explore ways of addressing them. Here are a few examples. In 2016, the police rescued a 4-year-old girl caged by her parents for… Read More

Malawi

Do not make laws with “certain people” in mind….

February 26, 2025February 26, 2025 Global AuthorMalawi Parliament, Peter Mutharika

By Janet Karim So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath subsided. – Esther 7:10 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. (1 Corinthians 13:11). In July… Read More

Malawi

Malawi’s inflation rate takes a slight uptick

February 20, 2025February 20, 2025 Global AuthorDr. Simwaka, Malawi's inflation rate

By Twink Jones Gadama Malawi’s inflation rate has edged up to 28.5% in January 2025, marking a slight increase from the 28.1% recorded in December, according to the latest figures from the Reserve Bank of Malawi. This marginal rise, driven primarily by a surge in food prices, has interrupted the downward trend in inflation observed in recent months. The increase… Read More