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Uganda is battling to contain the latest Ebola virus outbreak which has affected five districts and killed 19 people among whom 1 in Kampala. More than 600 contacts are currently under “active follow-up”, according to the WHO. An Emergency Ministerial Meeting took place Wednesday. African public health officials from 8 nations and the WHO were present to plan cross-border cooperation.… Read More

Hundreds of Tunisians clashed with police on Wednesday (Oct 12) during a protest to demand a rescue mission for relatives lost at sea during a failed migration attempt. Protesters burnt tires and threw rocks at police. They also blocked the main street in the coastal town of Garzis , shouting “the people want our lost children!” The incident in the… Read More

India has halted all production at the main factory of Maiden Pharmaceuticals near New Delhi after a WHO report that its cough syrups exported to the Gambia may be linked to the deaths of dozens of children there. India is said to supply 45% of all generic medicines to Africa. The recent incident which has claimed the lives of 69… Read More

Chad’s president, Mahamat Idriss Deby, named opposition party leader, Saleh Kebzabo, the new prime minister. The appointment, announced on state television, comes two days after President Mahamat Idriss Deby said he plans to form a government of national unity as he extended his time in power by two years. Deby was sworn in on Monday as president for the new phase… Read More

Following the Lesotho elections, Maseru residents react to the results, in which the businessman-turned-politician Sam Matekane is set to become the southern African country’s next prime minister after cobbling together a coalition headed by his Revolution for Prosperity party. He says much work lies ahead economically. “Our country is in trouble, there is no money. When there is no money,… Read More

A Nigerian soldier has been arrested by his colleagues for allegedly stealing and selling ammunition to criminal gangs and terrorist groups. The suspect, identified as Iorliam Emmanuel, is said to be working under the 156-task force battalion in Mainok, Borno state. According to Zagazola Makama, a publication focused on the LakeChad region, the soldier was caught in possession of ammunition… Read More

Enock Mwepu has been forced to retire at the age of 24 as he has been diagnosed with a hereditary heart condition. The Brighton and Zambia midfielder announced on Monday as he hasn’t played for the Seagulls since September. Per the statement released by the Premier League club, Mwepu fell ill on a flight to Mali last month as he… Read More

When Wuri Bailo Keita’s two-year-old daughter Fatoumatta developed a fever, he took her to hospital where she was diagnosed with malaria and sent home with a prescription for a paracetamol syrup. Less than a week later she was dead. The infant is just one of 69 Gambian children to die of acute kidney failure since July in a series of… Read More

Police in the Kenyan capital says they are looking for a church warden suspected of stealing 1.5 million shillings – $12,400/£11,240 – that members had collected to develop the church. Police suspect the thief broke into the ACK All Saints Mountain View church building in Kangemi, on the outskirts of Nairobi. He then took the money from a drawer inside… Read More

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) estimates that 54 countries, accounting for more than half of the world’s poorest people, now need immediate debt relief to avoid even more extreme poverty while giving them a chance of dealing with climate change. According to the findings of a new report published on Tuesday, the likelihood of a worsening outlook is high.… Read More