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The number of cholera cases in Mozambique has increased tenfold since February, with more than 28,000 people infected in the southern African country still reeling from the deadly Cyclone Freddy, UNICEF said Tuesday. “More than 28,000 cases of cholera have been recorded in Mozambique,” Guy Taylor, spokesman for the Mozambican branch of the UN agency, which has distributed 2.4 million… Read More

A plane carrying the first batch of Kenyan evacuees from Sudan landed at the airport in Nairobi on Monday night. The dozens of evacuees disembarked from a Kenya Air Force plane, and were received by Defence Secretary Aden Duale. More evacuations are underway, with the foreign ministry on Monday stating that three evacuation programs were active. As fighting continues in… Read More

In the central region of Uganda, wheel loaders are busy loading trucks with sand. Sand at the Seroma mining company quarry comes from the Lwera wetland, an area near Lake Victoria that is a key ecosystem. It is a breeding ground for fish, serves as a stop for migratory birds and can store vast amounts of planet-warming carbon dioxide underground. The wetland stretches… Read More

Tachlowini Gabriyesos fled his native Eritrea and walked through the desert to reach Israel when he was just 12 years old. He is now running marathons, sending a message of hope and endurance to all refugees like himself. Gabriyesos, who turns 25 in July, finished 16th in the marathon at the 2020 Olympics and was the flag-bearer for the Refugee… Read More

The African Vaccination Week has kicked off. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, health professionals have much to do for this annual event. They raise awareness on the need and possibility to be protected from vaccine-preventable diseases. Shukuru Kashonde lives in Birhende (South Kivu province). The small island is home to some 6,000 households and has no health center. According… Read More

Comoros said Monday it had refused to allow a boat carrying migrants from Mayotte, where French authorities have announced a controversial operation against illegal migrants, to dock. It also said it had suspended passenger traffic at a port where deported migrants usually land. “As long as the French side decides to do things unilaterally, we will take our decisions,” Comoran Interior… Read More

Egyptians were fleeing conflict-ridden Sudan on Monday as fighting continues there between two rival generals in Africa’s third largest country. Coaches streamed through Egypt’s Argeen border with Sudan, carrying evacuees onboard. Foreign governments have also been airlifting hundreds of their diplomats and other citizens to safety from Sudan. Over 420 people, including 264 civilians, have been killed and over 3,700 wounded… Read More

Kenyan President William Ruto on Monday promised action against “terrorist” cults that “use religion” after the deaths of 58 followers of a cult in the east of the country sparked a debate over security and legislative loopholes against such organisations. Search operations were continuing on Monday in the Shakahola forest near the coastal town of Malindi, where dozens of bodies… Read More

The ongoing battle between Sudan’s top generals threatens to plunge the nation into chaos. The fierce fightings mostly in Khartoum and in the region of Darfur have killed over 420 people and wounded 3,700, according to a new provisional toll by the World Health Organization. After over a week of conflict, evacuations of foreign diplomats have started. However, daily life… Read More

Extreme weather events in Malawi have driven “very sharp” rises in malaria infections and deaths, a global health chief said ahead of World Malaria Day on April 25. Cyclone Freddy in March triggered six months’ worth of rainfall in six days, causing cases there to spike too, Peter Sands, head of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria,… Read More