AFRICA

Trans-Saharan Gas-Pipeline (TSGP) linking Algeria, Niger and Nigeria, is expected to span 4,000 km and could send up to 30 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year Algiers, Algeria | Xinhua | Algeria, Niger and Nigeria signed on Thursday a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the construction of a gas pipeline …

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzania’s traditional medicine authority has announced a crackdown on unregistered traditional healers across the east African nation, a statement by the health ministry said late Wednesday. Hamisi Malebo, the chairperson of the Council for Traditional and Alternative Medicines, said unregistered traditional healers that will …

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | The African continent has so far reported 2,101 monkeypox cases and 75 people have died due to the virus across the continent since the beginning of 2022, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) disclosed. Out of the 2,101 monkeypox cases that …

Juba, South Sudan | Xinhua | The United Nations on Wednesday condemned clashes between rebel forces and the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) in South Sudan’s northern oil-rich Unity State. Nicholas Haysom, the special representative of the Secretary-General for South Sudan, called on the forces of Stephen Buay Rolnyang, the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday donated 2,400 monkeypox test kits to Uganda to help with the country’s response to the infectious disease. WHO Representative to Uganda Dr. Yonas Tegegn Woldemariam handed over the kits to Minister of Health Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, saying …

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | The Africa Center for Disease Control (Africa CDC) on Monday recommended its members to boost surveillance and contact tracing efforts against monkeypox disease. In a press release, Africa CDC called on African states to strengthen laboratory diagnostic capacities and genomic sequencing capacity for monkeypox. The …

The world is paying the price for not having responded adequately London, UK | Xinhua | Haunting Africa for years, monkeypox has finally drawn international concern, less than three months after cases exploded in countries such as Britain and the United States. On Saturday, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared …

Kampala, Uganda | Ronald Musoke | Pascaline Aburi Albino, a South Sudanese university student in Juba, South Sudan, is convinced the protracted armed conflict in her country has left a negative impact on the education of South Sudanese children. Aburi, 24, says many of her peers and children younger than her …

China hailed for quick decisions, faster implementation while EU is tipped for better working conditions Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | A survey carried out by Inter Regional Economic Network (IREN) a Kenyan economic think tank, has revealed the extent of the perceptions African policy makers have towards China and …

  Arusha, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said Africa must emphasize and support an indigenous entrepreneurial class, national capitalists who can help build economically develop countries. Museveni was speaking shortly after a ceremony in which heads of state of the East African Community commissioned the 42.4-kilometer …