AFRICA

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA | Xinhua | The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said mpox vaccination could start “in the coming days” as the number of cases surges across Africa. Africa CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya, while addressing a special online media briefing Tuesday on the multi-country mpox …

Johannesburg, South Africa  | THE INDEPENDENT | Absa Group reported headline earnings of R10.2 billion for the first half of 2024 and said it expects an improvement in second-half Group performance as its South African retail businesses demonstrated earnings growth across the portfolio in the first six months of the year. …

To mark World Humanitarian Day on 19 August, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus issues a call to stop the intensifying attacks on healthcare workers, hospitals and other health services, which often offer the only hope for saving the lives of people caught up in the horror of needless conflict. …

What the inauguration of Kagame for another term told about the Rwanda he is building THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | And so it was that on August 11 we were in Kigali for President Paul Kagame’s inauguration. It happened that a well-known Rwandan with Ugandan roots hosted a wedding of …

Elegu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health officials in Amuru District are investigating a suspected case of Mpox disease,  reported at the Uganda-South Sudan border town of Elegu over the weekend. Dr. Alfred Okello, the Acting Amuru District Health Officer says a Ugandan male adult was taken into isolation on …

Cassava Technologies ups the ante with a dedicated AI business unit amid an anticipated spike in demand for custom AI trained on confidential corporate data. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | The recent launch of Cassava AI by Africa-focused technology firm, Cassava Technologies is one more sign that continent needs …

  KHARTOUM | Xinhua |  Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council on Sunday said the government will send a delegation to Cairo, Egypt, for talks on implementing the Jeddah agreement signed in May 2023. “Based on contacts with the U.S. government, represented in the U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan Tom Perriello, and …

JOHANNESBURG | Xinhua | South African President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the Electricity Regulation Amendment Act into law on Friday, clearing the way for significant reforms in the country’s energy sector. The new legislation was aimed at addressing the country’s long-standing power outage challenges by far-reaching reforms, including establishing a competitive …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa | Xinhua | The South African Department of Home Affairs on Sunday deported 95 Libyans who were arrested at a suspected illegal military training base in South Africa last month. The 95 Libyan nationals were arrested by police in July after allegedly being found doing military training …

NAIROBI | Xinhua | The Kenyan Ministry of Health said on Friday that it has ramped up surveillance measures across the country to detect all suspected cases of mpox, which has emerged as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) amid a surge in cross-border transmissions. Health Cabinet Secretary …