Boston, United States | AFP |  Smartphones are revolutionizing the diagnosis and treatment of illnesses, thanks to add-ons and apps that make their ubiquitous small screens into medical devices, researchers say. “If you look at the camera, the flash, the microphone… they all are getting better and better,” said Shwetak …

Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Global financial support for humanitarian work in conflict-riven Sudan is expected to drop this year despite improved aid access and the easing of US sanctions, the top UN aid official in the country said. “Sudan is taking some very positive steps which are recognised, and… …

Bakau, Gambia | AFP | Thousands celebrated Saturday as new Gambian President Adama Barrow retook his oath of office, a month after he was sworn in across the border in neighbouring Senegal during a tense power struggle. February 18 is also the anniversary of The Gambia’s independence from Britain, but …

Mogadishu, Somalia | AFP | At least 14 people were killed on Sunday when a car packed with explosives blew up near a busy intersection in Mogadishu, officials and witnesses said. “We have counted about 14 people killed and more than 30 others wounded… the area was a busy intersection …

Vatican City, Holy See | AFP |  Pope Francis on Sunday urged leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo to act quickly to resolve its political crisis and curb violence, condemning in particular the use of child soldiers. Violence has flared across the country in recent months, including deadly confrontations …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Arsenal legend Arsene Wenger and Claudio Ranieri who guided Leicester City to the unlikeliest of titles last season are facing rocky futures for different reasons. Wenger — whose side tackle non league Sutton in the FA Cup on Monday — is in the spotlight …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  The mediator in Burundi’s nearly two-year political crisis on Sunday asked regional leaders to call an urgent summit as deep discord and a government boycott hamper peace talks. Former Tanzanian president Benjamin Mkapa wrapped up four days of talks with some 30 Burundian representatives who …

It is not yet clear if National Resistance Movement (NRM) official Richard Todwong was shot at or shot himself, the party’s  Secretary General Justine Kasule Lumumba has said. “We cannot establish at this moment whether he shot himself or was shot by someone else,” Lumumba said in a press statement Sunday. …

Harare, Zimbabwe | AFP | Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, who turns 93 on Tuesday, has no plans to give up power, saying he has no “acceptable” successor in place. “The call to step down must come from my party, my party at congress, my party at central committee,” Mugabe said …

Posting Title: Senior Civil Affairs Officer, P5 (UN, Mogadishu) Job Code Title: SENIOR CIVIL AFFAIRS OFFICER Department/ Office: United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia Duty Station: MOGADISHU Posting Period: 17 February 2017-18 March 2017 Job Opening number: 17-CIV-UNSOM-72227-R-MOGADISHU (M) Staffing Exercise ID: SE5 (POLNET 2017 Semi-Annual 1) United Nations Core …