US has approved US$553 million in funding for Lobito railway as US seeks to counter China, secure access to critical minerals.
US has approved US$553 million in funding for Lobito railway as US seeks to counter China, secure access to critical minerals
The items include a mummified head from the Hellenistic period. Two of the items were for sale in an antiques shop, Egyptian officials said.
Surging waters have burst through a dam and wiped out at least 20 villages, devastating a region already reeling from months of civil war.
Denmark is opening embassies in Senegal, Tunisia and Rwanda as part of its new orientation in Africa.
Patients and doctors urged vigilance for the disease which causes “painful and itchy lesions that need urgent treatment”.
Mpox transmits through close physical contact, but unlike previous global pandemics such as Covid-19, there is no evidence it spreads easily through the air.
Highly contagious cholera causes diarrhoea, leading to dehydration and possible death within hours when not treated, according to the WHO.
Goma’s Nyiragongo hospital faces a mpox surge with 16,000 cases and a critical vaccine shortage.
As health authorities scramble to deal with the outbreak of mpox, experts anticipate more people will be infected with the deadlier strain of the virus.
The landslide followed torrential rains that have battered parts of the East African country in recent weeks, triggering extensive flooding and damage.
The new mutated strain appears to be spreading more quickly in children and adolescents, posing challenge to contain the outbreak of the disease.
UN officials warn the country is at ‘breaking point’, amid a 16-month-old civil war and a humanitarian crisis threatening thousands of lives.
An outbreak spreading from DR Congo to other countries has led to over 15,000 cases and 461 deaths on the continent so far this year.
The US-mediated talks in Switzerland come with Sudan at a catastrophic ‘breaking point’, according to UN, after civil war erupted a year ago.
The grisly case led the government to flag the need for tighter control of fringe denominations, while questions have been raised about how Mackenzie evaded law enforcement despite a history of extremism.
Rights activists said the 66-year-old’s overwhelming victory, with more than 99 per cent of the vote, was a stark reminder of the nation’s lack of democracy.
At least 14 people have been rescued so far, police said, adding that more could still be trapped but the number was unknown.
The new airport, described as the largest in Africa, will be able to handle 100 million passengers a year once completed in five years.
The protests in Nairobi were organised by activists upset with President William Ruto even after he dismissed almost all of his ministers and added opposition members to what he called a “broad-based” government.
Cases have surged in the Democratic Republic of Congo due to a strain of the virus which has now been detected in nearby African countries.
An Al-Shabaab suicide bomber and gunmen attacked a busy beach in the Somali capital Mogadishu, killing 32 people.
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