Kenya scraps bread tax as protesters tear-gassed
Dozens of people were also been arrested amid the demonstrations as MPs announce the axing of some taxes.
Dozens of people were also been arrested amid the demonstrations as MPs announce the axing of some taxes.
[MSF] Geneva -- In September 2023, the US corporation Danaher, which owns diagnostics maker Cepheid, announced a price reduction of the primary GeneXpert test used to diagnose tuberculosis (TB), from US$9.98 (R181,54) to $7.97 (R144,98), amid pressure from TB activists. Since
[The Independent Panel] Madrid -- New report led by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Helen Clark proposes actions that must be implemented to help make the world safer
[The Conversation Africa] In 2020 the World Health Organization rolled out a global strategy to eradicate cervical cancer by 2030. This is the fourth-most common cancer among women, claiming an estimated 350,000 lives globally in 2022. More than 80,000 of these deaths were
The accolades for the Afrobeats hit, released in 2022 to global acclaim, keep coming.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Heifer International Kenya has officially launched the 2024 AYuTe Africa Challenge.
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA -- Africa and Latin America should have better representation in international institutions so that their voices can be heard, the Prosperity Party Vice President said.
Israel Adesanya will make his return to action in a middleweight title fight against Dricus du Plessis at UFC 305 on 17 August in Perth, Australia.
[The Conversation Africa] What should I study? What do I want to be? How will I pay for my education? Who do I want to spend the rest of my life with? These are the life-changing decisions many young people face.
[Business Day Africa] Qatar Airways is set to acquire a 49 percent stake in RwandAir next month, concluding nearly five years of negotiations with the East African-based carrier.
[RFI] France is planning to reduce its military presence in West and Central Africa to around 600 troops in line with President Emmanuel Macron's plans to limit the French military footprint in the region.
[IPS] Colombo, Sri Lanka -- Today Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and the environmental threats they confront require our urgent attention --and the global spotlight needs to be trained deliberately and maintained consistently on their concerns, in particular, climate
[IPS] United Nations -- When the 193-member UN General Assembly adopted a landmark resolution, back in September 2015, the goals were highly ambitious: to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, eliminate inequalities, protect human rights, promote gender empowerment and ensure
[DW] Rescuers from a German rescue group said 10 bodies were found on a wooden boat in the Mediterranean during a rescue operation.
[This Day] As Africa continues to transition towards a more diversified and sustainable economic model, Grema Sulaiman believes as Director General of the Centre for Energy Investment and Innovation (CEII) Aliko Dangote and the Dangote Group role remains pivotal and holds
[Premium Times] President Tinubu will return to Nigeria after the ceremony.
[Accra Times] President Akufo-Addo has attributed high inflation and increased food insecurity on the continent to the Russia-Ukraine war.
[The Conversation Africa] Time magazine has dubbed 2024 a "super election year". An astonishing 4 billion people are eligible to vote in countries across the world this year. Many are on the African continent, where presidential, parliamentary and general elections have already
[UN News] Sustainable sources of energy, including solar and wind power, can help communities across the world to reverse desertification and land loss, according to Ibrahim Thiaw, the Executive Secretary of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification.
[African Arguments] An expert panel give their verdict on critical climate negotiations at the just-concluded conference in Bonn.
A bold insurgent attack heightens fears of instability as a regional force prepares to pull out.
Aid workers describe saving dozens of migrants from a shipwreck that left 10 dead off the Italian coast.
Ons Jabeur and Aryna Sabalenka say they will not compete at this summer's Olympic Games in Paris in order to prioritise their health.