Nigeria is one of the world's top plastic polluters, generating over 2.5 million tons of plastic waste annually. The need for a more comprehensive waste collection system and limited recycling facilities means that over 70 per cent of it ends up in the sea or in landfills. Now, Nigeria has become the latest African country to join the fight against...
Kenya's president came to power by appealing to the common people, describing himself as a "hustler" and vowing relief from economic pain. However, Tuesday's deadly chaos in the capital, Nairobi, shows how far support for him has turned. Part of parliament burned as protesters rushed in and lawmakers fled. Bodies lay in the streets, and medic...
Кения и Чад могут отменить визы для туристов из России26 Июня 2024, 03:15Алена Нефедова КЕНИЯРЕСПУБЛИКА ЧАДДИПЛОМАТИЯБЕЗВИЗОВЫЙ РЕЖИМВИЗЫФото: Global Look Press/Nikolay Ivaschenko Россия обсуждает введение безвизового режима для своих граждан с Кенией и Чадом. Об этом «Известиям» рассказали в российских посольствах в обеих республиках. «С янв...
Flooding and landslides in Ivory Coast's largest city of Abidjan have left at least 24 people dead following a week of heavy rains, four times the usual volume in some cases, authorities said Tuesday. Flood-related deaths are not uncommon in the West African nation during the rainy season, but according to the Ivorian meteorological agency, t...
Senegal says it has detected Covid-19 in dozens of pilgrims returning from their Hajj journey in Mecca. From tests conducted at Dakar's Blaise Diagne International Airport, 78 cases of Covid-19 were recorded. Senegal's health ministry said the results are not surprising. It said returning pilgrims had been advised to wear masks and self-isola...
Always one sashay ahead of the fashion pack, Naomi Campbell is the first supermodel to get her own solo fashion exhibition. Opening at London's Victoria and Albert Museum on Saturday, the star has loaned outfits from her private collection to be put on display. Complimenting around 80 garments in the exhibition are photos and items from Campb...
Madagascar's capital has a new means of public transport. The first cable car rode over neighborhoods of Antananarivo carrying President Andriy Rajoelina, city officials and project contractors. Capable of carrying up to 75,000 passengers a day, the cars are designed to reduce congestion in the Malagasy capital, which today has a population of over...
Sierra Leone's parliament has approved a law banning child marriage in a development lauded by activists as a major win for children's rights. The law criminalizes marrying girls under 18 years of age. It also prescribes jail terms of up to 15 years for offenders. One-third of all girls are married before their 18th birthday in the west Afric...
Egypt has withdrawn the licenses of over a dozen tourism companies accused of causing the deaths of hundreds of people during the hajj pilgramage in Mecca. Media reports say as many as 1,000 pilgrims died in Saudi Arabia from illness but the prime minister's office, tasked with handling the crisis has confirmed only 31 deaths. The travel agen...
This is Ayetoro, where waves break over concrete bricks, wooden posts and ruined homes. The lives of its residents have been upturned repeatedly as the sea eats into their neighbourhood. Ayetoro, otherwise known as the Happy City, was founded in 1947 as a utopian Christian community. Victoria Mofeoluwa Arowolo, a retired civil servant, has li...
World leaders, health groups, and pharmaceutical firms announced $1.2 billion in funding to produce vaccines in Africa, at the Global Forum for Vaccine Sovereignty and Innovation in Paris on Thursday. The Covid-19 pandemic exposed gaping global inequalities in access to vaccines, including in Africa which is facing numerous health crises. Spe...
Congolese and Burundian people pile onto this tractor and cross a 4km stretch of road flooded by Lake Tanganyika to reach the Kamvinvira border post between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi. For more than six months, passengers have been charged between 2,000 and 5,000 FC to travel in heavy trucks or Land Cruiser jeeps to the border. Fo...
The United Nations on Tuesday announced the delivery of aid to Haiti to caution against the devastating effects of the hurricane. The UN's deputy spokesperson Farhan Had announced Tuesday that the aid will help hundreds of displaced families in Haiti due to the ongoing violence and the upcoming hurricane. "Two cargo flights organized through ...
Four people were killed and 120 others injured in an earthquake in northeastern Iran on Tuesday, officials said. Iran's state TV reported the magnitude 5.0 quake jolted the town of Kashmar, some 800 km (500 miles) east of the capital Tehran. Rescue teams have been deployed to the region, and three temporary camps have been set up, according t...
Tanzania inaugurated its first Emergency Operation and Communication Center (EOCC) Situation Room, which is also the first national situation room to be set up under the African Union's Africa Multi-Hazard Early Warning and Early Action System (AMHEWAS) Programme. The event took place last week on friday and marked a milestone in the country's jour...
In the impoverished slums of Nairobi, Jacinter Awino navigates her daily chores amidst a maze of rusty iron sheets. The small tin shack that lacks a toilet and running water has been her family's shelter for years, costing about $380 to build. Her husband, who earns about $75 per month from casual construction jobs, struggles to provide for t...
In an attempt to tackle the stigma and reluctance of people to test for HIV, South African authorities are recruiting traditional healers. The healers are part of a pilot study to encourage more people, especially the young, to have the test and to seek medical treatment if needed. Shadrack Mashabane is a traditional healer in the small town ...
The late Malawian Vice President will be buried on Monday in his home district of Ntcheu 180km south of Lilongwe. The 51-year-old Saulos Chilima and 8 other individuals including the ex-wife of the former Malawian President died when a twin-propeller aircraft went down in a hilly, forested area in bad weather. A state service was conducted on...
The shores of Lake Victoria in Kisumu City bustle with fishermen selling their catch. There's been a surge of demand for one particular fish - Nile perch. These will fetch high prices at the market here. But it's not the flesh that buyers are after - it's their swim bladders, dubbed "mondo" or "maw". These vital organs, essential for buoyancy...
South African health authorities say two people have died this week after contracting Mpox, and it appears there is local transmission of the disease. The health ministry said Thursday that a 38-year-old man died in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province on Wednesday, the same day a laboratory test confirmed that he had contracted the virus. Anot...
