Building tabernacles in Nairobi explains why and how Rastafarian faith is rapidly gaining ground in Kenya
For Rastafarians, Ethiopia was a symbol of pride for its unbroken resistance to colonizers and Selassie was Jah, the deity.
New malaria drug Coartem Baby set for rollout in East and West Africa after successful trials in Uganda
Africa’s 1.5 billion people accounted for 95 per cent of an estimated 597,000 malaria deaths worldwide in 2023, according to the WHO. More than three-quarters of those deaths were among children.
In Uganda, an east African country of 45 million people, there were 12.6 million malaria cases and nearly 16,000 deaths in 2023. Many were children younger than five and pregnant women, according to WHO.