Uganda nears yellow fever vaccination target with 12 out of 14 million having received the jab
Uganda, with 45 million people, is one of 27 countries on the African continent classified as at high risk for yellow fever outbreaks. According to the World Health Organization, there are about 200,000 cases and 30,000 deaths globally each year from the disease. Uganda’s most recent outbreak was reported earlier this year in the central districts of Buikwe and Buvuma.
EU consider punitive sanctions against Israel on the eve of Spain, Ireland recognising Palestinian state
Spain, Ireland and Norway plan to make official their recognition of a Palestinian state on Tuesday. While dozens of countries have recognised a Palestinian state, none of the major Western powers has done so, and it is unclear how much of a difference the move by Ireland, Spain and non-EU member Norway might make on the ground. The recognition, however, is a significant accomplishment for the Palestinians, who believe it confers international legitimacy on their struggle.
South Africa: ANC’s surprise election challenger evokes past anti-apartheid struggle and is drawing in numbers
That MK party, named after the ANC’s old armed wing, shows how the 82-year-old Zuma is leveraging the past to rally South Africans’ support against the ANC, which he himself once claimed would rule until “Jesus comes back.”
South Africa’s assassinations epidemic: ANC, like Kanu in Kenya, leaves a trail of political killings
Political demagoguery, explain Prof Oniang’o and Salat, is the source of disenchantment with ANC and Kanu, leading to splits. Similar situations obtain in Zimbabwe, where independence parties Zapu-PF and Zanu-PF are sliding into insignificance. They are accused of the same mistakes Kanu made in Kenya, and which are currently being replayed in South Africa as the country holds its seventh general election.
Walk from freedom: South Africa’s ANC loses favour with voters as it suffers ‘Kanu moment’
When Tell Media caught up with Salat to shed light on such unedifying comparisons. He summed it up as “an abuse of trust by Kanu” that is being replicated all over Africa. According to Salat, Kanu has become a “case study in Africa for betraying the wretched of the earth.”
Presidency: Ruto and Gachagua inflaming ethnic hostilities in Kenya as their regions row over resources
As President William Ruto toured Washington DC with senior officials in the United States, including President Joe Biden, a coterie of officials in the president’s United Democratic Alliance – the main party in the governing Kenya Kwanza Alliance – were busy tearing into each and opening further the fault-lines in the Kenya government.
Zombification of Uganda: How a non-thinking nation slips into garbage heap of weird ideas, values
Uganda must become a country of thinkers and reasoners who don’t just say yes, yes when they mean no!
Hours to South Africa’s elections, opposition parties ramp up attacks on ruling ANC, leftist EFF
Steenhuisen has repeatedly accused the ruling ANC and the leftist opposition party Economic Freedom Fighters of planning to go into coalition after the elections. Speaking ahead of its final rally in the city of Richards Bay in KwaZulu-Natal on Sunday, Inkatha Freedom Party leader Velenkosini Hlabisa said their main objective was to see the current government removed.
Israeli airstrikes kill 35 in Rafah as tally of Palestinians killed crosses 36,000 in 8-month Gaza war
Israel says it wants to root out Hamas fighters holed up in Rafah and rescue hostages it says are being held in the area, but its assault has worsened the plight of civilians and caused an international outcry.
Chinese creepers exploit lax Nigerian law enforcement and terrorism to illegally mine, export tonnesas of lithium
Nigeria has long neglected the solid minerals sector, which allows some communities like the northern-central town of Jos, which is tin-abundant, to depend on subsistence mining for their livelihood.
