Five new non-permanent members take up their positions on UN Security Council
The UN Security Council got five new members on Tuesday as Albania, Brazil, Gabon, Ghana and the United Arab Emirates formally took up the posts they won in an election in June. Gabon and Ghana each have been on the council three times before and the UAE once. The 15-member...
Dutch lord of human trafficking ring arrested in Nairobi following tip off by Interpol at The Hague
Kenyan police arrested a man sought in connection with human trafficking since 2017 in a joint operation with Dutch authorities and Interpol. 53-year-old John Habeta was taken into custody at Schiphol International airport in Amsterdam on December 25 after his arrest in Kenya. Kenyan police arrested Habeta in Nairobi on...
Overwhelming evidence of deep-seated graft in South Africa presents biggest test for president to take action
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is challenged to take decisive action against the corruption that has been documented in a judicial report presented to him and made public, experts say. The damning findings by the state commission of inquiry – chaired by the country’s deputy chief justice and which gathered...
Covid management: Too many projects on health and disease in Africa are pursued in silos
Africa’s Covid-19 management proved that building regional control and capability will be key to containing future disease outbreaks. This means strengthening national public-health institutions, such as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and the Zambia National Public Health Institute in Lusaka. It also means strengthening and empowering the Africa CDC...
Health experts forecast: How Africa averted 70 million Covid infections, three million deaths
Africa’s achievements, especially in the early phase of the Covid-19 pandemic, are at least part of the reason the continent was able to mitigate the first and, to some degree, the second waves of the Covid-19 pandemic. As of December 13, 2021, around 8.9 million cases of Covid-19 and nearly...
As rest of world grapples with soaring numbers of Covid infections, Africa praised for coordinated response
In the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic, Africa’s rapid and coordinated response, informed by emerging data, was remarkable. Now, in 2022, as vast vaccination campaigns have enabled the global north to gain some control over the pandemic, Africa lags behind. Since the 1960s, when many African countries gained independence,...
Football legend Bobby Ogolla describes as a ‘shame’ Kenya’s absence at this year’s Africa Cup of Nations
This year’s Africa Cup of Nations will be won by a team either from north Africa or west Africa, predicts Police Football Club coach John ‘Bobby’ Ogolla. But in Kenya, the football fraternity is still bitter with the federation. With just four days to Afcon kick off in Yaoundé, Cameroon,...
Romelu Lukaku storm at Chelsea over as striker and team manager Thomas Tuchel hold talks and reconcile
Romelu Lukaku will reportedly not leave Chelsea this month after talks with manager Thomas Tuchel and admitting his Sky Italy interview was a mistake. The rumour mill has gone into overdrive ever since details of his controversial interview emerged. The Belgium striker risked the wrath of his boss, team-mates and...
Unknown armed group attacks WFP warehouse in Darfur, steals food for 730,000 people
A World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse in North Darfur state capital El Fasher was attacked by unknown armed groups who stole thousands of tonnes of food. More than 1 900 tonnes of food commodities meant to feed 730,000 vulnerable people for a month were stolen, the United Nations said of...
