Health Rounds: J&J drug shows promise in helping keep a precancerous condition from progressing
At five years, 63 per cent of patients in the daratumumab group remained progression-free, compared to 41 per cent in the active monitoring group. Survival at five years was 93 per cent in the daratumumab group versus 87 per cent for monitoring.
New Pentagon report says Kenya and Nigeria feature in China’s plans to set up military outposts in Africa
In a previous report, the Pentagon estimated that Beijing had more than 400 operational nuclear warheads in 2021. If he sticks it out, then the way to get rid of him would be a vote of no confidence in the House of Commons, the Parliament.
Overloaded boats capsizes, kills at least 25 on Fimi River in Democratic Republic of Congo
The capsizing of overloaded boats is also becoming increasingly frequent in this Central African nation as more people are abandoning the few available roads for wooden vessels crumbling under the weight of passengers and their goods because of security reasons.
Breakup of United Methodist Church over LGBTQ policies unleashes deadly violence in Nigeria
While the Global Methodist Church, at its general conference in May, lifted its longstanding bans on LGBTQ ordination and same-sex marriage, it also granted local conferences the right to set their own standards. The West Africa Central Conference, which includes Nigeria, restricts marriage to between a man and a woman and instructs its churches to follow national laws on LGBTQ issues, according to the news service.
Passing the buck: Nation wants answers on Guinean stadium carnage but Fifa, CAF and FA won’t accept responsibility
The police and security forces are blamed by many of those at the game for firing the teargas rounds that created a dense noxious fog in the stands and pitch area.
Guinea stadium disaster: Before the game there was a colourful carnival, but by end of the day, it was carnage
“I loved my son very much. I can’t talk about him without crying,” says Mory Sanoh, as the tears come again and his voice breaks. “Who can bear such a tragedy?” Lacinte, his seven-year-old son, did not make it out of the Stade du 3 Avril alive on December 1,...
West Africa economic bloc sets up court for crimes during Yahya Jammeh’s regime in Gambia
The court will cover alleged crimes committed under military dictator Yahya Jammeh, whose rule from 1996 to 2017 was marked by arbitrary detention, sexual abuse and extrajudicial killings. Jammeh lost a presidential election in 2016 and went into exile in Equatorial Guinea a year later after initially refusing to step down.
Forced out of school by war some 17m Sudanese children currently rely on aid groups for succour
International aid groups and UN agencies are providing some education assistance in parts of the country where there has been less fighting. And schools have also reopened in some areas that are fully controlled by the army-aligned government.
Outgoing Ghanaian President Mahama on poll loss: No amount of vote buying could stand the irresistible hurricane of change that shook our nation
“While (President Jerry) Rawlings appointed the likes of Dr Mohammed Ibn Chambas as deputy ministers, I made the mistake of giving that respectable position to the likes of John Oti Bless. I have now realised, rather too late, that if I had kept the likes of Ben Dotsei Malor and Dr Raymond Atuguba around me…”
Africa deserves three permanent UN Security Council seats, say African Union chair candidates
Despite the continent’s young population of 1.4 billion that is set to double by 2050, regional trade has faced challenges that were addressed in the Friday debate.
