Researcher terms polio vaccine a ‘fairy-tale’ and confesses the world was ‘lied to, vaccines didn’t eradicate polio’
Symptoms that would have been diagnosed as polio before the introduction of the vaccine are now attributed to lead or mercury poisoning, or have been given new names, like GBS and transverse myelitis, a neurological disorder that “follows the same pathology as polio,” Humphries said.
Made in US, ravaging Africans: Sierra Leone declared an emergency over powerful synthetic drug but women left behind
Despite new criminal, public health and prevention measures, only about 300 people have gone through the country’s official rehab program, according to available data. Most have been men. Women have been less visible in the crisis. Rights groups say they are historically left out.
Child labour hits 1.3m in Kenya as ILO estimates world statistics to be 92m, up from 72m in two decades
The ACCEL Africa project is designed to accelerate the eradication of child labour by focusing on targeted, system-strengthening interventions within key supply chains such as tea and coffee. The project employs a holistic “systems approach” that reinforces existing frameworks to address the root causes of child labour rather than relying solely on traditional, project-based approaches.
Congo president commutes death sentences of three Americans as Trump’s advisor on Africa tours DRC, Kenya and Uganda
US Department of State announced late on Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s new senior advisor for Africa, Massad Boulos, will travel to Congo and three other African countries – Rwanda, Kenya and Uganda – starting April 3.
Kenya, FAO unveil $49.5 million climate resilient agriculture project in Lake Victoria Basin Region
With a target of supporting 140,000 farmers including 80,000 cooperative members and 63,000 farmers’ groups, the initiative, aims to build climate resilience and drive the agricultural sector towards a low-carbon, sustainable future.
Largest tax-dodging scheme by Big Pharma: How Pfizer sold $20 billion of drugs to Americans without paying tax in 2019
A recent review by The Lever also found that Big Pharma routinely engages in tax avoidance. In 2022, major US pharmaceutical companies reported over $214 billion in revenue but only $10 billion in profits in the US. Those same companies reported over $171 billion in revenue outside of the US and over $90 billion in profits – but US consumers pay the highest pharmaceutical costs.
Southern Africa bloc and M23 strike deal on SADC forces evacuation from DR Congo
The M23 and SADC agreed to set up a joint committee to assess its condition, and the southern African bloc agreed to help repair it. The size of the SADC deployment has never been made public but analysts estimate it to number around 1,300 troops.
South Sudan back at with itself as Vice President Machar, his wife are placed under house arrest
African Union Commission Chair Mahmoud Ali Youssouf said he would deploy a team to Juba “as part of efforts to de-escalate the situation.” In a statement on X, the US State Department’s bureau of African affairs urged Kiir to reverse the house arrest and “prevent further escalation of the situation.”
Kenyan UN peacekeeper killed during patrol in Central African Republic, spokesperson says
The United Nations on Saturday condemned the killing of a Kenyan peacekeeper in an ambush of a patrol in the east of the Central African Republic. Florence Marchal, the spokesperson for MINUSCA, the peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic, said the soldier was killed during a UN patrol near...
Chaos at Pentagon as defence secretary Hegseth accidentally reveals start time of planned killing of Yemeni militant
US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth speaks to US service members at the Defence Personnel Accounting Agency on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii,US, on March 25, 2025. Credit: DOD/U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Madelyn Keech
