By Rédaction Africanews and Wandiswa Ntengento South Africa’s economic hub, Gauteng is bearing the brunt of water shortages caused by dwindling reservoir levels due to high demand of water. As taps are running dry, Dr Ferrial Adam, Water and Environment Manager for the Community Action Network (WaterCAN) believes the cause for the crisis are factors…
AFP , Wednesday 8 Feb 2023 Syria on Wednesday made an official plea to the EU for help after the deadly earthquake that struck it and Turkey this week, the bloc’s commissioner for crisis management said. The European Commission is “encouraging” EU member countries to respond to Syria’s request for medical supplies and food, said the…
By Jerry Omondi African leaders have sent messages of commiseration to Türkiye and Syria following deadly earthquakes on Monday. A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Türkiye’s southern province of Kahramanmaras at 4:17 a.m. local time (0117 GMT), followed by several aftershocks. A second major quake with a magnitude of 7.6 struck the same area again at 1:24 p.m. local…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP A judge in Kenya has ruled that Facebook’s parent company, Meta, can be sued in the East African country. Meta tried to have the case dropped, arguing that Kenyan courts do not have jurisdiction over their operations, but the labour court judge dismissed that in a ruling on Monday. A…
A media tycoon in Cameroon has been arrested in connection with the killing of the prominent radio journalist, Martinez Zogo. The businessman Jean-Pierre Amougou Belinga, the owner of L’Anecdote media group, was arrested just before dawn. Zogo was abducted three weeks ago outside a police station in Yaoundé. His body was found heavily mutilated five…
By Jerry Omondi February 5, 2023 South African police have launched a manhunt for poachers who shot two rhinos dead and dehorned them on Wednesday evening. The poachers sneaked into a safari farm in the Paterson area in the Eastern Cape where the animals were harbored. “It is alleged that the two adult rhinos (male and…
By CGTN Africa In sub-Saharan Africa, as many as 267,000 deaths per year are linked to falsified and substandard antimalarial medicines, a United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) report found. In addition, up to 169,271 are linked to falsified and substandard antibiotics used to treat severe pneumonia in children. Trafficking these products is also taking a direct…
By Rédaction Africanews and AFP The 54th annual Cairo International Book Fair is taking place against the backdrop of a deep economic crisis. Egypt’s currency, the pound, halved in value and prices skyrocket in the past year with inflation hitting 21.9 percent in December “The situation in Egypt, the rising dollar exchange rate and the…
AP , AFP , Saturday 4 Feb 2023 Regional heads of state have called for an immediate cease-fire by all parties in eastern Congo, where tensions have grown amid talk of war as DR Congo and neighboring Rwanda trade allegations of backing armed rebels. The communique issued Saturday at the end of an East African…
Kalkidan Yibeltal BBC News, Addis Ababa The top leadership, or synod, of Ethiopia’s Orthodox church, the largest religious denomination in the country, has threatened to call nationwide rallies to be led by its patriarch, Abuna Mathias. The church has criticised Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s recent statements regarding rogue clergy involved in the appointment of bishops…
