ZAWYA The outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa’s economies remains “highly uncertain”, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said, claiming that the “countries in the region are living on the edge”. In its latest “Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa”, the Washington-based fund projected that the region is likely to grow by 3.6% in 2022, down from…
By AFP Malawi is asking the UN for more cholera vaccines, fearing heavy rains could worsen an outbreak of the water-borne disease that has so far claimed 128 lives. The country has recorded 4,420 cases since March, one of its highest tallies in a decade. “We have requested for more vaccines,” Storm Kabuluzi, director of preventive health…
Reuters News BANJUL – Gambia’s government on Friday said the number of child deaths from acute kidney injury, thought to be linked to Indian-made cough syrups, has risen to 70 from a previous toll of 69. President Adama Barrow gave the update at an emergency cabinet meeting which he convened on Thursday to discuss the crisis,…
Arnaldo Vieira, The East African Angola on Wednesday successfully launched in orbit its satellite, Angosat-2, the second satellite the country has launched. Angosat-2 was launched by the “Proton-M” rocket and was sent from the Baikanur aerospace station is Kazakhstan at 3pm (GMT). The satellite, weighing about two tonnes, has the capacity to cover the African continent…
BBC News Cases of cholera in Malawi have more than tripled in the last two months as authorities struggle to contain an outbreak that has killed more than 117 people so far. The UN says that cases across the country have jumped from 1,000 to more than 4,200 since August. The first case of cholera,…
BBC NEWS Jamaican sprinters Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson are among the 10 nominees for World Athletics’ Women’s Athlete of the Year award. World 400m champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo of the Bahamas and Kenya’s 1500m world champion Faith Kipyegon are also on the list. Five athletes will be shortlisted in November before the winner is announced…
Reuters The head of QatarEnergy, who is also Qatar’s energy minister, said on Monday the company wants to speed up the development of two oil wells it discovered off the Namibian coast with joint venture partners earlier this year. Saad al-Kaabi said drilling work is expected for 2023 to get a better understanding of deliverability…
Staff Writer, Mubasher Cairo – Egypt recorded an 8% year-on-year (YoY) decline in the value of furniture exports to $170 million during January-August 2022, Ahram Gate cited the Egyptian Furniture Export Council (EFEC). Saudi Arabia advanced the countries importing furniture from the Arab Republic in the first eight months (8M) of 2022 with $60 million, higher than…
Moki Edwin Kindzeka YAOUNDE, CAMEROON — Officials in Cameroon say the number of mental health patients in the country has more than doubled in the past year, as the country deals with a separatist crisis in its western regions and Boko Haram clashes in the north. Fonbe Hedwick is the director of the Vine Mental Health…
Mariama Diallo NAIROBI, KENYA — In the past two weeks, Kenya has taken advantage of a pilot program by the Africa Continental Free Trade Area which aims to facilitate and increase trade across Africa. The East African country shipped its first batches of locally made car batteries and tea to Ghana, 21 months after the AfCFTA…
