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Ghana's New Patriotic Party unveils elections promises Ghana’s ruling New Patriotic Party has started courting voters in earnest ahead of December's high stakes elections. Its fielding Vice President Mahamudu Bazamia as its candidate to take on top challenger, ex-president John Mahama. The NPPs...

Farmtok: Senegalese agro-influencers find likes can turn into sales There's nothing like social networking to get your name out there. Young farmers have understood this, and a new wave of agricultural entrepreneurs are embracing online platforms to make their own way in a key economic sector...

African countries seek to contain spread of Mpox The United Nation's International Organisation for Migration (IOM) appealed on Wednesday for $18.5 million in assistance to provide health care services to people impacted by the mpox outbreak in East and Southern Africa, according to a statement...

Burundi president 'wave of repression' continues: Amnesty International A new Amnesty report claims that Burundi's president, Évariste Ndayishimiye, continues to rule with a 'wave of repression'. The report also says this method of governing 'has dashed hopes of a meaningful change in approach...

Suspected serial killer of dozens of women in Kenya escapes from police station Kenyan police launched a “major security operation” on Tuesday after the escape of a suspected serial killer, believed to have murdered dozens of women. He had been arrested on July 15 after the discovery of...

Africa could start mpox vaccinations within days, public health agency says Last week the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that an outbreak of mpox, a viral infection that spreads through close contact, represents a global health emergency for the second time in two years. An outbreak...

2023 'deadliest year on record for humanitarian workers' according to the UN 2023 was the “deadliest year on record for humanitarian workers”, according to the UN, as a total of 280 humanitarian workers were killed worldwide. Most of them were killed in Gaza, but the nations of Sudan and South...

Cholera outbreak in Sudan as humanitarian routes cut off Sudan has been stricken by a cholera outbreak that has killed nearly two dozen people and sickened hundreds more in recent weeks, health authorities said Sunday. The African nation has been roiled by a 16-month conflict and devastating floods.

Incoming launch of GMO crop in Ghana: harmers hope for better pest control; activists urge caution Ghana is poised to launch its first genetically modified or GMO crop for cultivation but, even after 12 years of research, vigourous public debate about the move continues. The shift could have a...

Market traders in Benin prepare for difficult transition as sprawling Dontokpa market faces closure In Southern Benin, the hugely popular Dantokpa market, one of the largest open-air markets in the region, is facing closure. Since June, authorities have been encouraging traders to make the shift...

Linguistic shift underway in Senegal, where Wolof is overtaking French A linguistic shift is underway in Senegal. Wolof is spoken by 80% of the population and has progressively overtaken French, the country’s official language, as the dominant language of communication. Private Wolof classes...

Sudan crisis : UN reports record number of aid workers killed last year For World Humanitarian day, the UN released its annual stats for the number of humanitarian workers killed on the job. 2023 has broken all records, with 280 having lost their lives worldwide. Most of them, 163, were killed...

Cholera outbreak in Sudan kills near two dozen, sickens hundreds Sudan has been stricken by a cholera outbreak that has killed nearly two dozen people and sickened hundreds more in recent weeks, health authorities said Sunday. The African nation has been roiled by a 16-month conflict and...

What do we know about the resurgence of mpox in Africa? Cases of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, have been detected in Sweden and Pakistan, just days after the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency in response to the resurgence of cases in Africa. The current outbreak...

First day of Sudan peace talks concludes with army absent, RSF presence unclear Over a year into a conflict that has caused the world's worst displacement crisis, US-led peace talks for the war in Sudan showed little promise as the Sudanese army failed to send representatives, and the warring...

WHO declares monkeypox a global public health emergency The World Health Organization declared monkeypox a global public health emergency on Wednesday for the second time since 2022. Following a major outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo that quickly spread to neighbouring countries, the...

W.H.O : Mpox is global health emergency World's Health organization Director-General has determined that the upsurge of mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and a growing number of countries in Africa constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) under the...

Africa's top health body sounds alarm over mpox outbreak The Africa CDC or centres for Disease Control has declared its first ever public health emergency over the most recent mpox outbreak that began in DR Congo last September but has since spread to other countries. Over 38,000 cases and more...

Africa Centres for Disease Control sounds alarm over mpox outbreak Africa's main public health body has declared a continental emergency over an agressive strain of the mpox virus. Tens of thousands of people have been infected in an outbreak that began in Democratic Republic of Congo last...

Ugandan court convicts LRA rebel leader of war crimes in landmark trial Former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel commander Thomas Kwoyelo was found guilty of 44 offences, including crimes against humanity, on Tuesday in Uganda’s first trial of an LRA member, marking a historic moment for the...