Southern Africa: Waves as High as 10m Expected as Cyclone Chido Makes Landfall in Mozambique

Tropical Cyclone Chido is affecting multiple countries in Southern Africa, potentially impacting approximately 2.5 million people across Mozambique, Malawi, and the Comoros. The… Read more »

Niger: Military Govt Bans BBC for 3 Months

The military government of Niger suspended the BBC for three months, reports the  international broadcaster.  Niger's Minister of Communication Raliou Sidi Mohamed… Read more »

South Africa: Scandal Rocks Oxygen Plant Tender - South African News Briefs - December 13, 2024

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Kenya: #RutoMustGo Trends on Jamhuri Day as Dissatisfaction with President Grows

Kenyan President William Ruto led the nation in commemorating Jamhuri Day, which marks 61 years since the country became a republic on December 12, 1964. He presided over the… Read more »

South Africa: High Inflation Continues to Burden Poor Households - South African News Briefs - December 12, 2024

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Zambia: Top Court Bars Ex-President Lungu From Presidential Race

The Constitutional Court ruled that former president Edgar Lungu could not run for re-election in 2026 - a year after Lungu announced his return to active political life. Read more »

South Africa: Meyiwa Trial Faces Delays After Lawyer's Death - South African News Briefs - December 11, 2024

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Africa: WHO Updates Mpox Situation - Angola Reports First Case

Different parts of Africa are experiencing mpox outbreaks with multiple virus variants (clades), according to the latest WHO Situation Report: Read more »

South Africa: Atlanta Gives Main Character Energy as First City to Headline 2025 FAME Week Africa in Cape Town

Atlanta was selected as the Feature Destination for FAME Week Africa 2025, marking a significant milestone in its cultural and creative landscape. The announcement was made in Cape… Read more »

South Africa: Illegal Miners in Stilfontein Want More Food, Supplies - South African News Briefs - December 10, 2024

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Africa: The Deadly Comeback of a Preventable Killer - Measles

Vaccines can prevent the disease, but hundreds of thousands, mostly children, die every year Read more »

Africa: Decade-Long Study Reveals Key Drivers of Global Health Success

The most effective public health outcomes are often driven by shared factors across countries Read more »

South Africa: 13 Killed in Free State Crashes - South African News Briefs - December 09, 2024

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South Africa: Le Kip Kip Revolutionizes HIV Prevention Conversations Among South African Women

Venessa Chen - a research program coordinator at the Program for Implementation Equity Research within the Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health and Human Rights - shared her… Read more »

Africa: 'We Are Still Losing People To Mpox'

Africa continues to experience an increase in Mpox cases with hundreds of new infections confirmed in the past week, the Africa Centres for Disease Control warned in its latest… Read more »

Southern Africa: From '1-in-3' to Zero Tolerance - Shattering the Chains of Gender-Based Violence

It is estimated that one out of eight women and girls will experience sexual violence before the age of 18 as a result of gender-based violence. Read more »

South Africa: Spaza Shop Registration Raises Concerns - South African News Briefs - December 06, 2024

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South Africa: Human Rights Groups Launch Fundraiser for Stilfontein Miners

Human rights activists, in collaboration with families and supported by Action Aid and the Red Cross, launched a fundraiser to aid thousands of artisanal miners trapped… Read more »

Africa: World AIDS Day - This Is How We Can Fight the Second Biggest Killer of People with HIV

When I recently visited a hospital ward in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, I left feeling deeply distraught. Over a dozen patients with HIV were admitted with cryptococcal… Read more »

South Africa: South Africa is The World's Largest Exporter of Live Tigers

South Africa is the world's largest exporter of live tigers and their parts despite not having any captive-breeding facilities registered in terms of the Convention on… Read more »

South Africa: South African Airways Pilots to Protest Over Pay - South African News Briefs - December 05, 2024

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Africa: To Trump-Proof Climate, The Global South Must Take The Lead

This year's COP29 in Baku was the most precarious climate summit yet. It was far more fractious and far less ambitious than earlier COPs. Halfway through the meeting, many climate… Read more »

South Africa: Trapped Illegal Miners Request Beef and Porridge - South African News Briefs - December 04, 2024

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South Africa: Eskom Suspends Power Cuts to Johannesburg - South African News Briefs - December 03, 2024

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Africa: Power of Choice - Family Planning as a Tool for Sustainable Development

Imagine a world where men bear the burden of family planning but lack the power to make decisions about it; a world in which the societal expectation to be fathers and husbands… Read more »