The Democratic Republic of Congo’s health ministry said on Tuesday that a previously unidentified disease circulating in the country’s Panzi health zone is a severe form of malaria. Earlier this month, local authorities said the disease had killed 143 people in the southwestern Kwango province in November. “The mystery has finally been solved. It’s a…
At least 34 people have been killed by Cyclone Chido in Mozambique since it made landfall there on Sunday, the U.N. humanitarian agency OCHA said on Tuesday, citing figures from the southern African country’s disaster agency. The small French island of Mayotte bore the brunt of the storm, and hundreds or even thousands are believed…
The U.S. government says it has supported more than 5 million Nigerian farmers in its multifaceted agricultural partnership programmes with Nigeria since 2019 through its agency for international development (USAID). The U.S. Embassy in Nigeria disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, adding that the partnership has helped strengthen Nigeria’s food security by increasing food…
The Iranian embassy in Damascus will remain closed for the time being following the political upheaval in Syria, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said in Tehran on Tuesday. “A reopening of the Iranian embassy in Syria is not imminent, as this initially requires political and security-related preparations,” Esmail Baghaei said, according to the news agency ISNA….
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) says it will construct a new state-of-the-art headquarters building in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. AfDB said this in a statement on Tuesday that the decision was approved by the bank’s Boards of Directors. The bank emphasised the importance of maintaining a strong presence in the country and providing a modern…
The Nigeria-American Institute for Mental Health (NAIMH) will set to train healthcare workers on World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Mental Health Gap Action Programme (MH-GAP) guidelines in Nigeria. The institute’s Secretary, Board of Trustees, Dr Azubuike Aliche, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that MH-GAP is…
The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the Yuan, weakened nine pips to 7.1891 against the dollar on Tuesday. This is according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System. In China’s spot foreign exchange market, the Yuan can rise or fall by two per cent from the central parity rate each trading…
No fewer than 14,500 youngsters have been killed in Gaza in the past 14 months, as humanitarians condemned new deadly airstrikes across the war-torn Strip, including on a UN school-turned-shelter. Many thousands more are believed buried under the rubble, according to UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) while no fewer than 45,000 people have been killed in…
Vice-President of ECOWAS Commission, Damtien Tchintchibidja, says about two million West/Central African women and girls have benefited from Sub-Saharan Africa Women’s Empowerment Demographic Dividend plus (SWEDD) project in 10 years. Tchintchibidja made this known while officially inaugurating a new phase of the project tagged: SWEDD+, on Monday, in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
Prof Kevin Urama, Chief Economist and Vice President, Economic Governance and Knowledge Management, African Development Bank (AfDB), says the continent needs 74 billion dollars in 2024 for debt service. Urama disclosed this at the launch of the Debt Management Forum for Africa (DeMFA) and its innaugural policy dialogue on Monday in Abuja. The theme of…
