Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera has declared parts of the country disaster areas, after 19 people were killed in floods caused by tropical storm Ana. The deaths have been reported in at least five districts in southern Malawi, where more than 50 people also suffered various degrees of injuries. Up to …
Read More »Zambia: at least 100 newborn babies die every week
Mistakes made during childbirth lead to the deaths of more than 100 babies in Zambia every week, Sylvia Masebo, the country’s minister of health, has said. Between 10 to 15 women also die each week due to preventable complications from pregnancy or childbirth, the minister is quoted as saying by …
Read More »Mozambique: storm destroyed houses and killed two – authorities
Relief authorities in Mozambique said at least two people have died and 49 others injured after a storm hit Zambézia province. The tropical storm Ana has been pounding northern and central parts of the country with heavy rains, strong winds, lightning and thunderstorms The national disaster management agency said after …
Read More »Malawi: president Lazarus Chakwera sacks entire cabinet
Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera has sacked his entire cabinet which he has accused of corruption and promised to form a new cabinet in two days. In a televised address to the nation on Monday, the president vowed to “confront all forms of lawless conduct by public officials”. In the aftermath …
Read More »Angola: diaspora can now vote for first time
Angolans living in the diaspora now have the right to vote and can participate in the general elections scheduled for August 2022, government said. People aged 18 and above have until 31 March to register, and the authorities say they hope to register about 450,000 Angolans spread across the world. …
Read More »COVID-19: Eswatini to destroy thousands of expired vaccines
Health officials in Eswatini announced that at least 10,000 doses of Johnson & Johnson expired vaccine will be destroyed, the Swazi Observer newspaper reports. According to the newspaper, the Johnson & Johnson vaccines expired on Tuesday last week and the country is expecting to receive more vaccines. The health minister …
Read More »Mozambique: search for six missing in Zambezi river
Mozambican authorities have set up more teams to help search for six missing people after a ship sank in the Zambezi River earlier this week in the western province of Tete, local media reported. The teams are drawn from the national disaster organisation, the maritime administration, marine forces and local …
Read More »Kora music awards founder ordered to refund Namibia
A Benin-born businessman, Ernest Adjovi has been ordered by a Namibian court to pay back millions in cash paid to him by the government about six years ago to organise a music awards event. The awards founder was to organise the Kora All Africa Music Awards in Namibia in 2016 …
Read More »Namibia: Crocodile kills child near river
Namibia’s leading daily newspaper has a heart-breaking interview with a mother who saw a crocodile grab her five-year-old daughter, and disappear with the little girl into the famous Okavango River. Eveline Mukuve,33, told The Namibian that she put up a fight to free her child from the crocodile’s jaws, but …
Read More »Billionaire Soon-Shiong opens new vaccine plant in South Africa
South African-American businessman Patrick Soon-Shiong opened a new vaccine plant in Cape Town on Wednesday, intended to help his local NantSA company make COVID-19 shots in future and address the continent’s lack of manufacturing capacity, Reuters reports. The coronavirus pandemic has exposed a global lack of access to life-saving vaccines, …
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