- BreakingSouth Africa: Learners Get 'Cold Reception' After 260km Walk for Better Education
[Daily Maverick] 'We had to tell the kids at the end of the walk that there will likely be no positive changes in the new year,' said the organiser of the walk, John Lombardo.
- 3 mins ago, 11 Dec 19, 6:52am - - BreakingAfrica: The Continental Free Trade Area Could Boost Continent's Agency in International Trade
[Chatham House] The agreement, which entered into force in May, could be a major step for Africa's role in international trade, if the continent can overcome barriers to implementation.
- 20 mins ago, 11 Dec 19, 6:35am - - BreakingSouth Africa: New Army Chief Thabiso Mokhosi Dies After One Month in Job
[News24Wire] Lieutenant General Thabiso Mokhosi, Chief of the South African Army, died on Tuesday in a Pretoria hospital following a short illness, the Presidency has announced.
- 22 mins ago, 11 Dec 19, 6:33am - - BreakingSouth Africa: Power Crisis - Severe Blackouts Shut Down Mines
[Deutsche Welle] South Africa is facing severe electricity crisis, causing power cuts and mine closures. President Cyril Ramaphosa has had to cut short his official visit to Egypt and come home to deal with the problem.
- 23 mins ago, 11 Dec 19, 6:32am - - BreakingAfrica: Cities Bet On New Technology to Fix Growing Water Shortages
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Dakar -From solar-powered ground pumps to 3D-printed filters, new technology can help solve water shortages in African cities facing rapid growth, entrepreneurs and policymakers said.
- 25 mins ago, 11 Dec 19, 6:30am - - BreakingAfrica: Govts' 'Quick-Tax Mindset' Leaves Oil Investors Cautious
[East African] African governments' appetite for quick tax revenues from oil production is putting off potential investors, denying the continent billions of dollars' worth of projects.
- 25 mins ago, 11 Dec 19, 6:30am - - BreakingSouth Africa: Rape Map and Murdered Women - Welcome to the Republic of Sexual Abuse
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Johannesburg -It has its own currency, passports and a blood-stained map, but this is no ordinary country. Welcome to the Republic of Sexual Abuse, the creation of a group of campaigners in South Africa, where a woman is…
- 27 mins ago, 11 Dec 19, 6:28am - - BreakingMozambique: Cyclone Victims Face Bleak Prospects in Resettlement Sites
[The New Humanitarian] Mutua Resettlement Site, Mozambique -When his house was flattened and farm flooded by Cyclone Idai, the government of Mozambique offered José Antonio space in a resettlement village. He hoped to receive a new house and a job…
- 29 mins ago, 11 Dec 19, 6:26am - - BreakingWest Africa: Is Organised Crime Fuelling Terror Groups in Liptako-Gourma?
[ISS] Illicit activities such as weapon, drug, motorcycle and fuel trafficking, cattle rustling, artisanal gold mining and poaching are at the heart of terror groups' survival. These activities also finance their establishment and expansion.
- 34 mins ago, 11 Dec 19, 6:21am - - BreakingNigeria: Rights Groups Issue Ultimatum for Nigerian Reporter's Release
[VOA] Rights groups are pressing the Nigerian government to release a news publisher and former presidential candidate who was re-arrested last week, just one day after being freed from months of detention.
- 45 mins ago, 11 Dec 19, 6:10am - - BreakingKenya: Sonko Set for Bail Ruling Appearance at Milimani Law Courts
[Capital FM] Nairobi -Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko was due back in court on Wednesday for a ruling on a bail application which will determine whether the county chief arrested on graft charges on Friday will be set free.
- 47 mins ago, 11 Dec 19, 6:08am - - BreakingAfrica: End Epidemics by Breaking Down Human Rights Barriers to Health
[allAfrica] Among the many challenges involved in improving health services, one is both pervasive and largely hidden. Human rights-related barriers to health, some explicit, others expressed in behaviours and norms, prevent millions of people from a…
- 1 hour ago, 11 Dec 19, 5:44am - - BreakingNigeria: $22.7 Billion Loan Request Meant for Infrastructure - Govt
[Premium Times] The federal government has said the $22.7 billion requested by President Muhammadu Buhari in the External Borrowing Plan (2016 to 2018) would be invested in Infrastructure development and not consumption.
- 1 hour ago, 11 Dec 19, 5:29am - - BreakingAfrica: Forging A Durable Peace in the Horn of Africa - Ethiopian PM's Nobel Peace Prize Speech
[Nobel Prize] Nobel Lecture given by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2019 Abiy Ahmed Ali, Oslo, 10 December 2019.
- 2 hours ago, 11 Dec 19, 4:59am - - BreakingSomalia: Security Forces End 7-Hour Hotel Siege
[VOA] Somali Security forces have shot to death five attackers who officials said were behind a raid Tuesday evening on an upscale hotel near the presidential palace, officials said.
- 3 hours ago, 11 Dec 19, 4:24am - - Africa: Climate Change Tops List of Global Worries for Young People, Says Amnesty
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Madrid -In a poll of young people on six continents, four in 10 say it's one of the most important issues facing the world
- 16 hours ago, 10 Dec 19, 2:41pm - - Kenya: Death, Destruction Continue as Rains Pound Country
[Nation] Torrential rains continued to cause deaths in many parts of the country as emergency food, water and medical supplies were ferried to the affected areas Monday.
- 18 hours ago, 10 Dec 19, 12:49pm - - Kenya: Man Mauled to Death By a Lion Outside Nairobi National Park
[Capital FM] Nairobi -An escaped lion killed a man outside Nairobi National Park on Monday, sending panic to residents living around the park after wildlife authorities warned the big cat was still on the loose.
- 18 hours ago, 10 Dec 19, 12:29pm - - Kenya: Sonko Falls Sick, Taken to Kenyatta Hospital
[Nation] Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko is reported to be receiving medical attention at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH).
- 18 hours ago, 10 Dec 19, 12:28pm - - Kenya: Chinese Firm Withholds Key Detail in Railway Deal Review
[Nation] A team tasked with reviewing the skewed contract between Kenya and the Chinese firm operating the Sh327 billion standard gauge railway (SGR) has hit a dead end.
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- Southern Africa: Zimbabwe Lagging Behind in Embracing Mental Health - Psychiatrist
[263Chat] Zimbabwe is still lagging behind in embracing mental health issues with social stigma and discrimination worsening the problem, Deputy Director for Mental Health Services in the Ministry of Health and Child Care, Dr Chido Rwafa has said.
- 19 hours ago, 10 Dec 19, 11:34am - - Senegal: My Camera, my Shooting Weapon Dafadoy! Enough is Enough!
[Plan International] This is the slogan that the young activist Fatou takes with her everywhere. With a degree in philosophy and journalism and communication, Fatou, the very committed young activist, has been involved in film production and directio…
- 20 hours ago, 10 Dec 19, 11:12am - - Africa: ICPD+25, My Best Ever Experience as SRHR Advocate
[Plan International] My names are Salifu Mohammed. I am aged 25. I am from Northern Ghana (Tamale), where Young people or girls/women have no value or position in their families and communities. They are deprived the right to participate in decisions…
- 20 hours ago, 10 Dec 19, 10:57am - - Zimbabwe: Country Still Far From Rejoining Commonwealth - British Envoy
[New Zimbabwe] British Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Melanie Robinson Monday said Zimbabwe was still far from re-joining the Commonwealth as it has not yet completed political and economic reforms prescribed as a condition for readmission.
- 20 hours ago, 10 Dec 19, 10:42am - - Mali: Kadidia, the Taboo Breaker
[Plan International] "You are now a woman. If you greet a boy when having menstruation, you get pregnant. This is what my grandmother told me when I had my first period and this sentence traumatised me," says Kadidiatou S., President of a youth led a…
- 20 hours ago, 10 Dec 19, 10:40am - - West Africa: Restoring the Dignity of IDP Girls and Women in Mali
[Plan International] Awa B., barely 20 years old, is now a widow and homeless. Thousands of girls and women face the same situation in Mali. They are Oura, Hawoye, Niamoye..., in English girls, women and widows living in a critical situation.
- 20 hours ago, 10 Dec 19, 10:25am - - Nigeria: 16 days of activism: IDPs in MAIDUGURI #SayNoToRape
[Plan International] As part of activities to commemorate the #16daysofactivism, Plan International Nigeria, Maiduguri office, conducted series of activities aiming at raising the awareness of Internally Diplaced Populations in Maiduguri.
- 21 hours ago, 10 Dec 19, 10:07am - - South Africa: Load Shedding - Cape Town Warns That Water Supply May Be Intermittent At Stage 6
[News24Wire] Capetonians who are seeing red over load shedding should also prepare for possible interruptions to their water supply should Eskom decide to move to Stage 6, it emerged on Tuesday.
- 21 hours ago, 10 Dec 19, 9:54am - - Cameroon: Psychosocial and life skill activities spark a new life in Alice.
[Plan International] Alice is a 19 years old woman and a mother of a 6 months old baby girl. Before the crisis currently plaguing the North West and South-West regions in Cameroon, she used to live and school in Nguti, a small village in the South We…
- 21 hours ago, 10 Dec 19, 9:37am - - Tanzania: President Magufuli Pardons 5,533 Prisoners On Tanganyika's Independence Day
[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -President John Magufuli has today, December 9, 2019, pardoned 5,533 prisoners as Tanzania marks 58th anniversary of independence of Tanganyika.
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