Sudan: Calls For Schools To Close As ‘Cholera’ Fears Grip Eastern Sudan
Activists and observers of the health situation in Sudan’s Red Sea State have demanded the closure of schools because of the high prevalence of acute watery diarrhoea, suspected to be cholera, among children. Journalist Osman Hashim, a specialist in health coverage in eastern Sudan revealed new outbreaks of watery diarrhoea at the areas of Mohammed […]
Somalia: Attack at Hotel Kills 10
Militants set off a car bomb and stormed a hotel in Somalia’s capital Wednesday in an attack that killed at least 10 people and injured many more. Officials and ambulance services said they expected the death toll to rise. The attack happened at the Dayah Hotel in Mogadishu, located near the Somali parliament and state […]
4 Killed In Botched Borno Suicide Attacks
After three separate suspected suicide bomb attacks were foiled by the Military in Maiduguri on Tuesday and in the early hours of yesterday, the Borno State Police Command, yesterday, confirmed the killing of four persons. Borno State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Damian Chukwu, who stated this at a briefing in Maiduguri, explained that the first […]
Fresh Bid to End Doctors’ Strike Collapses As CS Mailu Accuses Union Leaders of Indecision
The Ministry of Health believes the doctors’ strike has dragged on for 52 days today because the negotiating team from the doctors union does not “have the mandate to make the final decision.” Cabinet Secretary Cleopa Mailu said as a result the talks have stalled much to the detriment of suffering Kenyans. He said the […]
Domestic Work Is Work
External recruitment agencies have asked government to cancel the ban on exportation of domestic workers to enable Ugandans tap into foreign jobs. Under their umbrella body, Uganda Association for External Recruitment Agencies (UAERA), the agencies say the ban has increased cases of trafficking of persons which affects the country’s income. “The ban has caused more […]
Finally, Kidnappers Release Turkish School Students, Staff
After 12 days in captivity, the kidnappers who abducted five female students and three members of staff of the Nigerian Tulip International College (NTIC) in Ogun State, tuesday finally released them into the waiting hands of their respective families. THISDAY gathered that all the victims were freed at about 8.30p.m. and dropped off behind the […]
Zimbabwe: HRW – Widows Left Homeless, Penniless By Relatives
Opportunistic relatives in Zimbabwe routinely trample the property and inheritance rights of widows, and the government lets it happen, according to a new Human Rights Watch report. The title of the 52-page report by HRW says it all, “You Will Get Nothing.” HRW researcher Bethany Brown says widows are routinely evicted from their homes and […]
Kenya: Fewer Female Teachers In School Management Positions
Fewer female teachers are in school management compared to their male counterparts, a study by a government agency has revealed. The national assessment system for monitoring learner achievement survey by Kenya National Examination Council (Knec) indicates that male head teachers accounted for 75.8 per cent while female head teachers were only 24.2 per cent in […]
Mauritius: Pravind Kumar Jugnauth Sworn In As Prime Minister of Mauritius
Mr Pravind Kumar Jugnauth was sworn in as Prime Minister of the Republic of Mauritius yesterday afternoon at Sir Harilal Vaghjee Memorial Hall, Government House in Port Louis. The Swearing-In Ceremony of the Prime Minister and Ministers was held in the presence of the President of the Republic of Mauritius, Mrs Ameena Gurib-Fakim, and other […]
Tanzania: CUF – We Won’t Recognise Winner
Civic United Front (CUF) has vowed not to recognise Juma Ali Hafidhi (CCM), who was declared the winner in Dimani parliamentary by-election last Sunday. The party said it was not recognising the winner the same way it would not recognise the government. CUF claimed that Dimani constituents were given a fair chance of choosing their […]
SA Minister Condemns Xenophia Threats, Blames Foreign Opposition Parties
SOUTH AFRICA’s Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba has threated to prosecute Zimbabwe’s opposition if it was found to be among those creating fake but alarming social media messages threatening xenophobic attacks in that country. Gigaba said this in the wake of violence threats sent via social media by some unknown persons to instil fear on […]
Uganda: Col Kaka Now New Internal Security Organisation Boss
President Museveni yesterday continued the shake-up of the security and intelligence hierarchy, dropping the head of Internal Security Organisation (ISO) Brig Ronnie Balya. Brig Balya was named ambassador-designate pending Parliament’s approval. He has been replaced by Col (retired) Frank Bagyenda Kaka. Col Kaka is a businessman with major interests in land, tourism and fishing, especially […]
It Will Take 170 Years for Women To Be Paid As Men Are’
While just eight individuals, all of them men, own the same wealth as 3.6 billion people – half of world’s total population – it will take 170 years for women to be paid the same as men, warns a new major report on inequality. Oxfam International’s report, ‘An economy for the 99 per cent’, which […]
Protests Rock EEDC Offices Over Anti-Labour Policies, Epileptic Power Supply
Scores of workers of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC, yesterday, picketed some of the offices of EEDC in Owerri, Imo State, over what they described as “anti Labour policies.” Some of the EEDC offices that were shut down include that of Royce Road, New Owerri, Orlu and Mbaise. Augustine Mbakwe, who led the group, listed […]
South Africa: Sleeping ‘Rapist’ Nabbed
A 35-year-old alleged rapist was nabbed while sleeping in the bed of a Centane woman who reported the assault, Eastern Cape police said on Friday. Spokesperson Captain Jackson Manatha said it is alleged the suspect “pretended to be a good Samaritan” and walked the 21-year-old woman home from a tavern in Mzantsi, Rwantsana village, at […]