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Cameroon: An Outbreak Of Cholera Kills 140 People In 7 Months
At least 140 people ( case fatality ratio 2%) have died of Cholera in Cameroon since the disease re-emerged in the country last year. According to the Prime Minister on Wednesday, more than 7,000 cases have been reported since the resurgence of the disease in October 2021, with new cases mostly recorded in Littoral and…
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Boko Haram: Niger Army Neutralizes A Rebel Attack Near Lake Chad
Up to 40 Boko Haram insurgents were killed on Tuesday night by soldiers of the Nigerien army on an island in Lake Chad, on the borders of Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon and Chad. According to a statement from the Ministry of Defence, an estimated 100 Boko Haram fighters arrived on the island in four large dugout…
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How Much Does South Africa Need To Kick Start Its Clean Energy Transition?
Africa’s number one emitter of climate-warming gases is making an effort to move its coal-dominated economy to a greener footing, but how much would the entire process cost South Africa? According to a new report that was released on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos and was produced by academics at South…
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Here Is What To Know About Algeria’s New Energy Deal With Italy
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the torrent of sanctions by world powers, countries like Italy have begun pushing to cut their reliance on Russian hydrocarbon supplies. Italian energy giant Eni and Algeria’s state-owned Sonatrach recently reached an agreement to boost both gas exploration and the development of green hydrogen in the North African nation, with hopes…
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Hundreds Displaced As Floods Hit South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal Province Again
Barely a month after heavy rains killed 435 people, the KwaZulu-Natal Province has again suffered massive flooding that has forced hundreds of people to abandon their homes once more in search of safety and dry land. Heavy rains began over the weekend, damaging infrastructure, roads, bridges and buildings, mainly in the port city of Durban, the…
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Are Rich Countries Planning To Hoard Monkeypox Vaccine?
The acting director of Africa’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has expressed worries that rich countries might refuse to share vaccines as the monkeypox outbreak intensifies. Since early May, over 200 suspected and confirmed cases of the virus were detected in 12 African countries where the disease is endemic and about 17 European countries,…
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Four Missing Miners Found Dead 2 Months After Mine Collapse In Burkina Faso
Government sources have confirmed that the dead bodies of four out of eight missing miners have been found nearly two months after floodwaters submerged the zinc mine they were working in. The Perkoa Zinc mine, owned by Canadian firm Trevali Mining Corp and located some 120km (75 miles) west of the capital, Ouagadougou, collapsed on…
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Zimbabwe’s Central Bank Lifts Ban On Bank Lending Services
Three years after Zimbabwe reintroduced its currency, a decade after abandoning it for mainly the United States dollar, the local currency’s value has declined from about 2.5 to the US dollar in 2019 to 285 to the US dollar on the interbank market. The Zimbabwean dollar trades even lower in black market at 400 to…
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What Is Namibia Doing With Its Newly Discovered Oil Reservoir?
Months after discovering large amounts of light oil and associated gas off the coast of Namibia, the southern African country has joined Africa’s league of oil-producing nations to launch a sovereign wealth fund. At the launch of the state-owned investment fund, President Hage Geingob said an initial deposit of 262 million Namibian dollars ($16.3m) would…
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Here Is Why The United Nations Is Worried For People In Africa’s Sahel Region
The United Nations has warned that about 18 million people living in Africa’s Sahel region would face severe hunger in the next three months, citing the effects of Russia’s war in Ukraine, the coronavirus pandemic, climate-induced shocks and rising costs. The dire situation could force more people to migrate out of the affected areas, according…