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Capital Economics: The indirect coronavirus fallout is ‘battering’ Africa economies
The indirect economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak is hitting Africa, with the sharp decline in commodity…
Hitachi, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries negotiating to settle to South Africa dispute
Japan’s Hitachi Ltd and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) announced on Wednesday an arbitration over losses…
UN sends peacekeeper troops to stop bout of ethnic violence in South Sudan
The United Nations has sent a contingent of peacekeeping forces to an area of central South Sudan. This move was…
Protesters in Congo torch UN buildings over massacre, two killed
Two people were killed during clashes with police in eastern Congo on Monday after protesters in Beni town set fire…
Kenya is now the third African country to introduce malaria vaccine
Kenya has on Friday started adding a malaria vaccine to its routine immunization schedule for babies and toddlers,…
Burundi starts vaccinating health workers against Ebola – WHO
Burundi has commenced vaccinating its health workers against Ebola, beginning with those near the border with the…
Nigeria president tells central bank to stop providing FX for food imports
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has told the central bank to stop providing funding for food imports, his…
Ebola “no longer incurable” as Congo trial finds drugs 90% survival rates
Scientists are a step closer to being able to cure the deadly Ebola haemorrhagic fever as two experimental drugs…
Zimbabwe ramps up electricity imports to ease power cuts
Zimbabwe is set to secure more electricity imports over the next few weeks, potentially easing rolling power cuts,…
Uganda starts its largest-ever Ebola vaccine trial
Uganda has started its largest-ever trial of a preventive Ebola vaccine, an official announced on Monday, amid…
