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Aspetar: The sports hospital that imports body parts

Unlike many of the awe-inspiring buildings that define Qatar's capital, Aspetar is not designed to catch the eye. It is not built in Italian marble,...

Kenya’s cancer crisis: Citizens demand urgent action

Kenya is getting overwhelmed by a surge in cancer related deaths and citizens are demanding urgent action. On Thursday hundreds of patients and service providers...

Opinion: Ebola in Congo – incompetence, mistrust and greed

This Thursday marks a sad anniversary. One year ago, on August 1, 2018, the Ebola epidemic broke out in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). With...

Ebola outbreak: Rwanda reopens border with DR Congo

Rwanda has reopened its border with DR Congo after shutting it as part of efforts to prevent any spread of Ebola into its territory. The...

DR Congo: Ebola patient ‘escapes from treatment centre’

An Ebola patient under treatment in the Democratic Republic of Congo has reportedly escaped from the treatment centre. Local officials say the patient tested positive...

Ethiopia plants record 350 million trees in a day

Ethiopia on Monday made history by planting 350 million trees in a day. It had initially targeted a figure of 200 million as part...

Ebola victim may have entered Rwanda and Uganda

Officials of the World Health Organization have said that a fishmonger who died this week of Ebola may have carried the virus from Congo...

Ebola outbreak in DR Congo now a global health emergency

The World Health Organization (W.H.O) on Wednesday declared the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a public health emergency of international...

China to mine in Ghana’s forest reserve despite agitations

Environmentalists in Ghana are fighting the government over the decision to allow for the mining of bauxite in one of its forest reserves, the...

Ethiopia is planting 4 Billion trees to save the planet

Ethiopia this year launched an ambitious project to plant 4 billion trees to fight deforestation. It will not only save the environment in Ethiopia, Africa’s...

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Nigerian High Commission apartments in Ghana demolished

Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers. The apartments have been constructed to...

Covid-19: Ghana records significant recovery numbers

Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered. The significant number of recoveries means the country now...

DR Congo: President’s ex-chief of staff jailed 20 years for corruption

The ex-chief of staff of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jailed 20 years by a high court. Vital Kamerhe was...

Covid-19: Zimbabwe’s health minister arrested, charged for graft

Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million. Moyo is accused of illegally...

Ghana’s new law that jails citizens not wearing facemask 10 years

Ghanaians who fail to wear the face masks in compliance with a presidential directive risk going to jail for ten years. They also face a...
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