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Zimbabwe bans public gatherings due to cholera outbreak

Zimbabwe has placed a ban on public gatherings in the capital Harare due to cholera outbreak as death toll continues to increase. The police said...

Zimbabwe declares cholera emergency as death toll rises

Zimbabwe on Tuesday declared cholera emergency following an outbreak in the capital Harare. Twenty people have died from the disease so far with more...

Tanzania bans female MPs wearing artificial nails and eyelashes

Tanzania's parliament has banned female lawmakers from wearing artificial nails and eyelashes. Local media The Citizen reports that any female MP that flouts this would...

Nigeria records fresh polio cases

Nigeria's government has confirmed the outbreak of fresh polio cases in some of its states. The new outbreak has hit states like Jigawa, Katsina...

Risks still remain despite progress in controlling Ebola in Congo

The World Health Organization says risks still remain in fighting the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. WHO officials however say they...

Ebola patients recover using experimental treatment

Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo are celebrating the success chalked so far using an experimental treatment for the deadly Ebola virus. Officials...

Doctor contracts Ebola in eastern Congo, death toll rises

The World Health Organization on Friday announced that a doctor has contracted the deadly Ebola virus in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The doctor living...

DR Congo gets more experimental Ebola treatments

More Ebola experimental treatments have been approved by the Democratic Republic of Congo to fight the deadly virus. The country's health ministry says the new...

DR Congo: Death toll from Ebola outbreak reaches 55

55 people have so far been killed from the latest Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo, according to health officials. New details of the outbreak...

16 nurses at same hospital get pregnant at same time

Some sixteen nurses working at a hospital in the U.S reportedly got pregnant at the same time. The nurses all work in the intensive care...

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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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