December 7, 2023
The National Institute for Biomedical Research (INRB) of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) announced on Monday that a fresh Ebola case has been identified in the city of Beni in the country’s eastern region. According to a statement from Placide Mbala, head of the Pathogen Genomics Laboratory at INRB, testing revealed the case
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Kenya’s defeated presidential candidate Raila Odinga filed an electoral petition to the country’s apex court on Monday, challenging the outcome of the August 9 election in what he called a fight for “democracy and good governance”. Odinga, a veteran opposition leader who ran with the backing of President Uhuru Kenyatta and the ruling party, has
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Social media was set ablaze on Thursday after news surfaced that a woman could be sentenced to 2 years in prison for ‘indecent dressing’ in Kigali, Rwanda. Lilliane Mugabekazi, the 24-year-old defendant, attended Tayc’s music concert in a sheer net dress on July 30. However, she was not arrested till August 7 after a picture
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The death toll from a devastating 30-hour siege by Al-Shabaab jihadists at a hotel in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu has climbed to 21, Health Minister Ali Haji Adan said Sunday, as anxious citizens awaited news. Emergency workers and first aid team have been trying to clear the debris of a gun and bomb attack by the
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Since his death, the body of former Angolan president José Eduardo dos Santos has been a subject of public debate as his wife and daughter are in disagreement on where to bury him. However, yesterday, a Spanish ruled in favour of the wife of the former leader, saying the remains of Eduardo dos Santos be
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The United Kingdom (UK) is set to lower import duties on thousands of products coming from some of the world’s poorest nations, including African countries. The Developing Countries Trading Scheme will be introduced in January 2022 and is set to promote commerce between African nations and the UK. According to the Department for International Trade,
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The Horniman Museum and Gardens said on Sunday that it would return 72 artefacts, including 12 brass plaques dubbed the “Benin Bronzes” , to the Nigerian government. These items were looted in the brutal British invasion of the Benin Kingdom in 1897 and carted off to England, later ending up in museums across Europe and
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One day, you wake up feeling a headache and flue or stomach upset. You stretch from your bed and tell your caretakers or check your bank account to ascertain if you have money to pay your consultation fees and find out what you might be suffering from. Often, you google “the best clinics near me,” and
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The Landlord and Tenant relationship in Uganda has had no explicit laws. Instead, the East African country relies on several imported laws like the landlord and Tenant Act to regulate this relationship; however, the country transits to middle-income status and is one of notable progress in the real estate development in terms of commercial and
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