Hunger grips southern Africa as Zimbabwe declares drought a disaster
Harare, Zimbabwe Reuters President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday declared Zimbabwe’s drought a national disaster and said the country needed more than $US2 billion in aid to feed millions facing hunger. Mnangagwa’s statement follows similar announcements by Zambia in late February and Malawi in March, as drought induced by the El Nino global weather pattern triggers […]
A “catalyst for change”: After a decade of sex abuse education in Africa, Freely in Hope pivots to American churches
FIONA ANDRE, of Religion News Service, reports that the organisation’s shift to North America was prompted by numerous recent sexual abuse scandals in American churches…
Ukraine tells African mission no peace talks with Russia before withdrawal
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said after meeting African leaders in Kyiv on Friday that peace talks with Russia would be possible only after Moscow withdraws its forces from occupied Ukrainian territory. And Zelenskiy said he failed to understand what could be gained from the leaders meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday in […]
Wow!: Vulture surveillance system alerts Zambian park to poachers
GLORIA DICKIE, of Reuters, reports on how expanded protection strategies – including a vulture early warning system – are helping big cat populations make a come-back in Zambia’s Kafue National Park…
Zambians struggle with cost of living as debt rework drags on
Lusaka, Zambia Reuters The Comesa market in Zambia’s capital Lusaka appears to be bustling, but traders say business is suffering as a weak local currency pushes up prices, adding to the hardships of a population already struggling with soaring living costs. “The dollar is killing us,” said Ben Mwandila, who sold 15 imported blankets a […]
Exodus of healthcare workers from poor countries worsening, WHO says
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters Poorer countries are increasingly losing healthcare workers to wealthier ones as the latter seek to shore up their own staff losses from the COVID-19 pandemic, sometimes through active recruitment, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. The trend for nurses and other staff to leave parts of Africa or South-East Asia for […]
Malawi cholera death toll crosses 1,300: health official
Johannesburg, South Africa Reuters The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Malawi has crossed 1,300, a senior Malawian health official said on Thursday, as the southern African country battles its deadliest outbreak yet. As of Wednesday, Malawi had recorded 40,284 cholera cases and 1,316 deaths in an outbreak that started in March, 2022, with […]
Essay: TB is once again the deadliest disease in Africa – what went wrong?
TOM NYIRENDA looks, in an article first published on The Conversation, at the impact of COVID-19 on the fight against tuberculosis…
Serious debt crisis unfolding across developing countries – UNDP
London Reuters The United Nations’ Development Programme joined on Tuesday the chorus of institutions and charities warning that a serious debt crisis is now taking hold in the poorest parts of the world. In a new report, the UNDP estimated that 54 countries, accounting for more than half of the world’s poorest people, now needed […]
Zambian church leaders ban politicians from pulpit
Nairobi, Kenya Church leaders in Zambia have banned politicians from speaking in churches and warned their clergy to keep off politicians from the pulpit, citing its holiness compared to the lies the politicians tell the congregants. The leaders said politicians had disrespected the sanctity of worship during services, promising congregants things that are unrealistic and […]