Three patients suspected of having the hantavirus were evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship and were on their way to the Netherlands for medical care, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. The three are German, Dutch and British nationals, including a British crew member, according to the WHO. The rare outbreak of the…
Mexico’s government said Saturday that two U.S. federal agents recently killed in a car crash in the country’s northern region were not authorized to participate in operations in Mexico. The two Americans killed in the crash were employees of the CIA, multiple people familiar with the matter told CBS News earlier this week. The CIA…
Local elections have been held in the occupied West Bank and in one Gazan city, though Hamas and other groups are not taking part.
As progress on malaria stalls, the case for local research in Africa is stronger than ever, write Edwine Barasa of KEMRI-Wellcome Research Programme and David Mukanga at the Gates Foundation. [SciDev.Net] As we mark World Malaria Day (25 April), Africa finds itself at an uncomfortable crossroads. After two decades of measurable progress in public health,…
Gold Fields Ltd.’s Damang mine in Ghana is at the center of a policy shift as the government moves to increase local ownership in the gold sector. The state will take over the mine on April 18 after declining to renew its lease, Bloomberg reported. Authorities have limited the tender process to companies fully owned…
As African cities experience some of the fastest urban growth rates in the world, China has become a major bilateral financier for urban infrastructure. From Nairobi’s elevated expressways to Lagos’s airport upgrades and Addis Ababa’s new riverside developments, Chinese-backed projects are transforming skylines and daily life across the continent. I study China’s economic engagements in…
Nakuru — Africa’s heavy reliance on imported livestock products is costing the continent billions of dollars annually, prompting calls for stronger political commitment to enhance local production and regional trade. Despite possessing significant livestock resources, the region imported over $10 billion (KSh1.3 trillion) worth of livestock products last year, while exporting only $3.8 billion (KSh490.2…
On the margins of the 39th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union We, the Heads of State and Government, Ministers of Health of AU member states High-Level Representatives, and Partners Recalling the Assembly Decisions Assembly/AU/Dec.877(XXXVII) and Assembly/AU/Dec.924(XXXVIII) on advancing health products manufacturing, pooled procurement, and regulatory harmonization. Recognizing local manufacturing of pharmaceuticals,…
As the global conversation on technology transpires, Ghana is positioned to host another defining moment for the continent’s digital future. The Pan African AI and Innovation Summit (PAAIS) 2026, in its second year, scheduled for September 22-23 at the Kempinski Hotel, is building on the 2025 edition’s strategic convening of minds dedicated to the responsible…
Phil Boyall, Sales and Marketing Director at MoData. South Africa’s banking and payments sector is no longer transforming – it is running live, at speed under scrutiny. Regulatory modernisation, real‑time payment rails and rising financial crime complexity have removed tolerance for delay, uncertainty and operational fragility. What used to be absorbed by batch cycles, manual…
