Cholera deaths increased by 30% in 2025, despite fewer cases being reported to the World Health Organization (WHO). In 2025, 47 countries reported 451 499 cholera cases and 7870 deaths to WHO. This is the highest number of annual cholera deaths reported to WHO since 1999. These figures reflect surveillance data reported to WHO and…
In rare access to Yemen’s conflict zone, the BBC has travelled with government forces from Taiz through checkpoints to the line where the Houthi control ends and no man’s land begins. Saudi-backed pro-government forces are battling to push back Houthi fighters, who swept down the coast of the Red Sea earlier this month, taking control…
Yemen’s special envoy to the United Nations called on support from the international community after the Iran-backed Houthi militant group seized control of the Red Sea port city of Mokha. “This renewed war should alarm us all,” Hans Grundberg, the U.N. special envoy for Yemen, warned at an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has formally reported the xenophobic and Afrophobic attacks against Africans and other nationals in South Africa to the African Union, warning that the incidents undermine the continent’s solidarity, unity and peaceful coexistence. The President also requested immediate action from African leaders, including the placement of the issue on the agenda for…
Flight tracking data confirms an American military aircraft travelled to Russia from the US via Latvia on Tuesday.
Tecnotree Recognized in Two Gartner® Hype Cycle™ Reports for CSP Algorithmic Pricing Tecnotree, a global digital platform and services leader for AI, 5G, and cloud-native technologies, today announced that it has been recognized in the CSP Algorithmic Pricing use case in the Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies in the Communications Industry, 2026 report and…
Airtel Africa Plc has recorded a strong start to its 2026/27 financial year, with revenue climbing 31% on the back of rising customer demand for data and mobile money services, the company has announced. For the quarter ended 30 June 2026, the telecommunications and mobile money giant posted revenue of $1.853 billion, up 31.0% from…
The Koeberg nuclear power station north of Cape Town. Image: Eskom Eskom has denied that workers at the Koeberg nuclear power station suffered radioactive contamination requiring iodine treatment. This is after weekend media reports alleged that about 150 employees and contractors were exposed in incidents at the plant this month. News24 reported on Sunday that around…
A smartphone screen displays the MarineTraffic map showing a concentration of ship beacons in the Strait of Bab el-Mandeb, with a map of the strait visible in the background, in Créteil, France, on March 30, 2026. (Photo by Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images A cargo vessel in the Red…
A blast from an explosive device has seriously injured three people at a residential building in Monaco, and the attacker fled to France, local authorities said. French and Ukrainian media reported that a Ukrainian magnate and his family were those injured. The unusual attack Monday night stunned the elite principality on the Mediterranean Coast. Monaco’s…
