Ortom sues for peace among warring Bonta, Ukpute communities
BY QUADRI SALIU Governor Ortom of Benue State has led top government functionaries to sue for peace among warring Bonta and Ukpute communities, adding that...
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Sickle Cell Disease: Liberian Health Ministry, CONSA Launch Newborn Screening
BY DAYO ADESULU The Ministry of Health (MoH) in collaboration with the Consortium on Newborn Screening in Africa (CONSA) on September 20, 2021, launched newborn...
Ministry of Health, Liberia Board for Nursing and Midwifery Launch Digital Online Licensing Examinations System
The Ministry of Health in partnership with the Liberia Board for Nursing and Midwifery (LBNM) in collaboration and its partners has launched Liberia’s first Digital...
Child Marriages: Political and Community Leaders Tackle Issues
BY DAYO ADESULU Cultural norms and repeated cycles of conflict have impacted children negatively across South Sudan. Tens of thousands of young girls and boys...
UN Food Systems Summit: Financial Institutions, Developers commit to speed up Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones in Africa
The African Development Bank’s Special Agro-industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) initiative can trigger a fundamental change in Africa’s economic transformation, participants at the first partnership meeting...
Nearly 1 in 2 South African households is subscribed to SVOD
Subscription is a global trend that has also impacted South Africa, which currently has 7.2M active subscriptions. The subscription economy, or Subscronomics in the country,...
Nigeria Army warns Nigerians of ongoing ISWAP recruitment
Spokesperson for the Nigerian Army, Onyema Nwachukwu, has raised the alarm that the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) has embarked on a massive...
Nigerians Purchase N2.153trn Petrol In 12 Months – NNPC
BY QUADRI SALIU Nigerians in twelve months have bought petrol worth N2.153 trillion, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has said. It said the purchase...
How African small-scale farmers use radio and mobile phones to send message to world leaders attending Food Systems Summit
Small-scale farmers in sub-Saharan Africa are impacted disproportionately by climate change, poverty and undernutrition, yet a report released today shows many remain optimistic about the...
Human Rights Watch Calls For Investigation into Mass Rape Of Female Prisoners In DR Congo
BY DAYO ADESULU Democratic Republic of Congo authorities have made no apparent progress investigating the September 2020 prison riot at Kasapa Central Prison in Lubumbashi, Human...