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In the Democratic Republic of Congo, staff, all categories combined, for national radio and television broadcasts, the official media, threaten to disconnect. A strike notice, for unlimited movement, was submitted yesterday, Monday, August 16, to the general management. there are suspicions of financial mismanagement, but the manager rather thinks that the employees have been manipulated.…

Zambian incumbent President Hakainde Hichilema on Monday cracked down on the South African country's outgoing "brutal regime" while promising "better democracy" in his debut speech to the nation, hours after winning the top job in a landslide. Speaking shortly after his predecessor Edgar Lungu admitted defeat, the business magnate and veteran opposition leader said…

A cholera epidemic has raged in Niger for several weeks, particularly in the regions of Maradi and Zinder, which border Nigeria, a country also affected by the disease. Niger's Minister of Public Health, if he wants to be optimistic, urges the population to mobilize. According to the authorities, 600 cases have been identified…

Wasiirkii hore ee amniga Maamulka Jubbaland Cabdirashiid Janan oo dhawaan heshiis la galay dowladda federaalka, gaar ahaan garabka Farmaajo ayaa mar kale dib uga gurtay heshiiska, wuxuuna ku biiray mucaaradka ka soo hor jeeda Farmaajo ee ku sugan Caasimadda Muqdisho. Sida aan xogta ku helnay Janan ayaa lasoo xiriiray xubno mucaaradka ka tirsan, gaar ahaan hoggaanka xisbiga Wadajir iyo siyaasiyiin kale, wuxuuna sheegay inuu dareemayo cadaadis,…

Zambia has a new president. Hakainde Hichilema, 59, married father of 3 children, must be invested head of state next Tuesday. The nickname HH or Bally, the longtime political opponent, was widely elected on August 12 with almost one million votes in advance and a strong turnout over incumbent President Edgard Lungu according to the election commission.…

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Tshikapa and Kasaï rivers have been affected by the gradual coloration of their reddish waters since the end of July. Dead fish float on the surface and the bodies of aquatic animals, such as hippos, have also been found. as reported from Kinshasa, Patient LigodiAccording to…

South Africa celebrates 150th anniversary of Charlotte Maxeke's birth. Born 1871 and died 1939. She is sometimes considered "the mother of black freedom". This woman fought to defend minorities in the early 20th century. She was one of the founding members of the current presidential party, the ANC, at a congress in 1912. While the struggle against apartheid between 1949 and 1994 dominated the national…

Vaccinate and track, this is the mission that the Ivorian health authorities carried out before the discovery of a case of Ebola in Abidjan. This is a cause for concern, but the Ministry of Health very quickly set up an action plan to vaccinate healthcare staff who take care of the patient as quickly as possible. as reported…

Much of Libya has been deprived of drinking water since Saturday, August 14. An armed group broke into the country's main supply center and demanded the release of Abdallah al-Senoussi, Muammar Gaddafi's brother-in-law and senior official of the former regime. The authority of the great artificial river - Gaddafi's flagship…

Anger from former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown over Western vaccine policy. In a column published by The Guardian on Monday, August 16, he urges leaders to convene a summit to address the shortage of vaccines in Africa while billions of doses are administered elsewhere. It is a monumental failure in the West, a "pause",…