Renson Mwakandana According to data from the Ministry of Health, the number of confirmed Ebola cases in Uganda has increased to 16, while the death toll from the disease has risen to four. Apart from the four confirmed deaths, 17 other fatalities are likely Ebola cases, according to ministry spokesperson Emmanuel Ainebyoona. In Uganda, there […]
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Renson Mwakandana In an effort to stop the spread of the Ebola virus disease(EVD), health officials and local leaders have barred attendance at funerals and weddings and shut down entertainment venues in Mubende District. As of Thursday, seven Ebola cases have been verified in the nation thus far, including one fatality (a 24-year-old who passed […]
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Renson Mwakandana Despite a 12% decline in the species’ global population over the previous four years, the number of white rhinos that were transported to a sanctuary in Rwanda last year is growing. The 30 white rhinos were sent from South Africa to Akagera National Park in Rwanda, where they became the first of their […]
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Grace Ossongo – Yaounde, Cameroon One indication is rising as the world economy descends into yet another crisis: the US dollar’s worth seems to keep rising. Due to the fact that over half of all international trade is invoiced in US dollars, consumers using dollars to pay for imports all across the world, including in […]
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Grace Ossongo – Yaounde, Cameroon More than 300 people will die from Nigeria’s worst floods in ten years, including at least 20 this week, according to authorities, who claim that the situation is “beyond our control.” According to Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency, half a million people have been impacted by the floods in 27 […]
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Renson Mwakandana Following a public uproar, Tanzania 🇹🇿 decided to withdraw the charges on electronic transactions that went into effect on August 15 on Tuesday. According to Finance and Planning Minister Mwigulu Nchemba, the tariffs would be eliminated on October 1. The changes made, according to him, are to cancel the levies for transferring money […]
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Renson Mwakandana An Ebola outbreak has been verified in central Uganda 🇺🇬 with the death of a 24-year-old infected male. According to the health minister, the victim showed signs of the illness before passing away. He was a local of Ngabano village in Mubende district, which is around 147 kilometers (91 miles) from Kampala, the […]
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Renson Mwakandana The European Union Parliament’s resolution urging Tanzania and Uganda to halt the development of their oil and gas projects in the East African area has been denounced by the Ugandan parliament. The resolution, according to Uganda’s deputy speaker Thomas Tayebwa, is based on a deliberate distortion of important facts about the preservation of the environment […]
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Grace Ossongo – Yaounde, Cameroon As Africa’s first cannabis-targeted special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, Cilo Cybin Holdings has been given permission to list on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Through an IPO that will not be open until November, the company hopes to raise $115 million for the production of medicinal cannabis. Cilo Cybin Holdings, […]
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Grace Ossongo – Yaounde, Cameroon Following the publication of the US Department of Agriculture’s monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, experts at the International Food Policy Research Institute or the IFPRI warned that African countries must upgrade their transnational transport infrastructure or risk remaining vulnerable to shocks in global food supply chains. In the […]
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