Hospital probed for placing the newborn babies in boxes
320 ViewsThe South African authorities are investigating an incident in which newborn babies were placed in cardboard boxes, instead of incubators or cribs in North West province. The incident in Mahikeng Provincial Hospital’s neonatal section came to light on Saturday after a Facebook post showed babies wrapped in purple hospital blankets with nasogastric tubes, and […]
319 ViewsUganda’s progress in tackling HIV is in “grave jeopardy” after the president approved tough new anti-homosexuality legislation, the UN and US have warned. An increasing number of people are being discouraged from seeking vital health services for fear of attacks and punishment, they added. President Yoweri Museveni signed the Anti-Homosexuality Bill into law after […]
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776 ViewsNeighbouring Congo DR President Felix Tshisekedi has arrived in China for a working visit. There are growing calls in Zambia for President Hakainde Hichilema who has aligned himself with the west to visit China. Much of Zambia’s foreign debt is to China. Hichilema who is seen as stunning star in Africa by the west […]
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266 ViewsThe US has distanced itself from an incursion into Russia – which Moscow says ended in the defeat of armed insurgents who entered from Ukraine. Parts of the border region of Belgorod came under attack on Monday, in one of the most major cross-border raids since Russia invaded its neighbour last year. Russia later […]
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366 ViewsSecurity forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo have arrested about 20 people following Saturday’s opposition protests in the capital Kinshasa. In its assessment of the demonstration, the Congolese National Police (PNC) said the 20 included individuals who allegedly vandalised the Kianza police station. “Three police officers were arrested as a result of the […]
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393 ViewsZimbabwe has released about a fifth of all prisoners under a presidential amnesty order meant to decongest the country’s overcrowded jails. The Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) said more than 4,000 inmates – mostly men – were let out, in what it described as a noble gesture. Violent criminals as well as those […]
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546 ViewsA nine-year-old girl fell to her death in Zimbabwe while fleeing traditional dancers who were performing in Mabvuku, a suburb east of the capital, Harare. Police in a statement on Wednesday said the girl died after falling to the ground while running away from the Nyau dancers at a school in Mabvuku on Monday. […]
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380 ViewsSouth Africa’s foreign ministry says the US ambassador has “apologised unreservedly” for claiming the country sold weapons to Russia. On Thursday Reuben Brigety alleged a Russian ship was loaded with ammunition and weapons in Cape Town last December. South Africa says it has no record of an arms sale and President Cyril Ramaphosa has […]
Continue reading …369 ViewsThe US ambassador to South Africa has accused the country of supplying weapons to Russia despite its professed neutrality in the war in Ukraine. Reuben Brigety claimed that a Russian ship was loaded with ammunition and arms in Cape Town last December. President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office said it was disappointed by the claims and […]
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182 Views Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has extended his stay in London by a week for dental treatment, his aide has said. The president had initially travelled to the UK last week to attend the coronation of King Charles III. He was scheduled to return to Nigeria this week but will now stay back “at […]
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