Day: May 8, 2022

ACCRA— About 5,306 terror-related attacks took place in West Africa in three years, claiming over 16,726 lives, thousands of injuries and millions displaced and living under austere circumstances.Dominic Nitiwul, Ghana’s Minister of Defence, also said …

GENEVA— Africa faces an “unprecedented” crisis caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, particularly with soaring food and fuel prices, United Nations officials said.The conflict and Western sanctions on Moscow are disrupting supplies of wheat, ferti…

CAPE TOWN— The need to secure new sources of metals for the energy transition amid sanctions on top producer Russia has increased the Africa risk appetite for major miners, who have few alternatives to the resource-rich continent.Companies and investor…

South Sudan’s Health ministry has declared a Cholera outbreak in Unity State’s Rubkona county after tests from the National Public Health Laboratory in the capital, Juba confirmed eight cases.To date, the country’s Health ministry said in a statement, …

Gunmen killed three people in an attack on a youth football team in South Darfur’s Kalma camp on Saturday.Kalma is home to over 100,000 displaced people who fled their areas and villages during the counterinsurgency campaign launched by Sudanese govern…