AFRICA

Challenges and deep concerns are growing in the General Reference Hospital in Beni, northeastern the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), overcrowded with victims of armed conflicts carried out by rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). Injured civilians, mostly women who have barely survived gunshots and machete wounds, have …

Hundreds of thousands of condoms, mosquito nets and tuberculosis drugs worth $100,000 (£77,000) are alleged to have disappeared from a warehouse operated by the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa). They are believed to have been stolen and resold on the black market and to private chemists, according to the UN’s …

Commercial sex workers in Kenya say they are yet to recover from the effects of Covid-19 despite the lifting of regulations by the government. This, some of them say, has forced them to look for other means of sustaining their trade. Thus, they have elected to digitize their business, in …

The University of South Africa (Unisa) has suspended further graduations following disruptions allegedly by protesting National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) members at a ceremony on Tuesday. “University management is currently in conversation with Nehawu about the issues in dispute that led to the disruption, as well as …

An African has for the first time won the world’s most prestigious architecture prize, the Pritzker Prize. The winner is Diébédo Francis Kéré, a Burkina Faso-born architect who also holds German nationality. The -year-old Kéré said he was the “happiest man on this planet” to win the award in its …

Russia says it has put Joe Biden, United States President, Justin Trudeau, Canadian Prime Minister and a dozen top US officials on a “stop List” that bars them from entering Russia. Alongside Biden, US officials on list included Defense Secretary, Lloyd Austin, CIA chief William Burns and National Security Advisor, …

An unhappy man created a disturbance in a banking hall by dragging away the printer in anger, as captured on video. The incident occurred in Asaba, Delta State, according to the report. This unpleasant method was chosen by the individual whose cash had been missing for two months in order …

A church in Zimmerman, Nairobi, has forgiven a new convert who stole cameras worth KSh 1 million (N3.6m) during a prayer service. David Wanyonyi Simiyu received salvation at Presbyterian Church of East Africa (PCEA) Zimmerman Parish but on Sunday, March 6, he proved he had not left behind his old …

A serial thief was forced to return money he stole from a mobile money vendor after he was arrested by a swarm of bees. The bizarre incident is said to have occurred at Apac municipality in Uganda. According to reports, the suspect snatched the money from the MoMo vendor at …

Four persons were reportedly killed in the Obayantor community in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of Edo State following a clash between some youths and the personnel of the Nigerian Army. It was gathered that the incident happened last Friday in the community said to be witnessing leadership tussle after …