Zuma sacks Pravin Gordhan in Cabinet reshuffle
President Jacob Zuma’s sacked South Africa’s highly respected Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan in a late- night Cabinet reshuffle that threatens to split the country’s ruling alliance. He’s given control of the purse strings to former Home Affairs minister Malusi Gigaba. ends intro The value of South Africa’s currency, the rand, tumbled more than three percent, […]
Meningitis outbreak kills nearly 300 in Nigeria
Nigeria’s facing a major shortfall in vaccines to control an outbreak of meningitis that has claimed nearly 300 lives. The country’s Centre for Disease Control says closer to 2000 suspected cases have been reported in 15 states. ends intro This is the worst outbreak of Meningitis since the disease that causes inflammation of the brain […]