17 women oyster gatherers drowned off Senegal
Senegal’s President Macky Sall has called for three days of mourning for 17 women who drowned at sea. He’s called for an inquiry into the incident in which at least 40 more woman were injured. ends intro The tragedy occurred off Bettenty village in a region made up of small islands and villages. The women […]
dly road crash kills 27 in Kenya
27 people have been confirmed dead following a head on collision early this morning between a bus and an oil tanker on the Mombasa-Nairobi Highway. Road accidents kill around 3 000 people on Kenya road every year. ends The bus and the tanker were traveling in opposite directions along Kenya’s busiest highway. Kambu police chief […]
Malaria vaccine faces real world test next year
The World Health Organisation says it will real world start testing of an anti-malaria vaccination in three Sub Saharan African countries next year. Ghana, Kenya and Malawi have been chosen for the trials of the medicine that has already produced promising results. ends intro Malaria killed 429 000 Africans in 2015, according to latest available […]