Niger says OK to the use of armed US drones against jihadis
Niger’s given the nod to the United States deploying weaponized drones on its territory in the fight against Islamist militants. The US is building a drone and airbase in the northern Niger city of Agadez. The extent of US military involvement in Niger was highlighted by the death of four Green Berets there a month […]
No new date for Liberia’s delayed run-off election
No new date’s been given for the Liberian run-off presidential election scheduled for today but delayed when the Supreme Court ordered an investigation into alleged irregularities in last month’s poll. Continental and regional partners have been called in to mediate. Football star George Weah won Liberia’s presidential election to fill the seat vacated by Africa’s […]
US tells DRC to stick to election timeline
The United States has told the Democratic Republic of Congo to stick to the timeline of having presidential elections at the end of next year. The date announced by the electoral commission in Kinshasa is fully two years after Presdident Joseph Kabila’s constitutional mandate runs out. Washington’s chief envoy to the United Nations Nikki Haley […]
Scientists develop breath test for malaria
Scientists have developed a breathalyser test for malaria. It’s an advance that could fast-track efforts to eliminate the disease. Missouri biologists have road-tested a technique that senses the malaria parasite in samples of infected people’s breath. The results, outlined at a conference in Baltimore, are build on an Australian discovery that malaria sufferers exhale high […]