Source of deadly Listeriosis outbreak has been identified
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has identified the food factory that is the source of the world’s biggest listeria outbreak that has killed more than 180 South Africans. Scientists have traced the food of origin of the strain of the 948 cases of listeriosis mostly in the most populous province of Gauteng. South Africa’s National Consumer […]
Sahel anti-jihadi force is facing intensified terrorist threat
UN experts say the five-nation group fighting jihadis in North and West Africa’s facing intensified terrorist threats. Their report to the UN Security Council coincided with the attacks in Ouagadougou by Al Qaeda-affiliated militants. The UN experts are monitoring the implementation of sanctions on Mali following its 2012 seizure by Islamist extremists. They say the […]
Rex Tillerson to visit some of the countries his president insulted
President Donald Trump is sending his Secretary of State this week to the continent he has either ignored or rubbished. Rex Tillerson will visit five countries regarded as US security partners in what will be the first high-profile visit to the continent by a member of the Trump administration US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s […]
Mutinous soldier was among terrorist attackers in Ouagadougou
French experts have flown into Ouagadougou to help Burkina Faso authorities investigate Friday’s attacks on the army headquarters and Paris Embassy that left 16 dead. This was the third deadly mass attack in the Burkina attack in the past three years. A former Burkina Faso soldier, fired from the army after a mutiny seven years […]