Unprecedented lethal strains Lassa fever terrifies Nigeria
Health experts are calling the current Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria unprecedented. The haemorrhagic virus is endemic to West Africa with annal outbreaks. But this one in Nigeria is terrifying. ends intro Lassa fever starts out looking like flu. In about a fifth of the cases, the blood vessels are so badly damaged the patient […]
Tillerson says China’s driving Africa into debt
Clearly confronting a growing superpower rivalry in Africa, US secretary of State Rex Tillerson accuses China of driving countries on the continent into debt. The former Exxon Mobil chief executive has embarked on his first safari as a top US government official, seeking to repair the damage done by President Bill Clinton’s foul-mouthed dismissal of […]
Tillerson expected to do a lot of listening in Africa
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has arrived in Ethiopia at the start of a week-long, five-nation safari trying to persuade Washington’s friends on the continent that President Donald Trump’s administration is not simply uninterested in Africa. His visit comes after leaders were infuriated Trump’s foul-mouthed dismissal of of African nations. ends intro Secretary […]
Sierra Leone police raid party tallying election votes
The tallying process got off to a dramatic start after yesterday’s elections in Sierra Leone. Riot police raided the offices of a mayor opposition candidate. saying they’d had word of a hack. Voting was relatively peaceful in this country about to have a new president. ends intro Julius Maada Bio of the opposition Sierra Leone […]
Rex Tillerson using all his diplomatic tools in Africa
The safaris of US Secretary or State Rex Tillerson and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov have coincided in Ethiopia. The stayed in the same hotel in Addis Ababa last night but are not believed to have met On the first stop of his five-nation African tour, Rex Tillerson has drawn heavily on the range of […]
Reconciliation language between Kenyatta and Odinga
Pretoria kicks off world-wide French gastronomic festival
Pretoria’s kicked off an international French gastronimique festival with a Michelin-Star chef and famous sommelier flown out from Paris for the event. South Africa representing the continent among the five countries chosen or the launch of this event taking in thousands of restaurants in 150 nations. More than a century ago, French gastronomique pioneer Escoffier […]
Archbishop of Canterbury asks UK government what it’s doing about violence in DRC
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has asked the British Government how it’s responding to the escalating violence and suppression of peaceful protests across the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Britain;s top Anglican Cleric was speaking in the House of Lord in Westminster. Archbishop Justin Welby says the Primate of the Anglican Church of Congo […]
Another massive diamond found in Lesotho
British-based Gem Diamonds reports finding a 152 carat, top white colour type IIa diamond at its Letšeng Mine in Lesotho. It is one of six massive diamonds over 100 carats discovered at the mine in Mountain Kingdom this year. Gem Diamonds has owned Letšeng Diamond Mine for over ten years in partnership with the Lesotho […]