Sat 19 October 2024: The Namibian government announced on Thursday a significant increase in the national minimum wage to benefit a large portion of the workforce, effective from Jan. 1, 2025. The minimum wage for all workers, except domestic and agricultural workers, will be raised to 18 Namibian dollars (about 1 U.S. dollar) per hour, […]
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Sat 19 October 2024: The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Friday warned that over three million people are at risk of cholera in Sudan. “3.1 million people, including 500,000 children under 5, are at risk of cholera,” UNICEF said on social platform X. According to UNICEF, the vaccination coverage in Sudan has plummeted to […]
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Sat 19 October 2024: South Africa’s state-owned electricity company, Eskom, has applied to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa to approve a 36.1% electricity price hike from April 2025, a 11.8% price increase in 2026 and an 9.1% increase in 2027. Steven Mathetsa teaches and researches sustainable energy systems at the University of the Witwatersrand’s African Energy Leadership Centre. […]
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Thu 17 October 2024: Rwanda has launched the world’s first clinical trial for a treatment of Marburg virus disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced late Tuesday. The initiative, in partnership with the WHO, is testing the safety and efficacy of two treatments: Remdesivir, a drug currently used to treat COVID-19, and MBP091, a specialized […]
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Thu 17 October 2024: A food crisis triggered by the most severe drought in the last 40 years in southern Africa has left 15 million people in need of urgent food assistance beginning this month. The region is experiencing the worst drought in 40 years, primarily affecting Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, Angola, Botswana and […]
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Wed 16 October 2024: A devastating fuel tanker explosion in northwestern Nigeria has left at least 140 people dead and many others injured. The tragedy occurred on an expressway in Jigawa state after a tanker overturned, spilling fuel that locals rushed to collect. As residents gathered around the site, a massive explosion engulfed the area, […]
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Wed 16 October 2024: More than 90 people have been killed and 50 wounded after a fuel tanker exploded in northwestern Nigeria, according to police. The explosion took place on an expressway in Taura, in Jigawa state, as dozens of people rushed to the vehicle to collect the fuel, a police spokesman said on Wednesday. […]
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Tue 15 October 2024: South Africans involved in occupation of Palestine are getting away scot-free. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has failed to act against those with blood on their hands, according to activists. Speaking in an interview with Salaamedia on Monday, researcher at Media Review Network (MRN) and lecturer in political science Dr. Ahmed Haroon Jhazbhay […]
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Tue 15 October 2024: Over 80,000 Kenyan school-going children are struggling with eye health challenges including short or long-sightedness amid threats to their career aspirations, said a report from the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) on Thursday in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital. Released on the World Sight Day which falls on Oct. […]
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Mon 14 October 2024: The department of transport should aim to reduce the carnage on the roads before implementing digital licences. That is according to the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse’s (OUTA) Adv. Stefanie Fick. In September, the department announced France-based IDEMIA would produce new smart driver’s licence cards. One of the features was the ability […]
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