Monthly Archives: August 2013
CALL TO ACTION ON HEALTH CHECKS
More than 650 lives a year could be saved if simple NHS Health Checks were offered throughout the country and taken up, Health Secretary...
Former PM ahead in Mali presidential poll
Mali’s prime minister from 1994 to 2000, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, holds the wide lead and could easily win the first round of the West...
Senegalese immigrant has realistic shot as German MP
22 years ago this month, two youths punched Karamba Diaby in the face and chased after him in a racist attack in Halle, an...
Doors open on Mugabe’s final election
Voting started on July 31 in Zimbabwe's election as Robert Mugabe bids to extend his 33-year-rule amid suspicions that the poll will be rigged...
UN delivers ultimatum to DR Congo rebels
The UN recently threatened to use force against M23 rebel forces near Goma if they do not disarm within 48 hours.
A new UN intervention...
South Sudan frees Ugandan journalists
South Sudan authorities have freed two Ugandan journalists who have been in detention since Saturday (July 27). Justin Dralaze and Hillary Ayesiga, who were...
Eritrean refugees bemoan Israel’s coerced repatriation
A group representing Eritrean refugees have told Israel to suspend its practice of “voluntary deportations” and begin comprehensively examining asylum requests.
During a press conference...
Mail told to pay defamed Uganda PM damages
Uganda’s Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi has accepted substantial damages from the Daily Mail after it falsely claimed he and his “cronies” siphoned off millions...
Teachers’ union warns of consequences over withheld pay
The chairman of Kenya’s National Union of Teachers (KNUT), Wilson Sossion, has warned of “dire consequences” if teachers’ salaries and allowances for July are...
Eye in the sky aims to thwart Kenya’s poachers
Ol Pejeta, East Africa’s largest black rhino sanctuary, is about to send up an unmanned drone to watch over its endangered guests.
The drone will...
