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Afua Asantewaa attempts GWR sing-a-thon again after 2023 disqualification.
15/11/2024

Afua Asantewaa attempts GWR sing-a-thon again after 2023 disqualification.


South Africa's Jean-Paul Veaudry wins a gold medal at 2024 World Para Surfing Championships
12/11/2024

South Africa's Jean-Paul Veaudry wins a gold medal at 2024 World Para Surfing Championships


Four Years On... Honoring the legacy of Jerry John Rawlings, a leader who shaped Ghana and Africa
12/11/2024

Four Years On... Honoring the legacy of Jerry John Rawlings, a leader who shaped Ghana and Africa


Congratulations to Tyla for winning the MTV European Music Award (EMA) for Best African Act.
11/11/2024

Congratulations to Tyla for winning the MTV European Music Award (EMA) for Best African Act.

Duma Boko, the newly elected President of Botswana, has pledged to create between 450,000 and 500,000 jobs over the next...
11/11/2024

Duma Boko, the newly elected President of Botswana, has pledged to create between 450,000 and 500,000 jobs over the next five years

Source: BBC News

11/11/2024

Happy Independence, Angola🇦🇴

11/09/2024

Who knew Bob-Manuel Udokwu had such incredible talent beyond the screen? Absolutely wonderful...🎙️

5 years since the passing of Robert Mugabe
06/09/2024

5 years since the passing of Robert Mugabe

Africa’s top public health body declared what it termed a “public health emergency of continental security” on Tuesday o...
14/08/2024

Africa’s top public health body declared what it termed a “public health emergency of continental security” on Tuesday over an outbreak of mpox that has spread from the Democratic Republic of Congo to neighbouring countries.

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) had warned last week of an alarming rate of spread of the viral infection, which is transmitted through close contact and causes flu-like symptoms and pus-filled lesions.

Most cases are mild but it can kill.

“We declare today this public health emergency of continental security to mobilize our institutions, our collective will, and our resources to act swiftly and decisively,” Director General Jean Kaseya said in a briefing that was live-streamed on Zoom.

The outbreak in Congo began with the spread of an endemic strain, known as Clade I. But the new variant, known as Clade Ib, appears to spread more easily through routine close contact, particularly among children.

Kaseya said in the briefing that the continent needs more than 10 million doses of the vaccine, but only about 200,000 are available. He promised that Africa CDC would work to quickly increase the supply to the continent.

“We have a clear plan to secure more than 10 million doses in Africa, starting with 3 million doses in 2024,” he added, without saying where the vaccines would be sourced.

The health body said that more than 15,000 mpox cases and 461 deaths were reported on the continent this year so far, representing a 160% increase from the same period last year. A total of 18 countries have reported cases.

Mpox has been endemic in parts of Africa for decades after it was first detected in humans in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1970.

A milder version of the virus spread to more than a hundred countries in 2022, largely through sexual contact, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare a public health emergency of international concern, its highest level of alert.

The WHO ended the emergency 10 months later, saying the health crisis had come under control.

Congratulations to Stonebwoy for winning 'Artiste of the Year' at the 25th TGMA
04/06/2024

Congratulations to Stonebwoy for winning 'Artiste of the Year' at the 25th TGMA

Youngest male painter Ace Liam receives his GWR certificate
04/06/2024

Youngest male painter Ace Liam receives his GWR certificate


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