Africa

A vaccination campaign was recently launched after over 130 people died of cholera; more than 1.300 children received an oral dose of vaccine on the first day of the campaign in Anjouan, the poorest of the nation's three islands

A number of plants from Ethiopia could help fight cancer, according to recent research conducted by Georgia State University and Perimeter College in the US, Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia and the Winship Cancer Center at Emory University

Unicef's Regional Director for West and Central Africa congratulated the government for protecting children's rights, especially in the area of immunisation, but emphasised challenges related to the quality of education and the violence against children

The Health Care Agency received a donation of essential rehabilitation equipment from the Friends of North East Point Hospital and Hospice and its partners

King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre distributed 1.000 food baskets in the Kanem province of the Republic of Chad, benefiting 6.000 people

The Orange Bissau Telecommunications Company launched the Orange Digital Centre, a free platform to support young people in their digital entrepreneurship training

The Lesotho Electricity Company, a parastatal utility, is in financial difficulties due to the high cost of importing electricity from South Africa and huge debts to service providers, and will not be able to pay annual bonuses to employees

Residents called for the implementation of the investments in the supply sector planned for the municipality of Porto Novo, Santo Antão, as part of the water and sanitation project on this island

Thanks to 'Mountain Lioness' scholarship training programme, women now make up 18% of Kilimanjaro's official guides

After 22 years, the United Nations Organisation Mission for the Stabilisation of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Monusco) has definitively ended its operations in the South Kivu region

South African researchers have injected radioactive material into the horns of 20 rhinos as part of a research project to reduce poaching, so that radiation detectors present at national borders can detect horns and help the authorities arrest poachers

The new phase of the '100 million trees' campaign across Egypt has been launched by several ministries in response to climate challenges and population growth, as part of a national strategy to increase green space per capita

The IRMAR presidential platform won 84 seats out of the 163 up for grabs, obtaining an absolute majority in the National Assembly, proclaimed High Constitutional Court