Africa

Kenyan doctors have ended their 56-day strike that paralysed the public health system as an agreement was reportedly reached with the government; the issue of the remuneration of trainee doctors remains, a matter that will now be decided by a court

The road network in the western province should be developed with bituminous standards, declared the National Assembly Commission for the National Economy, Trade and Labour, underlining the correlation between good roads and economic development

Car brands such as Haval, Cherry, Tank and JAC - all Chinese - attracted the interest of local car enthusiasts at the ninth Shell Gaborone Motor Show in the capital; Chinese cars are gaining popularity among consumers in Botswana

16.171 ne Companies were created in Morocco within the end of February 2024, reported the Moroccan Industrial and Commercial Property Office

Namibia has become the first country on the continent to significantly reduce vertical mother-to-child transmission of both HIV and viral hepatitis B, a major milestone in the fight against the spread of HIV

An urgent vaccination campaign against meningitis was launched in Niamey; according to WHO, the country has recorded 2.012 cases and 123 deaths by mid-April

An international conference on China and Africa opened in Brazzaville with experts, researchers, policy makers and development actors assessing the impact of Sino-African cooperation on the economic, social and political development of Africa

Since December 2023, after the government waived taxes by granting an exemption allowing free registration of plots of land, more than 324.000 plots have been registered in all districts

The PM defended the revision of the spelling agreement of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries to make the Portuguese language more simplified and dynamic and to integrate new languages of Lusophone cultural diversity

South Sudan's National Legislative Assembly set up a nine-member commission to investigate the killing of civilians and displacement in Tombura County, Western Equatoria State, ahead of renewed violence

Uganda was named the best investment destination in Africa at the Annual Investment Meeting in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Thousands of people have been displaced by flooding caused by the overflowing of Lake Tanganyika, 2nd largest freshwater lake in the world; the capital Bujumbura, on the north-eastern side, has been severely affected along with other coastal cities

Djibouti set up a technical committee with Ethiopia to review the port use agreements signed 20 years ago