ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 12, (Xinhua/GNA) – The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), has warned against an impending humanitarian crisis…
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Burundi closes border with Rwanda, accuses neighbor of supporting rebels
KIGALI, Jan. 12, (Xinhua/GNA) – Burundi said on Thursday, that it had closed its border with Rwanda, nearly two weeks after President Evariste Ndayishimiye,…
US-British strikes in Yemen left 5 dead, say Houthi rebels
Cairo, Jan 12, (dpa/GNA) – The US and British military strikes in Yemen, left five Houthi fighters dead and six others injured, the Iran-aligned…
Witness alleges torture and rape under Sonko’s command in the trial of Gambia’s former interior minister in Switzerland
By Mustapha K Darboe with New Narratives BELLINZONA, (Switzerland) Jan. 12, New Narratives/GNA — A witness and plaintiff alleging that Ousman Sonko oversaw a…
First witness in Swiss trial of Gambia’s Jammeh enforcer Sonko alleges he treated her as a ‘sex slave’
By Mustapha K. Darboe with New Narratives Bellinzona, (Switzerland) Jan. 11, New Narratives/GNA – The first witness in the crimes against humanity trial of…
DR Congo court upholds President Tshisekedi’s re-election
KINSHASA, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) – The Constitutional Court of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Tuesday officially confirmed the re-election of President Felix…
Victims Express “Relief” to See Former Jammeh Lieutenant Face Justice in Opening of Swiss Crimes Against Humanity Trial
Mustapha K Darboe with New Narratives BELLINZONA, (Switzerland) Jan. 10, New Narratives/GNA —Ousman Sonko, a 54-year-old former Gambian police chief and interior minister, appeared…
DR Congo election: Three ministers and four governors disqualified for fraud and violence
Jan 6 (BBC/GNA) – Three ministers and four governors have been disqualified from last month’s election in the Democratic Republic of Congo, because of…
12 charged in Sierra Leone coup attempt
Jan 3 (Africa Briefing/GNA) – Sierra Leone authorities have charged 12 people with treason in connection with a failed coup in November, including a…
Senegal unveils sub-Saharan Africa’s first all-electric BRT network in Dakar
Dec 31 (Africa Briefing/GNA) – Senegal celebrated a groundbreaking achievement earlier this week as it introduced the first-ever all-electric Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) network…
World Food Programme warehouse looted by Sudan’s RSF militia
Nairobi, Dec. 29, (dpa/GNA) – Fighters with the Sudanese militia group RSF looted a warehouse used by the World Food Programme (WFP) in the conflict-torn nation, the…
At least 14 migrants drown off Morocco while trying to reach Spain
Madrid, Dec. 29, (dpa/GNA) – At least 14 people have died off the coast of Morocco after the small boat they were travelling in got into trouble…
Nigeria offers free train rides, cuts bus fares for holidays
Dec 21 (BBC/GNA) – The Nigerian government has offered free train rides and slashed by 50% public bus fares across the country during the…
DRC election extended by a day after technical glitches
Nairobi, Dec. 21, (dpa/GNA) – Presidential and parliamentary elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have been extended by one day into Thursday following logistical and…
More than 1,000 medical laboratories attain ISO accreditation in 2023
By Maxwell Awumah Cape Town, SA, Dec 19, GNA- A total of 1,026 medical laboratories in 29 countries in Africa have attained ISO/IEC (International…
Less than two per cent of health budget finances diagnostics sector in Africa-Dr Pamba
By Maxwell Awumah Cape Town, South Africa, Dec. 19, GNA – Enigmatically, less than two per cent of the health budget of the continent…
Al-Sissi secures third term to stay Egypt’s president through 2030
Cairo, Dec. 19, (dpa/GNA) – Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi secured a third six-year term in office after receiving nearly 90% of the vote in last week’s election,…
Conference calls for integration of diagnostics across disease outlay to deliver people-centred services
By Maxwell Awumah Cape Town, SA, Dec 19, GNA- The curtains over the Sixth Biennial Conference of African Society of Laboratory Medicine (2023ASLM) have…
Chad holds largely peaceful constitutional referendum
Ndjamena, Dec. 18, (dpa/GNA)- A constitutional referendum in the central African country of Chad was largely peaceful on Sunday as some 8 million registered voters were…
Parties in diagnostics sign MOU on Laboratory Medicines at ASLM Confab
By Maxwell Awumah, Cape Town, SA, Dec 14, GNA- African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM), a pan-African entity on laboratory systems and diagnostics services…