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Africa’s healthcare crisis – some novel solutions

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Chijioke Mama | 7 March 2017 | New African Unable to meet public expectations, healthcare systems in Africa might benefit from both native medicine, its derided sister, and the buzzing tech revolution on the continent.  In March 2001, heads of state from across the continent met in Abuja to draft a response to the targets set under the UN’s Millennium Development Goals, … [Read more...] about Africa’s healthcare crisis – some novel solutions

Nelson Mandela’s presidential memoir, Dare Not Linger, due in autumn

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Richard Lea | Friday 10 March 2017 | The Guardian Unfinished manuscript considering his time in power has been completed using archival material by South African poet and novelist Mandla Langa The story of Africa’s greatest modern statesman, Nelson Mandela, will gain another chapter this autumn, with the publication of Dare Not Linger. Following on from Long Walk to … [Read more...] about Nelson Mandela’s presidential memoir, Dare Not Linger, due in autumn

Mugabe death prophecy cleric granted bail

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ANA Reporter | Zimbabwe | 10 March 2017 | THE INDEPENDENT ON SATURDAY Harare – A Zimbabwean court on Friday, freed a pastor who has been on remand in custody after prophesying that President Robert Mugabe would die on October 17. High Court judge Justice Priscilla Chigumba granted Remnant Pentecostal Church leader Patrick Mugadza US$50 bail. The cleric had spent 53 … [Read more...] about Mugabe death prophecy cleric granted bail

AU launches .africa domain name which is set to be a ‘disruptor’

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AGENCY STAFF | 10 MARCH 2017 | BUSINESS DAY Despite Sub-Saharan Africa having the lowest rates of internet penetration, Africa now has its own domain name which gives the continent a ‘digital identity’ Addis Ababa — In the beginning was .com, followed by a host of other .somethings, but on Friday, 32 years after the world’s first domain name was registered, the African … [Read more...] about AU launches .africa domain name which is set to be a ‘disruptor’

Uganda: UPDF lieutenant arrested over extortion

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JOSEPH KATO | SATURDAY MARCH 11 2017 | DAILY MONITOR KAMPALA. A senior army officer in the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) is being detained at Old Kampala Police Station on allegations of extortion. Lt Juma Oketch was arrested this week after police’s intelligence officers received information linking him to the racket of criminals extorting and conning businessmen … [Read more...] about Uganda: UPDF lieutenant arrested over extortion

Foreign envoys slam Zimbabwe over missing activist

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AFP | FRIDAY MARCH 10 2017 | DAILY NATION HARARE - Western officials in Zimbabwe criticised the authorities on Thursday over the investigation into the abduction of a leading critic of President Robert Mugabe two years ago. The case of Itai Dzamara, a journalist and activist who vanished after five men dragged him from a barber shop near his home in Harare, is often used … [Read more...] about Foreign envoys slam Zimbabwe over missing activist

THE ZAMBIAN “AFRONAUT” WHO WANTED TO JOIN THE SPACE RACE

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Namwali Serpell | March 10, 2017 | THE NEW YORKER At the height of the Cold War, a schoolteacher launched the Zambian Space Program with a dozen aspiring teen-age astronauts. Was he unfairly mocked? My country was born on October 24, 1964. The former British protectorate of Northern Rhodesia, taking its new name from the great Zambezi River, would henceforth be known as … [Read more...] about THE ZAMBIAN “AFRONAUT” WHO WANTED TO JOIN THE SPACE RACE

Bernie Sanders on Trump and the resistance: ‘Despair is not an option’

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Ed Pilkington in Washington | Friday 10 March 2017 | The Guardian The senator talks about his fight to make the Democratic party more attractive to working-class people – and on taking his progressive populism to the heartland in order to topple Trump When Donald Trump delivered his first address to Congress 10 days ago, sticking dutifully, for once, to the … [Read more...] about Bernie Sanders on Trump and the resistance: ‘Despair is not an option’

Famine-Wracked South Sudan Now Wants to Charge Aid Workers For Help

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Robbie Gramer | March 9, 2017| Foreign Policy South Sudan is wracked by unfettered violence, ethnic cleansing, and famine. But now the government wants to charge aid workers $10,000 to operate in the country. Officials in Juba say it’s a way for well-off Western and international aid organizations to shore up the cash-starved government. But aid organizations say the … [Read more...] about Famine-Wracked South Sudan Now Wants to Charge Aid Workers For Help