January 2016

An African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) military base inn El-Adde has been attacked in a dawn raid that has been claimed by armed group Al-Shabab. The mission is manned…

China’s imports from Africa fell nearly 40 per cent last year, officials said Wednesday, as low commodity prices and slowing growth in the Asian giant hit trade. Imports from the…

Shortened drug-resistant TB treatment trial raises hope By Linda Nordling [CAPE TOWN] A clinical trial in Francophone Africa has raised hope that a drastically shortened treatment for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis…

The creation of an Upper House in Somalia is a redundancy and serves no purpose, the South West state has said in its position brief to be presented at the…

Intentionally starving civilians through sieges as a method of warfare in Syria could constitute war crimes, a UN spokesman said Wednesday. Aid workers who were with the first aid convoy…

Militants launched a gun and bomb assault in the center of the Indonesian capital on Thursday, killing at least six people, in an attack that followed a threat by Islamic…

The improper disposal of bio-medical waste by health centers, mainly hospitals, primary health centers, community health centers and diagnostic centres poses a health hazard to the general public. The lack of …

The European Union on Wednesday condemned the execution of soldiers by Somalia and the breakaway Somaliland and unequivocally opposed the death penalty in any circumstances. “We are deeply concerned by…

Seven Somali refugees trying to leave the country by boat are thought to have died after they were reportedly thrown overboard by human traffickers in Italy. The seven, who were…