Author: Adelae Jones

Cape Town — Gauteng Health Dept Target 95% Measles Vaccination Rate Among Children The Gauteng Department of Heath has announced that it intends to vaccinate 95% of children in the province following a measles outbreak where more than 200 cases were confirmed, Eyewitness News reports. The department added that the highly transmissible illness could spread easily in schools. According to the the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, measles is most common in children 5 to 9 years of age. Water Crisis Mounts in Nelson Mandela Bay as Main Dam Reaches Record Low Impofu, the main dam for the Nelson Mandela…

2023 promises to be a busy year for African politics and democracy as countries hold high-stakes elections. Nigeria’s February general election has raised a great deal of expectation among young voters who are eager to see the end of President Muhammadu Buhari’s rule. As the country grapples with an economic downturn and heightened insecurity, Nigerians hope that the exercise can bring in leaders with the vigour to tackle their country’s decline. former Lagos state governor Bola Tinubu, People’s Democratic Party’s Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi are the frontrunners in the race to succeed Buhari. Sierra Leone In June, Sierra Leone…

Three people were killed on Monday in a helicopter crash at an army base near Niger’s capital Niamey. “A Niger Armed Forces MI-17 helicopter, returning from a routine training flight, crashed while landing on the military airstrip from Niamey airport,” the Nigerien Ministry of Defence said in a statement sent to AFP. “Unfortunately the three crew members – an officer and a non-commissioned officer from Niger and an expatriate instructor – died on the spot despite the efforts of the emergency services to contain the fire,” it added. A commission of inquiry “was immediately set up to determine the causes…