Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The burial of Prof. Ali Mazrui in Mombasa on Sunday, marked the end of an era and the beginning of a new reflection on what has mostly pushed out Africa’s intellectual giants to exile. Prof. Mazrui, … Read More
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Monday Nigeria Ebola-free, marking the second West African nation within a spate of four days. Senegal was also declared Ebola-free on Friday. Related Images:
Paul Mphwiyo Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) – Malawi’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested Saturday former Ministry of Finance Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo on ‘cashgate’-related charges. Mphwiyo was arrested alongside his wife, Thandizo. “The Anti-Corruption Bureau has on, October 18, 2014, arrested Mr. Paul Mphwiyo, the … Read More
1 2 … 5 ► By Isseu Diouf Campbell [column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] Puku, United Colors of Fashion, and Dillon Gallery hosted a night of art and fashion celebrating Africa on September 10, 2014, in lower Manhattan. Guests enjoyed a cocktail … Read More
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – Senegal and Nigeria are to be declared Ebola-free in a few days’ time if certain conditions are met, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO said in a dispatch from its headquarters that if the … Read More
Marrakech, Morocco (PANA) – Greater cooperation between African nations has laid the groundwork for the continent to determine its own development models and priorities, King Mohamed VI of Morocco has said in a message to the 9th Africa Development Forum … Read More
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – In a dramatic development in Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s legal challenge against the estate of Nelson Mandela, her defence is claiming that her divorce from the former world statesman was fraudulently obtained. Court documents which have … Read More
Lagos , Nigeria (PANA) – A Nigerian natural products researcher has challenged fellow researchers in areas of health sciences across Africa to explore the use of indigenous medicinal plants to combat and manage the spread of the deadly Ebola Virus … Read More
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – An African Union (AU) official has filed a complaint against Mauritius for harassment and deportation, following his ordeal during a recent trip to Port Louis, the Mauritian capital. The top AU Commission Departmental Planning Expert, … Read More
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) – The mother of former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo died Wednesday while returning from exile in Ghana. Mrs. Marguerite Gado, who is over 90, was in a critical situation in Ghana, where she has lived for … Read More
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzanians were on public holiday Tuesday to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the passing of the East African nation’s founding father, Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere. Since 1999 when Nyerere died aged 77 at Saint … Read More
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) -Kenya’s iconic historian and a global intellectual maverick, Prof. Ali Mazrui, who wrote the late Wangari Maathai’s 2004 testimonial for the Nobel Peace Prize, has died at 81, his family said Monday. The man, known for his … Read More
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) – As the Ebola virus disease outbreak in Sierra Leone continues to accelerate, community Ebola care units are being established in the worst-hit areas of the country to shorten waiting times and provide care closer to … Read More
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) – Although Malawi’s law does not specify that only lawyers should head the country’s Anti-Corruption Bureau, having a legal mind at the corruption-busting body would be ideal, top Malawian legal activist Justin Dzonzi said. Dzonzi, executive director … Read More
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union (AU) is deploying a team of election observers to the October 15 Presidential and Parliamentary elections in Mozambique. The AU Commission Chairperson, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, said on Monday that the AU approved the deployment … Read More
President Rupiah Banda Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Former Zambia Air Force Commander Lieutenant General Andrew Sakala was sentenced Friday by a Lusaka magistrate court to five years imprisonment, with hard labour, for theft of 1.5 million Kwacha (approximately US$ 250,000) … Read More
WHO – The Ebola virus is transmitted among humans through close and direct physical contact with infected bodily fluids, the most infectious being blood, faeces and vomit. The Ebola virus has also been detected in breast milk, urine and semen. … Read More
WHO – Ebola virus disease is not an airborne infection. Airborne spread among humans implies inhalation of an infectious dose of virus from a suspended cloud of small dried droplets. This mode of transmission has not been observed during extensive … Read More
WHO – Scientists are unaware of any virus that has dramatically changed its mode of transmission. For example, the H5N1 avian influenza virus, which has caused sporadic human cases since 1997, is now endemic in chickens and ducks in large … Read More
[column width=”47%” padding=”6%”] New York, US (UN) – The international community must “step up” its response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa before it gets much worse, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed yesterday, adding that a range of … Read More
