The island nation of Madagascar, lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, is facing severe food shortages after five years of drought. This is the country’s worst drought in four decades. The World Food Programme says it needs $69 million Read More …
After a delay of three weeks and a court case, Nigeria finally launched her eNaira digital currency. President Muhammadu Buhari officially unveiled the eNaira on 25 October, 2021 with the theme: Same Naira, More Possibilities. The official launch was earlier Read More …
Ghana has recorded two more deaths from Marburg virus disease. The fatalities are relatives of two unrelated persons in southern Ashanti, Ghana, who were confirmed to have died from Marburg virus. This brings the death toll from the recent outbreak Read More …
A 21-storey building under construction has collapsed in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, trapping about 100 workers. The incident was at about 14:45 WAT, November 1, 2021. By 18:00 WAT, three persons in the building – Number 20 Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos Read More …
A 41-year-old man who suffers from lymphoma and has a weakened immune system, died from monkeypox disease on 29 July, 2022 in Brazil. This marked the first death from monkeypox outside Africa. Later, the same day, a young man died Read More …
Russia’s state-owned corporation, Rosatom, is building Egypt’s first nuclear power plant of 4,800 MW for electricity generation. The nuclear power plant, which will have four reactors of 1,200 MW each, is in El Dabaa, by the Mediterranean, 300 kilometres northwest Read More …
World’s richest person, Jeff Bezos, made space history on 20 July, 2021, 14:30 WAT, as the richest billionaire astronaut ever. The history was made together with 82-year-old Wally Funk as the oldest and 18-year-old Oliver Daemen as the youngest person Read More …
Europe is wilting under extreme temperatures. At least one thousand, seven hundred people have died from heat-related conditions in July, 2022. Seville, Spain, has had a temperature of 41 °C (106 °F). Suffolk, eastern England, had its third-hottest day on Read More …
The World Health Organisation, WHO, on 6 October, 2021 approved the use of RTS, S vaccine for children in regions with moderate to high levels of malaria transmission. The vaccine known by the brand name, Mosquirix, is effective against P. falciparum, a Read More …
A Tokyo district court has found four former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company guilty of not exercising due care and failing to prevent the nuclear accident in their Fukushima Dai-ichi plant on March 11, 2011. They are to pay $95 Read More …
