20 people are suspected to have died of cholera in southern Nigeria’s Cross River state, local Premium Times reports. Some ten villages have been affected this week, prompting health authorities to bolster surveillance in the region. The Permanent Secretary at the Cross River Ministry of Health, Iwara Iwara, confirmed the cholera outbreak, but did not…
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Charlene Ruto: Kenya’s ‘first daughter’ denies using public money
Following a national outcry, the daughter of Kenya’s president has denied that public money is being used to fund what she calls the “Office of the First Daughter”. Since her father’s inauguration in September, Ms Ruto has held several high-profile events and meetings under the title. In Kenyan law, no such office exists. Many Kenyans…
Zimbabwean president says power shortages to ease in 2023
Zimbabweans will see a vast improvement in electricity supplies in 2023 as the government removes barriers to power generation investments in the country, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said. The government would take extraordinary measures to ensure that Zimbabwe does not have severe power shortages, said Mnangagwa in his weekly column in the state-run Sunday Mail. The…
Africa Continues to Shoulder Heaviest Malaria Burden – WHO Report
Each year the World Health Organization (WHO) provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of trends in malaria control and elimination across the globe. WHO, in its annual malaria report, new data that shows that countries around the world largely held the line against further setbacks to malaria prevention, testing, and treatment services in 2021. There have…
Nigeria’s Central Bank to Limit Over-the-Counter Withdrawals
The Central Bank of Nigeria will be placing a limit on over-the-counter cash withdrawals made by individuals and organisations with effect from January 9, 2023. In a memo, signed by the Director of Banking Supervision Haruna Mustafa, the apex bank directed all banks and other financial institutions to ensure that over-the-counter cash withdrawals do not…
Burkina Faso government suspends broadcast of France’s RFI radio
Follow us on all social media, type “HICGI News Agency” By E K Benj updated at 0614 EAT on Tuesday 05-12-22 Burkina Faso’s government has suspended the broadcast of France’s RFI radio in the Sahel West African state over what it said were false reports and giving voice to militants, a statement from the government…
Thousands hold protests in the Congolese capital Kinshasa against M23 rebels
By E K Benj – Updated Tuesday 05th Dec 2022 Follow us on all social media, type “HICGI News Agency” Report by Chris Ocamringa & Halligan Agade Thousands of Congolese residents staged protests in the Congolese capital Kinshasa on Sunday against the M23 rebels who have taken control of several territories in the eastern DR…
Ghana Plans to Buy Oil with Gold Instead of U.S. Dollars
Follow us on all social media, type “HICGI News Agency” Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has said that in order to protect the country’s fast-dwindling foreign currency reserves, Ghana wants to pay for oil with gold instead of shelling out precious U.S. dollars. The move is meant to tackle dwindling foreign currency reserves coupled with the…
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