insert_link APO International Malawi Identifies 118 Traditional Areas as priority Areas for Multisectoral Interventions (PAMI) for Cholera Malawi has been experiencing frequent cholera outbreaks since it reported the first case in 1973. The most significant outbreaks occurred in the cholera seasons of 1998/1999 and 2001/2002. The worst outbreak occurred recently in 2022/2023 with 53,020 cases and 1,586 deaths (3%CFR). These outbreaks have been common around lake Chilwa in Machinga, Zomba and Phalombe, the Lower Shire in Chikwawa and Nsanje and Lakeshore districts from Mangochi up to Karonga. […] todayAugust 7, 2024 3
insert_link APO International Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Commend Venezuela on its Committee to Combat Racial Discrimination, Raise Questions on the Dismissal of Three Indigenous Parliamentarians and Measures to Promote the Rights of People of African Descent The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twenty-second to twenty-fourth periodic report of Venezuela. Committee Experts commended the State party for progress made by its committee that combatted racial discrimination, while raising questions about the dismissal of three indigenous parliamentarians and measures to promote the rights of people of African descent. A Committee Expert commended the State party on progress made by […] todayAugust 7, 2024 4
insert_link APO International Emergency Medical Team rescues Nkhotakota It was a regular day in Mwansambo Village, Dwangwa Nkhotakota. Che Wisiki walked in the rain drizzles with his wife Patuma to their home, satisfied they had done enough to guarantee higher yields in the cropping season. Little did they know that these rain drizzles heralding hope would turn into a disaster. In the wake of the following morning, Nkhotakota district had received heavy and persistent rains of approximately 215.2mm […] todayAugust 7, 2024 3
insert_link Namibia Education Ministry warns of school dropout crisis The Executive Director in the Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp, has warned that school dropouts remain a concern in Namibia and across Africa. Moreover, a survey conducted by the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) with community-based organizations revealed that 41 percent of respondents cited socio-economic factors as the primary reason for school dropouts. According to the Namibia 2011 census, at least 103,768 children were out of […] todayAugust 7, 2024 16
insert_link APO International Tanzania: Private businesses complicit in forced evictions of Maasai communities by authorities Since 2009, private businesses have been complicit in forced evictions of Maasai Indigenous communities from their ancestral lands in Loliondo by Tanzanian authorities, Amnesty International said today in a new report. The new report, ‘Business as usual in bloodied land? The role of businesses in forced evictions in Loliondo, Tanzania’, details how Otterlo Business Corporation (OBC), a trophy hunting company linked to Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Prime Minister of the […] todayAugust 7, 2024 4
insert_link APO International President El-Sisi Reviews Efforts to Implement the National Industrial Strategy Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi held a meeting to review efforts underway to implement the National Industrial Strategy. The meeting was attended by Prime Minister, Dr. Mostafa Madbouly, Deputy Prime Minister for Industrial Development and Minister of Industry and Transport, Lieutenant-General Kamel Al-Wazir; Minister of State for Military Production, Eng. Mohamed Salah El-Din; Minister of Local Development, Dr. Manal Awad Mikhail; Minister of Finance, Mr. Ahmed Kouchouk; Minister of Housing, […] todayAugust 7, 2024 2
insert_link APO International United States (U.S.) Donates Vehicles to Improve Health Systems in the Western, Western North, and Ahafo Regions The U.S. Government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), provided three vehicles to the Ghana Health Service for use by the Western, Western North, and Ahafo Regional Health Directorates. The new 2024 double-cabin Nissan Navara pickups will allow regional health directorate staff to supervise service provision at healthcare facilities and will provide essential medical support and commodities to communities, especially those in hard-to-reach areas. “The United States […] todayAugust 7, 2024 4
insert_link Environment Oceans without sharks would be far less healthy – new research Gray reef sharks and blacktip reef sharks near Tahiti, French Polynesia. Alexis Rosenfeld/Getty Images By Michael Heithaus, Florida International University There are more than 500 species of sharks in the world’s oceans, from the 7-inch dwarf lantern shark to whale sharks that can grow to over 35 feet long. They’re found from polar waters to the equator, at the water’s surface and miles deep, in the open […] todayAugust 7, 2024 9
insert_link Opinion Pieces Four reasons why physically punishing school children doesn’t work a Conrad Hughes, Université de Genève When I was a child I went to school in South Africa. This was the late 1970s. At school, the teachers would hit us. It was called getting the cane, the cane being a long, flexible stick. This tradition, exported from a Dickensian Victorian English model, was very popular with some teachers. They were seen as terrors: you didn’t want to get the cane […] todayAugust 7, 2024 22
