Burkina’s ex-gendarmerie chief kidnapped: sources

Burkina’s ex-gendarmerie chief kidnapped: sources

Burkina Faso's former chief of staff of the gendarmerie who was sacked in October has been abducted from his home by unidentified "armed individuals", sources close to him said on Monday. "They sealed off the neighbourhood, surrounded his home before taking him," a security source close to the ex-police chief told AFP. Lieutenant-Colonel Evrard Somda was taken on Sunday from his home in the capital, Ouagadougou, he added. "We don't […]

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Oshiwambo

Cameroon ayakula omuti mupe wokutunila omukifi woMalaria

Epangelo laCameroon okwa lopotwa layakula omuti upe woMalaria wokutunila ufike pomata edulife po 330,000 ngaashi uli wadiminwa oku longifwa kehangano louhaku mounyuni (WHO). Oo eli ominsiter yonghalo nawa noudjolowele moshilongo osho, Manaouda Malachie okwati eyakulo lomuti wokutunila omukifi woMalaria oshili efindano lakula mondjokonona yoshilongo. Oshilogo Kenya, Ghana na Malawi yoo ota kulopotwa ya hovela nale netunilo lomuti woMalaria wo RTS,S oo watalika hauyandjwa momata opane. Moule woivike ishona oyo twa […]

November 23, 2023 18

Africa

There are too few toilets in Africa and it’s a public health hazard – how to fix the problem

Omololu Fagunwa, Queen's University Belfast and Helen Onyeaka, University of Birmingham Imagine you are miles from the nearest restroom, and nature’s call is urgent – a situation that might raise a mild panic during a hike or at a music festival. Now, picture that same scenario, not as a one-off inconvenience, but as a daily reality. This is the case for about half a billion people globally. In African countries, […]

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