Over the past six months a measles epidemic has been sweeping through the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is raising the alarm and calling for concerted action to halt the spread of the disease. “The measles epidemic is spiralling out of control,” says Gaël Hankenne, MSF Head of Mission in the DRC. “Since September 2010 we have vaccinated more than 1.5 million children in response to the crisis. But the disease is spreading like wildfire. All parties involved in health in the DRC must now make this epidemic a national priority.” “Since September 2010 we have... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, March 28th 2011 |
By Own Correspondent, from Accra – The Black Stars are currently based in Kenya on a five-day training tour and will depart to Congo Brazzaville for the AFCON qualifier on Sunday, 27th March, 2011. Black Stars acting skipper and Sunderland defender, John “Rock of Gibraltar” Mensah says Ghana’s match with Congo Brazzaville is more important than the historic match with the Three Lions of England since it holds the key to the 2012 African Cup of Nations. John Mensah and his two other colleagues, Sulley Ali Muntari and Asamoah Gyan touched down Wednesday morning in Kenya. In an interview on... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Friday, March 25th 2011 |
By Nawa Mutumweno, Reporting for Shout-Africa.com – The long-awaited COMESA Monetary Institute (CMI) meant to fast-track the realization of the regional economic bloc’s Monetary Co-operation Programme has commenced operations in March 2011. According to the latest COMESA e-newsletter, the monetary cooperation programme’s ultimate aim is to create the COMESA Monetary Union in the year 2018. The institute was officially launched on March 7, 2011 at the Kenya School of Monetary Studies in Nairobi. The creation of the CMI was decided by the 13th meeting of the COMESA Committee of Governors of Central Banks which took place in Cairo, Egypt in... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Saturday, March 19th 2011 |
By Guyson Nangayi – Kinshasa – Authorities in Congo have arrested at least four foreigners – from the US, France and Nigeria on allegations of gold smuggling in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, officials say. The suspects were planning to smuggle millions of dollars of gold out of the country’s lawless east, a senior local official said on Monday. The four – an American, a Frenchman and two Nigerians – were arrested after they flew in a private plane from Nigeria to the eastern town of Goma on February 3, North Kivu provincial governor Julien Paluku said in a statement.... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, February 8th 2011 |
By Nangayi Guyson – Kinshasa – The government of Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday proposed that elections due in November be held in one round to cut costs and any flare in tensions as seen in other African countries. Government spokesperson Lambert Mende told reporters that, “The two-round election like the one we had in 2006 is not in the interest of the Congolese people from an economic, political and security point of view”. Holding the election in one round, which would require a partial revision of the constitution, would halve the costs to around $350m, he said. It... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, January 4th 2011 |
