Author: Chris Anu

Africa CDC confirms new Ebola outbreak in Congo – CBS News Watch CBS News The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed a new deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo that has claimed the lives of at least 65 people. CBS News medical correspondent Dr. Céline Gounder joins with analysis. Source link

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Councillor Thabisa Faye, chairperson of ICASA’s satellite licensing framework committee. The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has published draft amendments to the Radio Frequency Spectrum Regulations, 2015, and the Radio Frequency Spectrum Fees Regulations, 2010, in terms of the Electronic Communications Act, 2005. The amendments are open to public comment for a period of six weeks.  “The proposed amendments give effect to the findings of the inquiry and are intended to provide regulatory certainty, support innovation and investment in satellite services, and promote efficient spectrum use in South Africa,” said councillor Thabisa Faye, chairperson of the satellite licensing framework…

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Africa’s top public health body on Friday confirmed a new Ebola outbreak in Congo’s remote Ituri province, with 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths recorded so far.The deaths and suspected cases have been recorded mainly in the Mongwalu and Rwampara health zones, the Africa Centres for Disease Control ​and Prevention said in a statement. A case has now also been confirmed by Uganda’s health ministry, who said a Congolese man died Thursday in Kampala from the Bundibugyo strain. The Ebola virus is highly contagious and can be contracted through bodily fluids such as vomit, blood or semen. The disease it…

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Madagascar Opposition Seeks President’s Removal Amid Growing TensionsPolitical tensions are rising again in Madagascar after opposition lawmaker Antoine Rajerison asked the country’s top court to remove President Michael Randrianirina over alleged constitutional violations and “serious and repeated” abuses of power. Randrianirina, a military colonel, took power last October after youth-led protests forced former president Andry Rajoelina to flee, but critics say promised reforms have stalled as arrests and security crackdowns increase.U.S. Bill Could Target Zuma’s Daughter Over Russia Recruitment ClaimsA proposed U.S. bill aimed at stopping the recruitment of Africans into the Russia-Ukraine war could expose Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, daughter of…

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South Africa has reached a milestone that would have seemed unthinkable just three years ago: a full 12 consecutive months without a single bout of load shedding. The last time Eskom imposed rolling power cuts was in mid-May 2025, capping what has become the longest sustained period of grid stability in well over a decade. The achievement marks a remarkable turnaround for the embattled state-owned power utility, which in 2023 imposed more than 300 days of load shedding and frequently resorted to stage-6 cuts that shaved billions of rand off economic output and crippled small businesses. By last year, the…

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