'Saving Lives, Spending Less' is the not-so-subtle title for a new report from the World Health Organization examining the benefits to be gained from investing in reducing the noncommunicable diseases that claim so many lives, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Each dollar spent to reduce NCDs would yield a return of U.S.$7 by 2030, the study concludes. NCDs include cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular and chronic respiratory ailments.
Read more »Five African teams have qualified for the World Cup this year, and with the tournament fast approaching, everyone is asking whether this will be the year that an African team fulfils the continent's dream of World Cup success...
Read more »The Super Eagles are ranked 22nd out of the 32 participating nations and have been tipped to finish third in Group D and crash out in the group stage, according to a survey conducted by CIES Football Observatory research group. This is Nigeria's sixth time participating in the tournament.
Read more »The American university shared this video of Zeinab Abdalla receiving her Master's Degree in education, with a focus on the field of autism spectrum disorders. "I had my baby last night," she is seen saying in the video after she walked across the stage in Minnesota.
Read more »Witness intimidation has been noted as one of the chief problems facing an investigation into political killings in KwaZulu-Natal where Premier Willies Mchunu established the Moerane Commission to probe the high number of politically motivated murders in the province. Police Minister Bheki Cele said a preliminary report would be shared with the public once it has been handed to President Ramaphosa.
Read more »After spending two months in jail for insulting President John Magufuli, Mbeya Urban MP Joseph Mbilinyi of opposition party Chadema, has addressed parliament about prisoner rights. Mbilinyi, also known as Sagu, said that some police officers are not performing their investigative duties properly.
Read more »While approximately 20,000 people were affected by flooding in Djibouti, more than 10,000 people were displaced in Somaliland, and homes and fishing boats were destroyed in Puntland.
Read more »Critics argue that the retweeting by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, CITES, of the government's plan to fast track a law to make the illegal hunting of wildlife a capital offence, punishable by the death penalty, gives the impression that the organization endorses the plan, writes Francis Massé for The Conversation.
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