Senegal Sunday registered the first death of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), a widespread disease caused by a tick-borne virus (Nairovirus) of the Bunyaviridae family. The ministry of Health in a statement indicated that a patient who tested positive to the virus causing hemorrhagic fever, died at a local hospital on outskirt of capital Dakar. The […]
A deadly gold mine collapse in northeastern Sudan’s Howaid desert has claimed the lives of at least 50 people, according to local media reports. The incident occurred over the week-end in Nile River State, where artisanal mining is rampant and largely unregulated. Eyewitnesses said miners were trapped beneath a sudden avalanche of sand and rock […]
Mauritania is expected to report the highest growth rate in Africa by 2025 at 14.5% as the west African country taps into newly found gas, phosphates, and uranium resources, the IMF said. In 2024, the IMF expects the Mauritanian economy to grow by 4.3% with the beginning of production in the Grand Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) […]
